Saturday Review of Books: August 25, 2007

A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face…. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man’s mind can get both provocation and privacy.”
Edward P. Morgan

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.

1. Carrie (Potter movie & books)
2. Carrie K. (Summer of Light)
3. Shauna (Jeeves in the Offing)
4. Linda (Friday\’s Tunnel)
5. Literary Feline (A Garden of Vipers)
6. Mt Hope Academy (Uncle Tom\’s Cabin)
7. Anne (The Closing of the American Mind)
8. Sycorax Pine (The Guardians)
9. gautami tripathy (tuesdays with Morrie)
10. Valentina (Chocolat)
11. Valentina (Lucky Star by Cathy Cassidy)
12. Dawn (Gooseberry Park)
13. Lynne (A Voice in the Wind)
14. Laura (North and South)
15. Jennifer, Snapshot (Logged On and Tuned Out)
16. 5MinforMom (Lean Mommy & Health, Hormones & Happiness)
17. Sage (Laura Ingalls Wilder\’s Little Town)
18. Mindy Withrow (Daniel Isn\’t Talking)
19. Veronica (Bambi: A Life in the Woods)
20. Carol (The Grapes of Wrath)
21. At A Hen\’s Pace (Firstborn series)
22. Julie (Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree)
23. Julie (Dragon\’s Keep)
24. At A Hen\’s Pace (Meg Cabot books)
25. Julie (Very Ordered Existence of Merilee Marvelous)
26. CoversGirl (In Cold Blood)
27. Kathy (Seven Spiders Spinning)
28. Musings of a Lady (The Cay)
29. SmallWorld (I Capture the Castle)
30. Wendy (Bastard Out of Carolina)
31. Wendy (Gift)
32. Laura (Read-aloud reading list)
33. Nicola (King of the Middle March)
34. Nicola (A Dirty Job)
35. Nicola (Gossamer)
36. Melanie (Bonjour, Tristesse)
37. Melanie (Last Self-Help Book you\’ll ever need)
38. Matt Anderson (Our First Revolution)
39. Becky (The Baby Shower)
40. Becky (From Dawn to dreams: Poems for Busy Babies)
41. Becky (Dog Blue)
42. 3M (The Amateur Marriage)
43. Becky (Make A Joyful Noise: Music, Movement, and Creative Play to Teach Bible Stories)
44. Becky (Among the Impostors)
45. Becky (Dear Author)
46. Becky (The Parting)
47. Becky (My Cat Copies Me)
48. Becky (Among the Betrayed)
49. Becky (Among the Barons)
50. Becky (Among the Brave)
51. Becky (A Woman\’s Place (novel))
52. soleil (the undomestic goddess)
53. Miss Erin (Fablehaven 2)
54. Mama Squirrel (Ultimate Book Guide)
55. gautami tripathy (Leave It to Psmith)
56. Sam Houston (Among Other Things, I\’ve Taken Up Smoking)
57. Sam Houston (The Indian Bride)
58. Mom@HWTK- It Begins With A
59. Mom@HWTK (Other children\’s books and Christian devotioanals)
60. Amy(The Kite Runner)
61. Amy(The Winter Garden)
62. Jill (An Ocean of Air)
63. Jennifer (A Thousand Splendid Suns)
64. Jennifer (Water for Elephants)
65. Nymeth (The Accidental by Ali Smith)
66. Nymeth (The Odyssey)
67. Nymeth (The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson)
68. Framed (Moo by Jane Smiley)
69. Framed (The Princess Academy)
70. Framed (The Boxmaker\’s Son)
71. MerryK (Harry Potter 7)
72. Clean Reads (Leepike Ridge)
73. Tea Party Girl (Tea and Conversation with Thirteen English Women)
74. BeckyB (Digby Takes Charge)
75. BeckyB (Love, Stargirl)
76. BeckyB (After the Leaves Fall)
77. Jocelyn (Starcrossed)
78. Suzanne (Parenting with Love & Logic)
79. Petunia (To Kill a Mockingbird)
80. Wendy (Lost Geography)
81. Laura @ Laura Williams\’ Musings (Notes from a Spinning Planet: Mexico)
82. Joy (Deal Breaker)
83. Cathy (The Organized Student)
84. Becky (Finding Betty Crocker)
85. Matt (100 Years of Solitude)
86. Historia (Sugar Camp Quilt)
87. Sarah (A Clearing in the Wild)
88. Sarah (A Tendering in the Storm)
89. Gayle (Carpe Diem)
90. Kelly (The Invention of Hugo Cabret)
91. Jackie (Eclipse)
92. Buried Treasure (Mars Needs Moms)
93. Trish (Like Water for Chocolate)

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10 thoughts on “Saturday Review of Books: August 25, 2007

  1. I’m happy I can take part this week with not one but two reviews!Well, I posted Chocolat last friday, but it counts for me cause I didn’t post it last week:P

  2. Sherry, I’ve been meaning to comment on your quotes. They are such a delight and not books quotes I’m used to reading in the book quote books. Do you glean these from your reading?

    I often copy them down in my commonplace book.

    Thanks, again.

  3. I keep all my books news and reviews together in one category. The 2nd Mr. Linky listing will take you there. I’ve recently reviewed children’s books including “The Conversation Club” and “The Seeing Stick” and Christian readings “Simple Faith” and “Becoming a Woman of Prayer.”

  4. I didn’t do the link correctly since it doesn’t reflect the name of the book reviewed (An Ocean of Air by Gabrielle Walker). And then I forgot to do the reCaptcha thing. So we’re doing this again….

  5. It’s great to see so many reviews! I remember when you started with just a trickle.

    Since I’ve started writing more than ever, I read so much less than I used to. Checking out the Saturday Review archives, however, gets my juices flowing again…

    Tx.

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