Saturday Review of Books: February 14, 2009

“Let us dare to read, think, speak and write.”
~John Adams, 2nd President of the United States

IMG_4760Welcome to this week’s Saturday Review of Books.

Here’s how it usually 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.

Thanks to everyone for participating.

1. Biblauragraphy (Wintergirls)
2. Amy @ Hope Is the Word (Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle)
3. Carol (Dr. Seuss Goes to War)
4. Page Turner (Nathan Coulter – Wendell Berry)
5. SmallWorld Reads (Dedication)
6. Book Psmith (Old Books, Rare Friends)
7. Book Psmith (A Book of Ages)
8. SuziQoregon (In The Woods)
9. SuziQoregon (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas)
10. SuziQoregon (The Little Giant of Aberdeen County)
11. gautami tripathy (Signora Da Vinci)
12. Framed (The Undomestic Goddess)
13. Framed (True North)
14. Framed (A Fatal Grace)
15. Carrie, RtK (Squeaky Green)
16. Carrie, RtK (100 Cupboards)
17. 5M4B (The Invention of Hugo Cabret)
18. 5M4B (Healing Through God\’s Grace After an Abortion)
19. 5M4B (Unaccustomed Earth)
20. 5M4B (The Book Thief)
21. 5M4B (The Help)
22. 5M4B (The Face)
23. 5M4B (The School of Essential Ingredients)
24. Michael (The Tale of Desperaux)
25. Laura (The Memory of Old Jack)
26. Bonnie (Heart of Darkness)
27. Bonnie (The Great Gatsby)
28. Bonnie (Dante\’s Inferno)
29. Carrie K. (Testimony)
30. Maw Books (The Graveyard Book)
31. Maw Books (The Way He Lived)
32. Maw Books (The Only True Genius in the Family)
33. Maw Books (The Slave Dancer)
34. Maw Books (Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope)
35. Maw Books (The Well)
36. Maw Books (Freedom Walkers)
37. Maw Books (An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination)
38. Maw Books (Surviving Ben\’s Suicide)
39. Terri B. (The Graveyard Book)
40. Terri B. (Perfumes: The Guide)
41. Maw Books (Consider Love)
42. Petunia (The Vagrants)
43. pussreboots (Owl Babies)
44. pussreboots (Mama Cat Has Three Kittens)
45. pussreboots (Llamas in Pajamas)
46. pussreboots (I Choose You)
47. pussreboots (Hurry Down Sunshine)
48. pussreboots (Guardian)
49. Carrie K. (O Jerusalem)
50. Krakovianka (Corduroy Mansions)
51. Fate (Evernight)
52. Lazygal (Fire; Kristin Cashore)
53. Farm Lane Books (Fasting, Feasting)
54. Hope (The Elements of Style by Strunk and White)
55. Janet (Hiroshima)
56. Nymeth (We Are On Our Own)
57. Nymeth (Galapagos by Vonnegut)
58. Nymeth (Breathing Lessons)
59. Belinda (Remembering Babylon)
60. CoversGirl (Barchester Towers)
61. Joy (Chemistry and Other Stories)
62. Deanna (Interview with a Vampire)
63. Deanna (Sookie Stackhouse Series)
64. Kittling: Books (Nine Lives)
65. She is Too Fond of Books (Breathing Out the Ghost)
66. Belinda (Behind the Scenes at the Museum)
67. She is Too Fond of Books (Little Skink\’s Tail)
68. a lovely shore breeze (THe Kiss Murder)
69. Jane – Much Ado (Sunset and book series question)
70. a lovely shore breeze (Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
71. Margaret (Farewell, Shanghai)
72. PisecoMom (Picture Perfect)
73. PisecoMom (Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim)
74. Janet (Whitefoot: A Story from the Center of the World)
75. DebD (To Say Nothing of the Dog)
76. Mo (Edith Wharton & “The House of Mirth”)
77. MFS at Mental multivitamin (First Meetings…)
78. MFS at Mental multivitamin (Julius Caesar)
79. Bookeywookey (The Writing Class
80. Tasses (Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet)
81. FleurFisher (Laura Knight)
82. FleurFisher (The Great Western Beach)
83. FleurFisher (The Mysterious Affair at Styles)
84. Word Lily (The Sin Eater)
85. Mindy Withrow (The Madonnas of Leningrad)
86. Book Chatter (The Terror)
87. Amy @ Hope Is the Word (picture books by Wanda Gag)
88. Lynne (PLUM SPOOKY)
89. Lynne (THE ASSOCIATE)
90. Lynne (CRISIS)
91. Amber (Kitty and the Midnight Hour)
92. Sarah M., Library Hospital (Till We Have Faces)
93. Amber (The Book of the Unknown: Tales of the Thirty-Six)
94. Sarah M., Library Hospital (A Weaver of Dreams)
95. Amber (Diary of a Teenage Faërie Princess)
96. Sarah M., Library Hospital (The Door in the Hedge)
97. Sage (Holy Smoke)
98. S. Krishna (Fire and Ice)
99. S. Krishna (This One Is Mine)
100. S. Krishna (Book of Unholy Mischief)
