“To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.” ~André Gide

It’s been a busy bookish week, but not much activity on the blog itself because I’ve been fighting a cold all week. I did celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday on Wednesday the 23rd by giving out books for World Book Night. And I did a lot of reading between coughing and sneezing and wheezing and other forms of cold expression and relief. I’m much better now, just in time for the Saturday Review and for Dewey’s 24 hour Read-a-thon which is going on this weekend. If you’re participating in the Read-a-thon, or if you’re just reading’ and writ in’ (like me), please know that you are invited to link to your blog reviews here at Semicolon’s Saturday Review of Books this Saturday and every Saturday. And you are welcome to use the Saturday Review to help you find your next read.

Welcome to the Saturday Review of Books at Semicolon. Here’s how it usually works. Find a book review on your blog posted sometime during the previous week. The review doesn’t have to be a formal sort of thing. You can link to your thoughts on a particular book, a few ideas inspired by reading the book, your evaluation, quotations, whatever.

Then on Friday night/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.