Saturday Review of Books: May 19, 2007

From my close observation of writers… they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and 2) those who bleed copiously and secretly at any bad review.
Isaac Asimov

Welcome to this week’s Saturday Review of Books. Hereâ€™s how it works. Find a review on your blog posted sometime this week of a book youâ€™re reading or a book youâ€™ve read. The review doesnâ€™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 youâ€™ve written your book review. Donâ€™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 youâ€™ve added new content to your blog. In parentheses after your name, add the title of the book youâ€™re reviewing. This addition will help people to find the reviews theyâ€™re most interested in reading.

1. Kevin (Ragamuffin Gospel)
2. Kevin (Wilderness Bonanza)
3. Joy (The Good Earth)
4. Heather (Possum Magic)
5. Why Homeschool (The Mouse That Roared)
6. SFP (The Harsh Voice)
7. coffeeteabooksandme (Days on the Farm), a child\’s book
8. sage (Me Talk Pretty One Day)
9. MFS (On the nightstand)
10. CoversGirl (The Secret Life of Bees)
11. DHM (Prydain Chronicles)
12. Elizabeth (Making Ripples)
13. Sandy D. (The Tale of Despereaux)
14. Sandy D. (House of Rain)
15. tanabata (The Diary of a Young Girl)
16. Laura (The Thirteenth Tale)
17. Stephanie (Anansi Boys)
18. Maureen (Little Britches)
19. Miss Erin (Hitler\’s Canary)
20. Sam Houston (Middlesex)
21. Carrie K. (Ex Libris)

22. Steve Emery (Summerland – eventually)
23. Carol (The DIscarded Image)
24. Melanie (Armadale)
25. Lauren S. (Thorn in My Heart)
26. Wendy (Alias Grace)
27. Wendy (The Art Of Mending)
28. Wendy (Stolen Lives)
29. Wendy (The Road)
30. Laura (Never Done: A History of American Housework)
31. Just One More Book! (The Trouble with Tilly Trumble)
32. Lois (The Avenger Takes His Place)
33. Bookfest (Lost Horizon)
34. Carrie (The Holy Spirit)
35. Petunia (The Tail of Emily Windsnap)
36. Petunia (Ordering Your Private World)
37. Petunia (The Cat Who Went to Heaven)
38. :: Suzanne :: (Animal, Vegetable, Miracle – still)
39. 5 Minutes for Books (Get a Hobby!)
40. Maureen E. (In This House of Brede)
41. monica (Girl Meets God)
42. Heather (Desperate Pastors\’ Wives)

43. Kathryn (Bread Winners)
44. Framed (Katharine Graham\’s Personal History)
45. Framed (A Wrinkle in Time)
46. Framed (Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret)
47. Diane (In This House of Brede)
48. kimbofo (THe Post-Birthday World)
49. Dani Torres (Mariana)
50. Heidijane (The great vegetable plot)
51. Heidijane (Anansi Boys)
52. Becky (Emma Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree)
53. Camille (Summer Ball)
54. Lars Walker (The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Vol.3)
55. Fuse #8 (Eggs)
56. sfp (Pedro Paramo)
57. Becky (THe Dangerous Book for Boys)
58. Carmen (New Poetry Book~ Troubled Soul Refinery)
59. Acquisitionist (almost french)
60. Acquisitionist (almost french)

Thanks to everyone for reviewing, blogging, and linking.

Peruse past Saturday Reviews.

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

13 thoughts on “Saturday Review of Books: May 19, 2007”

Sherry, I goofed with my first link to The Harsh Voice review–it sends everyone to a picture of my cat. Sorry. Could you delete it?

“The Tale of Despereaux” is the 2004 Newbery winner (older children’s lit), and “The House of Rain” is non-fiction about the archaeology (and archaeologists and their theories) of the late prehistoric (say 900 AD-1700 AD) SW US.

Happy to find this project!

sorry about that. my book is Girl Meets God.

I’m so sorry! I hit the enter button too soon and forgot to put the title of my book down. It’s “In This House of Brede.”

My selection is from my 207 Reading List – a history of housework.

Hi Sherry, I left a link to my mother’s blog (which I do the technology for her and she does all the writing). She’s 87 years young, and an avid reader. She’s also been the book group leader at her local senior center for 10 years!