Saturday Review of Books: November 29, 2008

“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become. [I]n reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself. Like the night sky in the Greek poem, I see with a myriad eyes, but it is still I who see. Here, as in worship, in love, in moral action, and in knowing, I transcend myself; and am never more myself than when I do.”
~C.S. Lewis

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. Laura (The Home-Maker)
2. Laura (A Spoonful of Poison)
3. Laura (One Fifth Avenue)
4. Carrie K. (A Letter of Mary)
5. Carrie, RtK (Pollyanna)
6. Sarah, LH (The Hundred Penny Box)
7. 5M4B (Southern Cooking)
8. 5M4B (Cookin\’ with Kids – giveaway)
9. 5M4B (Adoption Stories)
10. 5M4B (The Road Home)
11. 5M4B (Looking Younger)
12. 5M4B (Christmas at Fairacre)
13. Ms. Bookish (Comforts of a Muddy Saturday)
14. At A Hen\’s Pace
15. At A Hen\’s Pace (Island of the World)
16. Violet (Shadow of Colossus)
17. Violet (Seduce me at Sunrise)
18. Stephen (The Fifth Child)
19. Janet (The Summons)
20. Janet (The Way of Ignorance)
21. Josette (Black Sheep)
22. Lynne (The Lumby Lines)
23. Lynne (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)
24. Lynne (First Daughter)
25. Lynne (When Television Was Young)
26. Lynne (Hannah\’s Dream)
27. Benjie (Worldliness)
28. Beth F (Magic Study)
29. Beth F (Washington\’s Crossing)
30. Alessandra (The Truth: I\’m a girl, I\’m smart and I know everything)
31. Alessandra (Sam\’s Quest for the Crimson Crystal)
32. Joy (Stalking the Angel)
33. Literarily (Sam\’s Quest for the Crimson Crystal Giveaway)
34. Alessandra (Plan B)
35. Literarily (Sam\’s Quest: The Royal Trident Giveaway)
36. DebD
37. Meghan (Immortal Warrior)
38. Just One More Book! Children\’s Book Podcast (Snow)
39. Mo (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
40. Rachel (Perfect on Paper)
41. Mo (Mark Twain\’s Book for Bad Boys & Girls)
42. Ruth (The Iliad and more)
43. Bermudaonion (The Paper Bag Christmas)
44. debnance
45. melydia (Kiss Me Like a Stranger)
46. melydia (The Eyre Affair)
47. melydia (Atlas Shrugged)
48. Bookie Woogie (Holes)
49. Rebecca @ The Book Lady\’s Blog (Things the Grandchildren Should Know)
50. Rebecca @ The Book Lady\’s Blog (Testimony)
51. Word Lily (Fog Over Finny\’s Nose)
52. Write for a Reader(An Apple for Harriet Tubman)
53. SuziQoregon (Trinity)
54. LuAnn(Cast of Characters)
55. Michael (Ender in Exile)
56. Jew Wishes (Wandering Star)
57. Amy(The Wild Sight)
58. Alessandra (Innocence)
59. She is Too Fond of Books (Marco Flamingo)
60. She is Too Fond of Books (When Wanderers Cease to Roam)
61. She is Too Fond of Books (Santa Responds)
62. At Home With Books (Where Are You Wearing?)
63. At Home With Books (The Dracula Dossier)
64. Girl Detective (In the Woods)
65. Girl Detective (The Likeness)
66. Becky (The Trouble Begins At 8)
67. Becky (Fact of Life #31)
68. Becky (How Not To Be Popular)
69. Becky (Fortunes of Indigo Skye)
70. Becky (Jellicoe Road)
71. Becky (House of Dance)
72. Becky (Reluctant Widow)
73. Becky (Season of Ice)
74. Becky (How To be Bad)
75. Becky (Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks)
76. Becky (Regency Buck)
77. Noel (Brave New World)
78. violet (The Boomer Burden)
79. S. Krishna\’s Books (The Memory of Water)
80. S. Krishna\’s Books (13 Little Blue Envelopes)
81. S. Krishna\’s Books (The Pre-Nup)
82. S. Krishna\’s Books (Tethered)
83. S. Krishna\’s Books (Mrs. Perfect)
84. ChristineMM (Robot Dreams)
85. A Reader\’s Respite (The Jewel of Medina)
86. Framed (Whatchagot Stew)
87. Fate (Urchin of the Riding Stars)
88. Kristi (And Then There Were None)
89. Kristi (Assaulted by Joy)
90. Nicole (Silas Marner)
91. Nicole (In The Woods)
92. Nicole (The Jewel Trader from Pegu)
93. Joanne (Broken)
94. Joanne (The Killing Circle)
95. Joanne (Rotten Apple)
96. Joanne (The Retreat)
97. Bookish Ruth (Oblivious)
98. Book Chatter (Who By Fire)
99. Jen Robinson (Thanksgiving: The True Story)
100. Serena (Pemberley by the Sea)
101. Serena (Grit for the Oyster)
102. Brittanie-A Book Lover (Beloved Captive and Giveaway)
103. 3m (Esther\’s Inheritance)
104. 3m (Netherland)
105. 3m (Tomato Girl)
106. Teddy (A Golden Age)
107. Wendi\’s Book Corner (For the Love of St. Nick)
108. blacklin(Jane Boleyn: The True Story Of The Infamous Lady Rochford)
109. Diary of an Eccentric (The House on Tradd Street)
110. Diary of an Eccentric (Off the Menu)
111. Diary of an Eccentric (Mrs. Claus Explains It All)
112. Carissa Smith (Brighten the Corner Where You Are)
113. she reads and reads (Love Walked In)
114. Mysteries in Paradise – The Roar of the Butterflies
115. Mysteries in Paradise – Sugartown
116. minerva66 (Something Rotten)

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11 thoughts on “Saturday Review of Books: November 29, 2008

  1. Thanks again for hosting. I accidentally hit the “submit” button before putting in the title. I don’t know if I should do another link or if you can fix the current one?? It should read: (Measuring the World). sorry.

  2. Oops. I’m late again! Ah, well, it was one of those weeks. As always, thanks so much for hosting!

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