“In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to lead; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.”~S.I. Hayakawa
If you’re not familiar with and linking to and perusing the Saturday Review of Books here at Semicolon, you’re missing out. Here’s how it usually works. Find a review on your blog posted sometime during the previous week of a book you were 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.
Then on Saturday, you post a link here at Semicolon in Mr. Linky 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.
After linking to your own reviews, you can spend as long as you want reading the reviews of other bloggers for the week and adding to your wishlist of books to read. That’s how my own TBR list has become completely unmanageable and the reason I can’t join any reading challenges. I have my own personal challenge that never ends.
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Hi Sherry,
As usual, thanks for hosting this great meme.
My review of choice this week, is quite an old book, that has been languishing in my TBR pile for some considerable time, but is still nonetheless, a great read.
http://www.fiction-books.biz/reviews/my-thoughts-about-eyeshot-by-lynn-s-hightower/
Have a great weekend.
Yvonne
Cool thing to do, Sherry. And you get to see what a lot of people are reading.
Hi, Just linked to my review of Player One by Douglas Coupland.
Thanks. 🙂
I actually got a few reviews up this week, but I will only link to two of them… please feel free to scroll and check out the rest! Have a great week!
I know there are many Gaiman-philes here, so check out my post on “Calliope” to find out about the NPR reading group, which is reading his GN Dream Country.
Back after another long break. Noticed that “Small World Read’s” link isn’t working.
Better late than never, huh? 🙂 I was on vacation for a week, so didn’t blog much. I’m posting a review from the archives: “Sweet Caroline,” by Rachel Hauck…a pleasant, enjoyable read!
I was told about this by a good friend of mine; it looks like it can be a real blessing to a lot of people. I’ll be checking in more often 🙂