Saturday Review of Books: October 24, 2009

“Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library. A company of the wisest and wittiest men that could be picked out of all civil countries, in a 1000 years, have set in best order the results of their learning and wisdom. The men themselves were hid and inaccessible, solitary, impatient of interruption, fenced by etiquette; but the thought which they did not uncover to their bosom friend is here written out in transparent words to us, the strangers of another age.”~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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. Reading to Know (How to be a Genius)
2. Reading to Know (Iza Trapani)
3. 5M4B (The Big Field)
4. 5M4B (Not That Kind of Girl)
5. Seth H. (Naya Nuki: Shoshone Girl Who Ran)
6. 5M4B (Daisy Chain & A Slow Burn)
7. 5M4B (The Man Behind the Peace Prize)
8. Seth H. (The Guinea Pig Diaries)
9. 5M4B (Purpose-Filled Presentations)
10. Reading My Library (Southern Picture Books)
11. Framed (Stargazing: Memoir of a Young Lighthouse Keeper)
12. SuziQoregon (Dreaming Anastasia)
13. Framed (Kitchen Privileges)
14. SuziQoregon (Sworn to Silence)
15. Framed (The Tale of Briar Bank)
16. MFS @ Mental multivitamin (On the nightstand)
17. MFS @ Mental multivitamin (Book Lust)
18. MFS @ Mental multivitamin (Henry V)
19. Mark @ Random Ramblings (Ghost a la Mode)
20. Mark @ Random Ramblings (Heat Wave by Richard Castle)
21. Mee (Wicked)
22. Carol (Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl)
23. Barbara H (The Missing by Bev Lewis and A Surrendered Heart)
24. Barbara H (Dr. Frau: Woman Doctor Among the Amish)
25. Zee @ Notes from the North (Mary Anne Saves the Day)
26. melydia (Silverstein and Me)
27. melydia (My Latest Grievance)
28. Zee @ Notes from the North (Castle of Wizardry)
29. melydia (Smoke and Mirrors
30. gautami tripathy (Kiss Me Again, Stranger)
31. gautami tripathy (Yes, My Darling Daughter)
32. Janet (The Book of Three)
33. Janet (The Portent)
34. Janet (Diary of an Old Soul)
35. Deanna/ibeeeg (Ballad)
36. SmallWorld Reads (Cowboy and Wills–giveaway)
37. Joy (Slam)
38. Semicolon (Peace Like a RIver)
39. Semicolon (Luke and the Van Zandt County War)
40. Semicolon (Diana of the Crossways)
41. Kristen (The Longest Trip Home)
42. Kristen (A Guide to the Birds of East Africa)
43. Kristen (Appassionata)
44. Kristen (Ruined)
45. Kristen (Now and Then)
46. Phyllis (The Catholic Church and Conversion by Chesterton)
47. Phyllis (Return to Rome)
48. Amy @ Hope Is the Word (A Girl of the Limberlost)
49. Amy @ Hope Is the Word (Sarah’s Wish)
50. Jennifer, Snapshot (Daddy Long Legs)
51. Girl Detective (Beat the Reaper)
52. Girl Detective (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier)
53. Girl Detective (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Predators and Prey)
54. Girl Detective (Daredevil: Return of the King)
55. Katy (Cassandra, Lost)
56. Jen Robinson’s Book Page (The Time Quake)
57. Lynn Bruce (Leisure: The Basis of Culture)
58. Maureen E (Two Patricia McKillip reviews)
59. Maureen E (Two Georgette Heyer reviews)
60. Maureen E (The Thief)
61. Staci Thomas – Civil Thoughts
62. Nicola (Wonderland)
63. Nicola (Up Till Now)
64. Nicola (20 Bible Verses Every Child Should Know w/ CD)
65. Nicola (Perseus and Medusa)
66. Nicola (Fashion Kitty and the Unlikely Hero)
67. Jennifer (Teddy Bear series)
68. Alice@Supratentorial(It Sucked and then I Cried, Hungry Monkey)
69. Petunia (Harry Potter, book 1)
70. Diary of an Eccentric (Betsy in Spite of Herself)
71. Diary of an Eccentric (13 Days of Halloween)

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4 thoughts on “Saturday Review of Books: October 24, 2009

  1. I was looking to be first in today, and then I started reading the Movies list. “White Christmas” is my favorite, too. I just love Danny Kaye.

  2. I feel like I’m cheating, because my post is about two books we’re just starting to read together as a family/couple. The first one looks very promising.

  3. I really enjoy today’s quote. I had to think a little on it to appreciate it–it’s not as facile as book-loving quotes often are. Plus I’m reading about the Puritans now and their deep love and respect for books, so it feels of a piece.

    Lots of graphic novels this week!

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