Magazines all too frequently lead to books, and should be regarded by the prudent as the heavy petting of literature.” Fran Lebowitz
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.
13 thoughts on “Saturday Review of Books: March 29, 2008”
Two very different books this week and two very different reviews.
Hello, Sherry. I received your comment on my blog.
I was also trying to think about what ages my boys might be ready to read Watership Down. It would vary depending on the kid. I think most 11 year olds could appreciate the story, but maybe not get as much out of it as I would hope. If they would be likely to read it a second time in a few years, I might have my boys read it that young, but I would probably wait. 9th grade, maybe? Hard to say, though, since I don’t have any kids that age…
I posted last year about forming a book club. Here’s the link for you:
Let me know if that doesn’t answer your questions. I’d be glad to fill in any details you are interested in.
That should say Yellow Star instead of Yellow Starr. Thanks as always Sherry!
I think the leading quote this week is particularly true of magazines like The American Scholar, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, etc. Some led me to books as a teen, others still do. The Scholar was particularly seductive under the editorship of Anne Fadiman. Thanks, as always, for running this book circus – it also leads us to new books and to repeat old ones, as well.
My book this week is by Terry Pratchet, and led me to conclude something interesting about this ironic and humorous author.
That quote cracks me up! 🙂
I have a question for you. Sherry. Do you have a preference on whether we link to reviews of multiple books or not? I always wonder on the weeks I post more than one review.
Thanks as always for founding/hosting this. I’ve made some great discoveries here.
I linked to two mini-reviews today. Thanks for doing this, Sherry.
Two reviews this week! Happy Saturday!
Thanks, Heidi.
Writer2b: Multiple links to different reviews is fine. I think that’s better so that people can find the titles that interest them particularly.
Good morning, everyone! I really enjoyed Then We Came to the End, and continue on my 2007 reading list inspired by the Morning News Tournament of Books. Just started The Shadow Catcher by Marianne Wiggins.
Wasn’t as wild about Patricia Reilly Giff’s lastest (Eleven) as I might have hoped… I enjoyed seeing the reviews here this week. Thanks for hosting us!
I’ve been enjoying the Saturday Review and your blog for some time now, but just posted my first review a few weeks ago (didn’t leave a comment then though… couldn’t get it to work that day for some reason…). Anyway, I posted my second one today. Thanks for hosting!
“Number the Stars”, by Lois Lowry, is definitely one of my top five favorite Newbery winners. Also, it is a good introduction to the Holocaust for readers that are too young for the “Diary of Anne Frank”. It’s not so graphic, and it is inspiring.
Two very different books this week and two very different reviews.
Hello, Sherry. I received your comment on my blog.
I was also trying to think about what ages my boys might be ready to read Watership Down. It would vary depending on the kid. I think most 11 year olds could appreciate the story, but maybe not get as much out of it as I would hope. If they would be likely to read it a second time in a few years, I might have my boys read it that young, but I would probably wait. 9th grade, maybe? Hard to say, though, since I don’t have any kids that age…
I posted last year about forming a book club. Here’s the link for you:
http://mthopeacademy.blogspot.com/2007/02/forming-book-club.html
Let me know if that doesn’t answer your questions. I’d be glad to fill in any details you are interested in.
That should say Yellow Star instead of Yellow Starr. Thanks as always Sherry!
I think the leading quote this week is particularly true of magazines like The American Scholar, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, etc. Some led me to books as a teen, others still do. The Scholar was particularly seductive under the editorship of Anne Fadiman. Thanks, as always, for running this book circus – it also leads us to new books and to repeat old ones, as well.
My book this week is by Terry Pratchet, and led me to conclude something interesting about this ironic and humorous author.
That quote cracks me up! 🙂
I have a question for you. Sherry. Do you have a preference on whether we link to reviews of multiple books or not? I always wonder on the weeks I post more than one review.
Thanks as always for founding/hosting this. I’ve made some great discoveries here.
I linked to two mini-reviews today. Thanks for doing this, Sherry.
Two reviews this week! Happy Saturday!
Thanks, Heidi.
Writer2b: Multiple links to different reviews is fine. I think that’s better so that people can find the titles that interest them particularly.
Good morning, everyone! I really enjoyed Then We Came to the End, and continue on my 2007 reading list inspired by the Morning News Tournament of Books. Just started The Shadow Catcher by Marianne Wiggins.
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Wasn’t as wild about Patricia Reilly Giff’s lastest (Eleven) as I might have hoped… I enjoyed seeing the reviews here this week. Thanks for hosting us!
I’ve been enjoying the Saturday Review and your blog for some time now, but just posted my first review a few weeks ago (didn’t leave a comment then though… couldn’t get it to work that day for some reason…). Anyway, I posted my second one today. Thanks for hosting!
“Number the Stars”, by Lois Lowry, is definitely one of my top five favorite Newbery winners. Also, it is a good introduction to the Holocaust for readers that are too young for the “Diary of Anne Frank”. It’s not so graphic, and it is inspiring.