Gleaned from the Saturday Review: August 9th and 16th, 2008

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Sassymonkey is recommending The President’s Daughter by Ellen Emerson White. I first heard of this series during last year’s Under the Radar Recommendations from A Chair, A Fireplace, and A Tea Cozy. I think it’s time I tried out this series about a woman elected president and her teenage daughter.

I finally have this book from the library, having seen it recommended by someone and requested it a couple of months ago and then recommended again at Just a Reading Fool. Lucky for me I’m patient with the waiting list at the library.

Calon Lan recommends The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody by Will Cuppy. This humorous look at the vicissitudes of various historical figures sounded like just my kind of humor, so I looked up the author, Will Cuppy. He was a journalist with a book review column for the New York Herald Tribune, and he wrote for The New Yorker and other magazines. He was a humorist, but actually suffered from depression and committed suicide in 1949. Decline and Fall was published posthumously in 1950. Sad story, but I’m looking forward to checking out a copy of the book.

4 thoughts on “Gleaned from the Saturday Review: August 9th and 16th, 2008”

  2. I look forward to seeing what you think of Three Cups of Tea. Glad that I could help trigger your memory. Sometimes that’s all I need: a repeat recommendation from another book blogger and I’m set.

  3. I enjoyed Three Cups of Tea also. The writing isn’t spectacular but the depth and the truth and the excitement of the true story blew me away. This is a man who changed the world one baby step at a time.

  4. my book club is reading Three Cups of Tea in late Sept. I’m #76 on the waiting list at the library. I think I’m going to have to break down and buy it. I’ve seen a few mixed reviews and am looking forward for a chance to try it out too.

    I look forward to your review.

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