Saturday Review of Books: October 9, 2010

“In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.”~Andre Maurois

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.

5 thoughts on “Saturday Review of Books: October 9, 2010

  1. Hi everyone,
    I have just posted my thoughts about my latest good read:
    ‘Hidden Agenda’ by Carol Smith.
    Here’s hoping someone else out there might enjoy it as much as I did
    Have a great week,
    Yvonne

  2. Sorry for the double entry; Sherry, could you delete the 2nd Good Squad? Thanks! Also, I had real trouble loading the site today; the background seemed to give my system some trouble. Is it very data intensive? I really enjoyed Marvel’s Sense and Sensibility mini series, though I hated their P & P.

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