Books I have in a Bette barricade next to my bed (and therefore, obviously, among the top of my 100 or so to read list) in no particular order Never before read: Living With The Dead Kelley Armstrong (Have read her previous books and loved. If you like good Urban (and rural) fantasy and/or vampires,...

I’m working on an assigned booklist, readers if you will, for a class that will be taught to sixth graders next year in our homeschool co-op. The class is supposed to incorporate literature and Texas history. So, I’ve been reading books about Texas: historical fiction, biographies, memoi...

Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta. I made it about 100 pages into this Lord of the Flies goes to an Australian boarding school novel before I finally realized that I couldn’t figure out what was going on nor did I care. The boarding school had adults, but apparently they were all out to lunch ...

For kids and young adults. I’ve read some of these. Of those that made the nomination lists and that I’ve read, The Big Splash by Jack Ferraiolo was really, really cute –if you have a high tolerance for some adolescent-type humor. Here’s my short review of the book. The Postc...

As I looked through the entries for this week’s Saturday Review, these are the books that caught my eye and were added to my TBR list. We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. Recommended by Jackie at Farm Lane Books. I’ve seen this one reviewed and recommended elsewhere, and I tho...

I try to go through the book review links posted at the Saturday Review each week, but with nearly 200 links posted this week, time is the enemy of thoroughness. I did glance over most of the reviews, and these are the books and other thoughts I found of interest to me: A Thomas Jefferson Education:...

I love reading another reader’s list of favorites. Even when I find I do not share their tastes or predilections, I am provoked to compare, contrast, and contradict. It is a most healthy exercise, and one altogether fruitful. ~T.S. Eliot Welcome to this week’s Saturday Review of Books. Hereâ...

Jared’s Jesus Reading List at The Gospel-Driven Church. No, I haven’t read any of these, but I’d like to try to read at least one of the books on the list this year. Which one does anyone suggest I read first? Image Journal’s 100 Writers of Faith. I’ve read thirteen of ...

The Underneath by Kathi Appelt. Semicolon review here. The Girl Who Could Fly by VIctoria Forrester. Semicolon review here. Window Boy by Andrea White. Semicolon review here. The Jumping-Off Place by Marian Hurd McNeely. Semicolon review here. The Life and Crimes of Bernetta Wallflower by Lisa Graff...

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