Saturday Review of Books: May 12, 2007

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For a good writer, there is only one measure of success, and that is found in his honoring the complexity and richness of his subject while telling his story in a lucid way.
—Joseph Epstein

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.

1. :: Suzanne :: (Animal, Vegetable, Miracle)
2. Krakovianka (The Book Thief)
3. Kevin (The Looking Glass Wars)
4. Stephen (Everyman)
5. 3M (The Handmaid\’s Tale)
6. Janie (The Poetry of Geology)
7. Sage (Vietnam: A History)
8. SFP (The Folded World, pt. 1)
9. SFP (The Folded World, pt. 2)
10. DeputyHeadmistress
11. DeputyHeadmistress (Lifetime Reading Plan)
12. Amy(A Lesson Before Dying)
13. Amy(Feed)
14. Ruth (Three books)
15. CoversGirl (Lady Chatterley\’s Lover)
16. Stephen (Brideshead Revisited)
17. Carrie (Tuesdays with Morrie)
18. Sarah (The Endless Steppe)
19. Sarah (My Antonia)
20. Carol (Too Small to Ignore)		 21. Mt Hope Academy (Ben and Me)
22. Quixotic (Stardust)
23. Bonnie (Poetic Diction)
24. Laura (Sense and Sensibility)
25. Laura (Comeback)
26. Wendy (The Bright Forever)
27. Wendy (The Madonnas of Leningrad)
28. violet (Running Toward Home)
29. Cathy (Pictures books by Paul Goble)
30. Barbara H. (From Cannibalism to Christianity)
31. Sandy D. (Island of the Blue Dolphins)
32. Elizabeth (Growing Up Christian)
33. Miss Erin (Leepike Ridge)
34. Miss Erin (Rising Star of Rusty Nail)
35. Carrie K. (Eragon: book vs. movie)
36. Jen Robinson (Extreme American Makeover)
37. MFS (Teaching Company courses)
38. 5 Minutes for Books (Ordinary Mom, Extraordinary God)
39. Petunia(Mary Poppins)
40. Alyssa (The Hollow Kingdom)		 41. The Thinking Mother (Artist Trading Card Workshop)
42. The Thinking Mother (SoulCollage)
43. Literary Feline (As Dead as It Gets)
44. Literary Feline (The Rest Falls Away)
45. Literary Feline (Mythago Wood)
46. The Thinking Mother (Iggie\’s House)
47. BeckyB (The Knitting Circle)
48. Isabella (Divisadero)
49. Heidijane (The Handmaid\’s Tale)
50. Heidijane (Case Histories)
51. Heidijane (Fifth Woman)
52. Heidijane (Naked Lunch)
53. Heidijane (Goose Girl)
54. Sam Houston (Oil on the Brain)
55. Melanie (Death of Ivan Ilych)
56. Stephanie(Scot on the Rocks)
57. Linda (Book Meme)
58. Chrisbookarama (Mr Darcy\’s Diary)

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Thanks to everyone for reviewing, blogging, and linking.

Peruse past Saturday Reviews.

Saturday Reviews: Alphabetical by Title. (an unfinished list)

8 thoughts on “Saturday Review of Books: May 12, 2007”

  1. Just found your blog and am very excited about your book list. You’ve included many of my favorites, which bodes well for me as there are many titles I’ve not yet read, and I am always hungry for new books.

    Thank you.

    Suzanne

  3. I just added a link to a review of three books, The Chimney Sweeper’s Boy, Monday Mourning, and The Echo Maker.

  5. The book I reviewed isn’t exactly fiction, but it’s an interesting look at how to read it. Thanks for providing this!

  6. Island of the Blue Dolphins , by Scott O’Dell was the Newbery winner in 1961 – historical fiction for older kids, about a Native girl (in the mid 1800’s), who lives by herself on a deserted island off the coast of California. Recommended if you like nature books – the details about otters, gulls, etc. are very good.

  7. I just submitted three books I have read recently and linked here. I had such problems for a few weeks with Blogger that I was unable to publish all that I wanted and could not participate with this for a little while. Glad Blogger is working again for me now.

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