Books are the food of youth, the delight of old age; the ornament of prosperity; the refuge and comfort of adversity; a delight at home, and no hindrance abroad; companions at night, in travelling, in the country.”
Cicero
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.
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Steve
1/26/2008 at 12:09 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Thanks, as always, for setting this up. It’s as regular as the calendar.
Bonnie
1/26/2008 at 12:23 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Two very different books this week. Thanks again for offering this listing. It keeps me on my toes.
Steve
1/26/2008 at 12:50 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I love that quote at the top – so true. Good old Chickpea.
Maw Books
1/26/2008 at 1:54 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Thank you, thank you for providing this great way for all of us to share our book reviews. I’ve had so much fun reading everybody’s reviews!
Camille
1/26/2008 at 3:09 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Trying to write more reviews up this year. So far, so bad.
writer2b
1/26/2008 at 6:20 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I reviewed ‘Herland,’ a novel about a land of women, and ‘A Room with a View.’ Thank you for providing this.
Kara A.
1/26/2008 at 10:24 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Thanks for doing the Saturday Review! I posted a review of Agatha Christie’s “And then there were none”.
Girl Detective
1/26/2008 at 11:45 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I love seeing how the community grows each week! I finished two books that have long been on my mental to-read list. Woman in White was entertaining, and Wide Sargasso Sea haunting. I highly recommend both to fans of Jane Eyre and The Thirteenth Tale. Reading the latter led me to WiW. My hope to soon re-read the former prompted WSS.
M Light
1/26/2008 at 4:35 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Thank you. This is particularly wonderful this time of year when we’re stuck inside!
Sandy D.
1/26/2008 at 5:25 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
“All the Fishes Come Home to Roost” (subtitled “An American Misfit in India”) is one of the funniest memoirs I’ve read – about a girl growing up in an ashram in India.
Julie
1/26/2008 at 7:27 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Thank you — I found a couple books to add to my Goodreads “to-read” list!
PamelaHD
1/26/2008 at 11:05 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
This is my first time posting, though I read it every week.I always find something interesting. Thanks for hosting this.
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