So as I went through the Saturday Review I found the following books to add to my TBR list:

Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas. Recommended at Small World Reads and at 5 Minutes for Books.

The Manual of Detection by Jedidiah Berry. This one sounds weird, maybe too weird for me. However, it also sounds intriguing, so I’ll have to check it out. Recommended at Kate’s Book Blog.

The Last Newspaper Boy in America by Sue Corbett. Jen Robinson says, “I also think that homeschooling families might get an extra kick out of it. But really, The Last Newspaper Boy in America is an entertaining read for people of all ages. Recommended.” I’ll bite.

They Loved to Laugh by Kathryn Worth. Recommended at Framed and Booked. I’ve heard of this one before, but I never added it to the TBR list. I think I’d like it.

I thought this meme looked like fun, based on books read so far in 2009:

Describe yourself: Graceling (Kristin Cashore)

How do I feel: Secret Keeper (Mitali Perkins)

Describe where I currently live: Paper Towns (John Green)

If I could go anywhere, where would I go? Home (Marilynne Robinson)

My favorite form of transportation: ?

My best friend is: An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination (Elizabeth Macracken)

I and my friends are: Birds of a Feather (Jacqueline Winspear)

What’s the weather like: After the Fire (Robin Gaby FIsher)

I fear: The Deadliest Monster (Jeff Baldwin)

What is the best advice I have to give: Your Jesus Is Too Safe (Jared WIson)

Thought for the day: I Choose To Be Happy (Missy Jenkins)

How I would like to die: The Chosen (Chaim Potok) and Careless in Red (ELizabeth George)

My soul’s present condition: Blue Like Jazz (Donald Miller)

In other booking and blogging news:

Book Blogger Appreciation Week is coming soon, September 14-18, 2009. Voting for the BBAW Awards in various categories opens tomorrow, September 7th.

I’m so thankful that my TBR list is online because my computer crashed a couple of weeks ago, and I may or may not be able to retrieve the information on there: one good reason to post non-sensitive information (recipes, booklists, educational plans, what else?) on the internet.

The KidLitosphere Conference is coming up in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, October 17th. I still wish I could be there, but maybe you can go and then tell the rest of us all about it on your blog. That’s what blogging is good for, right?

I might, might, might be able to retrieve the information that was on my hard drive in my other computer that crashed. I’ll know something within the next few days. If I can, then I can continue the much missed (by me, anyway) Top 100 Hymns series, which left off with Hymn #36, My Jesus I Love Thee. Here’s hoping to be able to post the remaining 35 hymns in the list soon . . .