Saturday Review of Books: September 8, 2007

Posted by Sherry on Sep 7, 2007 in General, Saturday Reviews |

“Why does anybody tell a story?” Ms. L’Engle once asked, even though she knew the answer.

“It does indeed have something to do with faith,” she said, “faith that the universe has meaning, that our little human lives are not irrelevant, that what we choose or say or do matters, matters cosmically.”

Madeleine L’Engle, author, poet, cathedral librarian, and theologian, died on Thursday at the age of 88. This next week will be Madeleine L’Engle Week at Semicolon. Come back for more information, book reviews, and quotations from one of the best authors of the twentieth century.

In the meantime, 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 (Seeing Redd)
2. Laura (A Faithful Heart: The Journals of Emmala Reed…)
3. Laura (Mr. Apple\’s Family)
4. gautami tripathy (My Mother\’s Garden)
5. Literary Feline (Persuasion)
6. gautami tripathy (Tender Is the Night)
7. Literary Feline (Into the Wild)
8. gautami tripathy (Heart of Darkness)
9. gautami tripathy (Waverley)
10. gautami tripathy (Louisa Elliot)
11. Anne (John Dewey & The Decline of American Education)
12. Carol (Friends for the Journey)
13. Karen/miscmum (Middlesex)
14. Dana (When Life & Beliefs Collide
15. Laura (The Road)
16. Joy (The Cleaner)
17. Queen of Carrots (Mindless Eating)
18. Just One More Book! KidLit Podcast (Library Lion)
19. MFS (Schooled (Korman) and Stargirl (Spinelli; brief mention))
20. MFS (After (Francine Prose))
21. Framed (The Tale of Despereaux
22. Framed (Island of the Blue Dolphins
23. Barbara H. (Summer by Karen Kingsbury)

24. CoversGirl (Buried Treasure: Traves Through the Jewel Box)
25. Jennifer, Snapshot (Finding Ever After)
26. 5 Min for Mom (Confident Parenting & Creating Intimate Marriage)
27. Jennifer (Water for Elephants)
28. Becky (Book Of A Thousand Days)
29. Becky (The Princess and the Hound)
30. Becky (When the Sleeper Wakes)
31. Becky (Tibili)
32. Becky (Food of The Gods)
33. Becky (First Men in the Moon)
34. Becky (Thirteenth Tale)
35. Becky (Salome)
36. Becky (Running Out of Time)
37. Becky (Sushi for One)
38. Nicola (Pure Dead Wicked)
39. Nicola (The Rest Falls Away)
40. Literary Safari (Home of the Brave)
41. Becky (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
42. Crissy (Those Who Save Us)
43. violet (One Little Secret)
44. Girl Detective (The Cape Ann)
45. Miss Erin (Romeo and Juliet)
46. Prince of Cairo (Farthing)

47. Sandhya (Home of the Brave)
48. Miss Erin (Vampire Island)
49. Sandhya (Home of the Brave)
50. Charlotte (Max\’s Words)
51. Sam Houston (When the Devil Holds the Candle)
52. Sam Houston (Getting a Life)
53. Stephanie(Chance Murphy and the Battle of Morganville)
54. Stephanie(Marked: A House of Night Novel))
55. Petunia (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
56. Petunia (Inkheart)
57. Jen Robinson (Dorie Dilts)
58. Becky (Kevin and Robin Books)
59. Framed (Dracula)
60. Wendy (The Echo Maker)
61. Little Willow (Swollen by Melissa Lion)
62. Lynne (Ireland)
63. Lynne (Losing the Moon
64. Lynne (Mad Dash)
65. Kelly Fineman (Robot Dreams)
66. Robin (Strange Happenings?
67. Cath (What Would The Founders Do?)

Thanks to everyone for reviewing, blogging, and linking.

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12 Comments

Laura D. says:

9/7/2007 at 11:15 pm

I reviewed a Civil War diary and an apple-related children’s book this week. Looking forward to your posts celebrating L’Engle’s life and work!
Literary Feline says:

9/8/2007 at 12:07 am

I finished my second book for the Saturday Review of Books Challenge, Persuasion, by Jane Austen.
Carol at Magistra Mater says:

9/8/2007 at 1:00 am

I reviewed my favorite L’Engle book, Friends for the Journey, a book she wrote with Luci Shaw. The book itself is an offering of friendship, a glimpse into the inner workings of a rich and deep friendship between two lovely women.

The lump in my throat continues. I’ll be back for your posts next week. I will miss you, Ms. L’Engle.
gautami says:

9/8/2007 at 1:38 am

I am a spree of reading classics. Re-reading a few too.
Karen (Miscellaneous Mum) says:

9/8/2007 at 3:22 am

Oh, that’s sad about Madeline. Mine’s up
Just One More Book! Children's Book Podcast says:

9/8/2007 at 7:33 am

This week we submit a chat about “Library Lion” — we must be the last people on earth to review this book but we love it so much how could we resist?

Thanks Sherry,
Andrea
Girl Detective says:

9/8/2007 at 8:12 am

I did seven (!) reviews this week, catching up on my bookstack of reproach (thanks Book Moot!).
Jennifer, Snapshot says:

9/8/2007 at 9:16 am

I was so saddened to hear about MLE’s death.
literary safari says:

9/8/2007 at 10:21 am

I reviewed Katherine Applegate’s free verse novel “Home of the Brave.”
Crissy says:

9/8/2007 at 10:48 am

I’ve always enjoyed the Saturday Review of Books, and I am finally able to participate!
I don’t post reviews, though. Just thoughts, quotes and links about my reading that I know I will want to come back to in the future.

Crissy
Jen Robinson says:

9/8/2007 at 4:14 pm

I’m back, after a deplorable absence. Glad to see that the Semicolon Saturday Review of Books is still going strong.
Karate Kid says:

9/8/2007 at 9:07 pm

Madeline L’Eengle died?! Wow… I didn’t know that!