101. S. Krishna (Bound South)
102. S. Krishna (View from Garden City)
103. Memory (Called Out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession)
104. S. Krishna (The Uncommon Reader)
105. Noel (The Graveyard Book)
106. Memory (Old Man\’s War)
107. Noel (Graceling)
108. Memory (The Unwritten Girl)
109. Memory (Fathom Five)
110. Memory (The Young City)
111. Benjie (Voices Under Berlin)
112. blacklin (Blood Memory)
113. Benjie (Of Dreams and Realities)
114. Jew Wishes (The Journey)
115. Girl Detective (Story of Edgar Sawtelle)
116. Margot (Animal, Vegetable, Miracle)
117. Books and Other Thoughts (Mothstorm)
118. Books and Other Thoughts (Rapunzel\’s Revenge)
119. Books and Other Thoughts (The Merlin Conspiracy)
120. Books and Other Thoughts (The Devil\’s Due)
121. The Book Lady\’s Blog (The Help)
122. The Book Lady\’s Blog (Voluntary Madness)
123. Beth F (Dragonslayer)
124. Afterthoughts (Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning)
125. Beth F (Lincoln Lawyer)
126. Beth F (Rock Jaw)
127. Just One More Book! Children\’s Book Podcast (Smoky Mountain Rose)
128. Just One More Book! Children\’s Book Podcast (The Storytelling Princess)
129. At Home With Books (The Help)
130. At Home With Books (Silent in the Grave)
131. At Home With Books (Mistress Shakespeare)
132. Kara (Tribute)
133. Kara (Tallchief)
134. My Two Blessings (Life of Pi)
135. My Two Blessings (A is for Alibi)
136. Kristi (Simple Wishes)
137. Kristi (Lessons From San Quentin)
138. Kristi (John\’s Quest)
139. BOOKIE WOOGIE (Little Panda – “a little ball of panda glory”)
140. Becky (Punk Farm)
141. Becky (Duke Ellington)
142. Becky (Ella Fitzgerald)
143. Becky (Ella\’s Big Chance)
144. Becky (Old Friends and New Fancies)
145. Becky (Jazz)
146. Becky (Mama Don\’t Allow)
147. Becky (Jazz Baby)
148. Becky (Rent Party Jazz)
149. Becky (The Louis Armstrong You Never Knew)
150. Becky (He\’s Got The Whole World In His Hands)
151. Becky (A Horn for Louis)
152. Becky (Lovey and Dovey)
153. Becky (Beautiful Babies)
154. Becky (Princess of the Midnight Ball)
155. Becky (Before John Was a Jazz Giant)
156. Becky (Winnie\’s War)
157. Becky (A Mighty Fine Time Machine)
158. Becky (Duke Ellington His Life In Jazz)
159. Becky (The Convenient Groom)
160. Becky (Punk Farm On Tour)
161. Melanie (Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard)
162. Shonda (Bras & Broomsticks)
163. Sonderella (If You Lived Here I\’d Know Your Name)
164. Alyssa (The Queen of Hearts)
165. Alyssa (I Can Has Cheezburger?)
166. krin (The Cadaver\’s Ball)
167. krin (A Natural History of the Senses)
168. caribookscoops (Little Skink\’s Tail)
169. hollybookscoops (Uglies)
170. Heather J. (The Fall of the House of Usher)
171. Alessandra (A Cool Moonlight)
172. melydia (Tickled Pink)
173. Carey @ The Tome Traveller\’s Weblog (Roanoke)
174. Diary of an Eccentric (Mr & Mrs Fitzwilliam Darcy: Two Shall Become One)
175. Diary of an Eccentric (The School of Essential Ingredients)
176. Carol\’s Notebook (A Killer Collection)
177. Carol\’s Notebook (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
178. Amy Letinsky (Twilight)

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14 thoughts on “Saturday Review of Books: February 14, 2009

  1. I posted on a book I’ve had for 20 years and finally read: ‘Hiroshima,’ by John Hersey. It traces the story of 6 survivors of the atomic bomb.

  2. Happy Valentine’s Day! I posted a review of The Terror by Dan Simmons. That was my first experience with Simmons and it definitely won’t be my last. I am now reading Drood.

  3. Happy Valentine’s Day!

    I posted several reviews this week. I can’t wait to look at some of the others.

  4. Good morning! I finished Edgar Sawtelle yesterday, and that capped 2 weeks of some of the most pleasurable reading I’ve had. I know readers are divided on this one, but I loved it. (Hamlet is my favorite of Shakespeare’s plays–probably not a coincidence.)

  5. Just wanted you to know that this entry wasn’t tagged as Saturday Reviews, so it didn’t show up on the cat=29 url. That’s why I’m so late posting – I kept checking again and again yesterday; it didn’t occur to me (stupidly) to check the other entries in case it hadn’t been tagged! 🙂

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