Saturday Review of Books: October 6, 2007

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I look at [books] as a child looks at cakes – with glittering eyes and a watering mouth, imagining the pleasure that awaits him.”
Mrs. Gaskell

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. Laura (Second Person Rural: More Essays of a Sometime Farmer)
2. Laura (The Giver; Gathering Blue; Messenger)
3. Moomin Light (What Would Barbra Do?: How Musicals Changed My Life)
4. Bonnie (Atonement)
5. Semicolon (The Lemonade War)
6. Semicolon (Miss Spitfire)
7. Karate Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)
8. Sally (House of Mirth)
9. Carrie K. (Abide with Me)
10. gautami tripathy (Tess of D\’urbervilles)
11. gautami tripathy ( The Handmaid\’s Tale)
12. Jane – Much Ado (Curious Incident of the dog in the Night time)
13. Stephen (Darkmans)
14. Literary Feline (The Collection)
15. Lynne (The Bone Garden)
16. Lynne (Bootlegger\’s Daughter)
17. Framed (The Ghostwriter)
18. Framed (Buy a Friend a Book Week)
19. ChristineMM (What\’s Love Got To Do With It?)
20. coffeeteabooksandme (3:16)
21. Dana(Luncheon of Boating Party)
22. Valentina (I\’m not scared)
23. Valentina (The god of small things)
24. Mo (Sue Grafton\’s “A”, “B” & “C”)
25. Mo (Drowning Ruth)
26. CoversGirl (Nocturnes)
27. Amy(A Thousand Splendid Suns)		 28. CoversGirl (The Silmarillion)
29. MFS (review copies stacked on the piano)
30. SFP (The Woman Who Waited)
31. Matt Anderson (Purified by Fire: A History of Cremation in America)
32. Joy (Midnight Rambler)
33. Carol (The Soloist)
34. Cinnamon (Tales of Despereaux)
35. Samantha (Eragon)
36. Petunia (The Bronze Bow)
37. Becky (One Little Chicken)
38. Becky (I\’d Really Like To Eat A Child)
39. Becky (Every Friday)
40. Becky (Duck, Duck, Goose)
41. By Love Redeemed (Becky)
42. Becky (One for Sorrow)
43. Becky (To Kill A Mockingbird)
44. 5 Min for Mom (Smart-Opedia)
45. Becky (Lemonade Wars)
46. Becky (Prom Nights From hell)
47. Becky (Babe)
48. Becky (Snow Baby)
49. Nicola (Bones to Ashes)
50. Nicola (The House at Pooh Corner)
51. Nicola (The Silent Boy)
52. Nicola (Enter a Murderer)
53. Nicola (Ereth\’s Birthday)
54. Wendy (East of the Mountains)		 55. Musings of a Lady (Sophie Scholl and the White Rose)
56. Carrie (Authentic Beauty)
57. Carrie (Austenland)
58. Bookfest (A Wrinkle in Time)
59. Karen (The Prize-Winner of Defiance, Ohio)
60. Clean Reads (Green Angel)
61. Clean Reads (Moxy Maxwell does not love Stuart Little)
62. BeckyB (Annick Press)
63. Maureen E (September Reading List)
64. BeckyB (Little Skink\’s Tail)
65. BeckyB (Chester)
66. Miss Erin (Maeve on the Red Carpet)
67. Jennifer, Snapshot (The Fairy Chronicles)
68. Stacy (A Swift Pure Cry)
69. Amanda (Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie)
70. Em (Thirteen Reasons Why)
71. Sandy D. (Bud, Not Buddy)
72. Suzanne (brand new reader)
73. Darla D (First Among Sequels)
74. Darla D (Claimed by Shadow)
75. Jennifer (The Boy on the Bus)
76. Verbivore (Middlesex)
77. Verbivore (At Weddings and Wakes)
78. Chrisbookarama (An Infamous Army)
79. Heather R H (A Mile from Sunday)
80. Stephanie (Bridge to Terabithia)

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10 thoughts on “Saturday Review of Books: October 6, 2007”

  2. I actually read through “What Would Barbra Do?” twice before returning it to the library. It’s a fantastic book if you like musicals.

  6. I’ve only got as far as my third book for the challenge, I need to get moving! That Miss Spitfire book sounds like a fascinating read.

  7. Thank you for offering this great service! This is my first time to add a book review, but I will be doing it more often!

    Off to read some reviews, now!

  8. Thirteen Reasons Why is a great book for teens, parents, and teachers. It’ll make you reevaluate your relationships with friends and even casual acquaintances.

  9. Oh man, did I love “Bud, Not Buddy”. Now I want to read everything by Christopher Paul Curtis.

    This reading all the Newbery winners has brought some really amazing children’s and YA books to me. I doubt I would have run across Curtis otherwise. I wish he would write an adult book. 🙂

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