Saturday Review of Books: June 6, 2009

“A ravening appetite in him demanded that he read everything that had ever been written about human experience. He read no more from pleasure–the thought that other books were waiting for him tore at his heart forever. He pictured himself as tearing the entrails from a book as from a fowl.”
~Thomas Wolfe, in Of Time and the River

Is this quotation a reflection of what something like the 48 Hour Book Challenge does to the addictive reading personality? I certainly hope not. I haven’t lost my “pleasure” in reading yet. By the way, you who are participating in the 48 Hour Challenge are welcome to link to your book reviews here. Of course, so is everybody else.

Welcome 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. SuziQoregon (Warm Springs: Traces of a Childhood at FDR’s Polio Haven)
2. Barbara H. (In Trouble and In Joy: Four Women Who Lived For God)
3. Carrie, RtK (Barbie and Ruth)
4. Barbara H. (Every Now and Then by Karen Kingsbury)
5. Carrie, RtK (Curious George)
6. Carrie, RtK (This Momentary Marriage)
7. 5M4B (Thanks for the Memories)
8. 5M4B (How Do I Love Thee . . ?)
9. 5M4B (Eye Like and Incredible books)
10. 5M4B (The Chosen One)
11. 5M4B (The Night Watchman)
12. 5M4B (Choose Your Own Adventure)
13. 5M4B (Everyone is Beautiful)
14. Framed (The Goog Good Pig)
15. Framed (Agent in Lace)
16. Framed (The Hunger Games)
17. Laura (Fire by Kristin Cashore)
18. LitMuse (Heartbreak River)
19. Jen Robinson (The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate)
20. Amy @ Hope Is the Word (The Underneath)
21. Amy @ Hope Is the Word (Small Gifts in God’s Hands by Max Lucado)
22. Amy @ Hope Is the Word (From Letter to Letter)
23. Book Psmith (In-N-Out Burger)
24. Beth (The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child)
25. My Two Blessings (Living a Charmed Life)
26. My Two Blessings (The Alchemyst)
27. gautami tripathy (Mirror Blue)
28. gautami tripathy (Visions)
29. gautami tripathy (Short Story by Haruki Murakami))
30. gautami tripathy (The Stone Diaries)
31. Carrie K. (If I Stay)
32. Carrie K. (Crossed Wires)
33. Lazygal (The Blood Doctor)
34. Lazygal (Three Cups of Tea/YR version)
35. Lazygal (How to Say Goodbye in Robot)
36. Lazygal (Catching Fire)
37. Lazygal (Beige)
38. Lazygal (Angel in Vegas; the Chronicles of Noah Sark)
39. Belinda (Revolutionary Road – Audio)
40. Belinda (Alias Grace)
41. Janet (The Harsh Truth About Public Schools)
42. Hope (Operatives, Spies and Saboteurs)
43. Nymeth (Bone)
44. Nymeth (Virgin: The Untouched History)
45. Nymeth (Carmen Dog)
46. Nymeth (Nights at the Circus)
47. Deanna (The Summoning)
48. Deanna (One Foot in the Grave)
49. Deanna (At Grave’s End)
50. Deanna (Romance Novels)
51. Deanna (The Hunger Games)
52. Deanna (A Garden in the Rain)
53. Deanna (Skinned)
54. SmallWorld Reads (The Boyin the Striped Pajamas)
55. ChristineMM (Botany in a Day)
56. ChristineMM (Beyond the Grave 39 Clues series)
57. ChristineMM (Coraline)
58. Jolanthe {How Sweet It Is & Giveaway}
59. FleurFisher (The Virago Book of Food)
60. FleurFisher (The Pyramid)
61. Nicola (Dust and Shadows)
62. Nicola (Starfinder)
63. Phyllis (The Great Emergence)
64. Phyllis (Letters from the Desert)
65. Memory (Finding Serenity)
66. Memory (Seventh Heaven)
67. Memory (The Sunday Philosophy Club)
68. Memory (Daughter of the Blood)
69. Memory (Heir to the Shadows)
70. Memory (Queen of the Darkness)
71. Phyllis (Reasons to Believe)
72. Phyllis (Return to Rome)
73. WordLily (Saints in Limbo)
74. WordLily (Stealing Home)
75. Jennifer, Snapshot (15 memorable books)
76. melydia (The Bonesetter’s Daughter)
77. melydia (The Artist’s Way)
78. Joy (Hold Tight)
79. Book Chatter (Prayers for Bobby)
80. S. Krishna (Audrey, Wait!)
81. S. Krishna (Bad Girls Don’t Die)
82. S. Krishna (Beach Trip)
83. S. Krishna (Last Night in Montreal)
84. S. Krishna (In the Sanctuary of Outcasts)
85. S. Krishna (Miranda’s Big Mistake)
86. S. Krishna (Nearlyweds)
87. gautami tripathy (Tea and Other Ayama Na Tales)
88. Shauna (Saints in Limbo)
89. Margot (Death Piled Hard- Civil War book)
90. Books & Other Thoughts (Well Witched)
91. Books & Other Thoughts (Miki Falls: Winter)
92. Books & Other Thoughts (Three Good Deeds)
93. Books & Other Thoughts (Undead and Unpopular)
94. Books & Other Thoughts (Living Dead in Dallas)
95. Petunia (The End of the World as We Know It)
96. Carey @ The Tome Traveller’s Weblog (In Over Her Head)
97. Fate (Stargazer)
98. Shonda (Legacy)
99. Shonda (311 Pelican Court)
100. Kipi – In My Own Little Corner (Tuck)
101. Kipi – In My Own Little Corner (Everyone is Beautiful)
102. Elizabeth (The Middle Place)
103. Elizabeth (Saints in Limbo)
104. Teddy (The G Free Diet: A Gluten -Free Survival Guide)
105. Diary of an Eccentric (Miranda’s Big Mistake)
106. Diary of an Eccentric (The Jewel Trader of Pegu)

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