The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.” Samuel Butler
Welcome to this week’s Saturday Review of Books. Here’s how it works. Find a review on your blog posted sometime this week of a book you’re reading or a book you’ve read. The review doesn’t have to be a formal sort of thing. You can just write your thoughts on a particular book, a few ideas inspired by reading the book, your evaluation, quotations, whatever.
Now post a link here to the specific post where you’ve written your book review. Don’t link to your main blog page because this kind of link makes it hard to find the book review, especially when people drop in later after you’ve added new content to your blog. In parentheses after your name, add the title of the book you’re reviewing. This addition will help people to find the reviews they’re most interested in reading.
8 thoughts on “Saturday Review of Books: June 30, 2007”
Hosseini has done it again. This book will break your heart, piece by piece. Sigh.
Happy Canada Day!
This week we discuss “Barn”, a tale of contrast and continuance that is a humbling reminder of the beauty and brevity of life.
Thanks for the review, Sherry!
Hi Sherry, I have been out of the loop for a bit but it is great to come back and find that Saturday Reviews is still going strong. Love your new background by the way!
Two of my books are children’s book – the classic Newbery winner “Caddie Woodlawn”, and a modern alternative by Native American writer Louise Erdrich (“The Birchbark House”). The third is a semi-academic collection of non-fiction papers on a related topic – American Indian mothers in Canada. It’s got some amazing historical stories, if you can get past a little academic jargon. It’s not available everywhere, but is worth buying from the publisher or ordering from inter-library loan if you’re at all interested.
This is my first time posting a link. I’ve been enjoying the review of books for awhile though. This week I posted about several books I’ve been reading over the last few months including a few about Iraq, a romance, and a good foodie read.
I forgot to post this on Saturday, whoops, so here it is today. Thanks for publishing the Saturday Review of Books. This is my final post on “The Book Thief”. BTW one of your readers emailed me to say that based on a past entry I did while in the middle of reading the book she was inspired to begin reading it, hooray.
Hi
I posted my first review here, and am seriously considering the challenge. The books are so varied I am sure I can find six here I want to read. What a great way to consolidate reviews.
Hmmm – I just discovered the Saturday Review. Can anyone post a review from the week or do we have to register or sign up somewhere? What a great idea!
Also, just wanted to let you know that the semicolon is my favorite grammatical tool. 🙂 I don’t use it very often in blogging because my sentences aren’t always grammatically correct anyway, but when I write, I use it all the time!
Hosseini has done it again. This book will break your heart, piece by piece. Sigh.
Happy Canada Day!
This week we discuss “Barn”, a tale of contrast and continuance that is a humbling reminder of the beauty and brevity of life.
Thanks for the review, Sherry!
Hi Sherry, I have been out of the loop for a bit but it is great to come back and find that Saturday Reviews is still going strong. Love your new background by the way!
Two of my books are children’s book – the classic Newbery winner “Caddie Woodlawn”, and a modern alternative by Native American writer Louise Erdrich (“The Birchbark House”). The third is a semi-academic collection of non-fiction papers on a related topic – American Indian mothers in Canada. It’s got some amazing historical stories, if you can get past a little academic jargon. It’s not available everywhere, but is worth buying from the publisher or ordering from inter-library loan if you’re at all interested.
This is my first time posting a link. I’ve been enjoying the review of books for awhile though. This week I posted about several books I’ve been reading over the last few months including a few about Iraq, a romance, and a good foodie read.
I forgot to post this on Saturday, whoops, so here it is today. Thanks for publishing the Saturday Review of Books. This is my final post on “The Book Thief”. BTW one of your readers emailed me to say that based on a past entry I did while in the middle of reading the book she was inspired to begin reading it, hooray.
Hi
I posted my first review here, and am seriously considering the challenge. The books are so varied I am sure I can find six here I want to read. What a great way to consolidate reviews.
Hmmm – I just discovered the Saturday Review. Can anyone post a review from the week or do we have to register or sign up somewhere? What a great idea!
Also, just wanted to let you know that the semicolon is my favorite grammatical tool. 🙂 I don’t use it very often in blogging because my sentences aren’t always grammatically correct anyway, but when I write, I use it all the time!