“You tell me your favorite novelists and I’ll tell you whom you vote for, or whether you vote at all.” ~Stephen Vizinczey
Welcome to this week’s Saturday Review of Books, the 2008 Election edition.
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: November 1, 2008”
Hmmm. Interesting quote and interesting idea. I’m sure anyone who sees that I like books by Thomas Sowell or Russell Kirk could easily figure out how I would vote, just as I could tell how one who loved It Takes a Village by Hillary Clinton would vote.
This year I’ve steered clear of overtly political books, but I’ve been very interested in books on economics.
Ah but novels. Could you tell how I’m going to vote by knowing that my favorite novels are Les Miserables and The Lord of the Rings?
Thanks again for putting this together. My review is for Jennifer Government. An interesting read considering what it might tell you about my voting habits.
Thanks,
Michael
I’d say someone enjoying Hugo and Tolkien would tend to vote, and would probably vote for conservative candidates. Some one liking Gore Vidal perhaps would be more liberal.
So do Anthony Trollope and Miss Read indicate anything to you?
Thanks for hosting this each week!
My only book review this week is Twelfth Night, but I have several posts on Austen, including a comparison to Mamma Mia!, Austen on little boys, a comparison of Persuasion and Twelfth Night on love, and an article decrying the tendency to apply Austen to all of life’s problems, like the US economy and the election.
Hmmm. Interesting quote and interesting idea. I’m sure anyone who sees that I like books by Thomas Sowell or Russell Kirk could easily figure out how I would vote, just as I could tell how one who loved It Takes a Village by Hillary Clinton would vote.
This year I’ve steered clear of overtly political books, but I’ve been very interested in books on economics.
Ah but novels. Could you tell how I’m going to vote by knowing that my favorite novels are Les Miserables and The Lord of the Rings?
Thanks again for putting this together. My review is for Jennifer Government. An interesting read considering what it might tell you about my voting habits.
Thanks,
Michael
I’d say someone enjoying Hugo and Tolkien would tend to vote, and would probably vote for conservative candidates. Some one liking Gore Vidal perhaps would be more liberal.
So do Anthony Trollope and Miss Read indicate anything to you?
Thanks for hosting this each week!
My only book review this week is Twelfth Night, but I have several posts on Austen, including a comparison to Mamma Mia!, Austen on little boys, a comparison of Persuasion and Twelfth Night on love, and an article decrying the tendency to apply Austen to all of life’s problems, like the US economy and the election.
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Thanks once again for hosting this!!