A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.” Italo Calvino
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.
The first thing naturally when one enters a scholar’s study or library, is to look at his books. One gets the notion very speedily of his tastes and the range of his pursuits by a glance round his book-shelves..” Oliver Wendell Holmes
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.
“Why does anybody tell a story?” Ms. L’Engle once asked, even though she knew the answer.
“It does indeed have something to do with faith,” she said, “faith that the universe has meaning, that our little human lives are not irrelevant, that what we choose or say or do matters, matters cosmically.”
Madeleine L’Engle, author, poet, cathedral librarian, and theologian, died on Thursday at the age of 88. This next week will be Madeleine L’Engle Week at Semicolon. Come back for more information, book reviews, and quotations from one of the best authors of the twentieth century.
In the meantime, 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.
It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.” S.I. Hayakawa
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.
A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face…. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man’s mind can get both provocation and privacy.” Edward P. Morgan
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.
I found the Saturday Review links quite interesting, as I clicked through, in between preparations for Hurricane Dean. I figure if I prepare diligently, it will probably go somewhere else and leave Houston alone. And, yes, I know that’s superstitious and illogical thinking. I don’t really believe that anything I do will affect the path of a hurricane. (Do I?)
I was also glad to see that someone else enjoyed some of my past favorites:
The Queen of Carrots says that The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins has “one of the best female characters I have ever encountered.” I agree. Also, the villain is “fascinating and charming despite his age, weight, and utter ruthlessness. An unforgettable villain.” Semicolon review here.
Sage says Gilead by Marilynne Robinson “should be read slowly, taking time to savor the language and the scenes Robinson creates.” Semicolon review here.
Abiding likedEnchantment by Orson Scott Card. I think Mr. Card is one of the most versatile and intriguing authors I’ve read in the past several years, and I’ve only read two of his books so far, Enchantment and Ender’s Game. Can any fans suggest the next book by Card that I should read? I definitely want more of his writing. Semicolon review of Enchantment here.
And Jennifer says that The Kite Runner by Khaled Housseini is “a beautifully written account of one man’s hopes and dreams along with the bitterness of regret.” It is that and more. Semicolon review here.
A reader finds little in a book save what he puts there. But in a great book he finds space to put many things.” Joseph Joubert
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.
A little before you go to sleep read something that is exquisite and worth remembering; and contemplate upon it till you fall asleep.” Erasmus
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.
Jennifer, Snapshot.
I extended the deadline for those who wanted to participate in the Saturday Review of Books Reading Challenge and also be eligible to win a prize. All those who took the challenge by midnight on Thursday, August 2 were eligible to win a copy of my not-so-famous book, Picture Book Preschool, and a copy of Nancy Pearl’s Book Crush: For Kids and Teens—Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment and Interest.
Now you can still enter the challenge, but the prizes are gone to Jennifer who has a great blog and is a great reader. She’s chosen the following books for the challenge:
I’m extending the deadline for those of you who want to participate in the Saturday Review of Books Reading Challenge and also be eligible to win a prize. All those who take the challenge by midnight tonight will be eligible to win a copy of my not-so-famous book, Picture Book Preschool, and a copy of Nancy Pearl’s Book Crush: For Kids and Teens—Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment and Interest. After tonight, you can still enter the challenge, but the prize will be gone.
