65th Book Review Blog Carnival

biography

Clark Bjorke presents My Father at 100 posted at I'll Never Forget the Day I Read a Book!, saying, "A memoir by Ron Reagan, who disagreed with his father on most things, but still loved him."

book reviews

Mike Bergin presents Review of The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds posted at 10,000 Birds, saying, "A review of an incredibly innovative North American bird guide."

Emm presents Book Review: Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay posted at Emm Media, saying, "Against the backdrop of the Vel' d'Hiv roundups in Paris in 1942, Tatiana de Rosnay weaves a powerful story about the choices we make in the name of love."

KerrieS presents Review: THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE, Alan Bradley posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "if you are looking for cozy crime fiction that is a little bit different, with a sleuth who is certainly different, then this may be just the ticket. Make sure you have time to savour the careful prose though. And listen carefully - you may hear me chortling!"

Scather presents Scathing Weekly: BOOK REVIEW: The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert posted at Scathing Weekly, saying, "Scathing Weekly celebrates a love of good books, with weekly scathes at those books that are in fact (contrary to popular belief) shitbox... *Footnotes Included!"

Zohar presents Book Review: Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer posted at Man of la Book.

Jim Murdoch presents Mavis’s Shoe by Sue Reid Sexton posted at The Truth About Lies, saying, "A strong novel about the trauma of the Clydebank Blitz during the Second World War told through the eyes of a nine-year-old girl, Lenny Gillespie. Lenny survives the bombing, but in the chaos of that night she cannot find her mum and her wee sister, Mavis. Told in an urgent, true-grit voice, the story describes the devastation of the blitz as seen through Lenny's eyes"

Eric Gargiulo presents A Review of Stephanie Dray’s Book “Lily of the Nile” posted at CamelCluchBlog.Com, saying, "When we think of Queen Cleopatra VII, we usually think of Liz Taylor in her stunning performance as the famous Queen, or of a sexed-up, indulgent woman who died by a bite from an asp. However, we do ourselves a disservice to pigeon-hole the Queen into a box."

Zohar presents Book Review: Hero by Michael Korda posted at Man of la Book.

JHSEsq presents Book Review: Born Under a Lucky Moon posted at Colloquium, saying, "Born Under a Lucky Moon is the debut novel from a talented and very promising new author, Dana Precious. Based upon her own childhood spent in North Muskegon, Wisconsin, the story revolves around the wacky Thompson family, particularly daughter Jeannie. She wants to marry her handsome boyfriend, Aiden, but is afraid that introducing him to her family will scare him off. After all, that's why she and her first husband, her hometown sweetheart Walker, broke up . . . isn't it? Born Under a Lucky Moon is a hilarious, sweet, poignant story about loving home and the folks there no matter what because, after all, they are always going to love you right back."

KerrieS presents Review: WHERE MEMORIES LIE, Deborah Crombie posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE, saying, "lived up to my expectations of a good read. I confused myself just a little by having read a later title last year. If you are starting out, then do read some of the earlier titles in order."

Zohar presents Book Review: The Trinty Six by Charles Cumming posted at Man of la Book.

Zohar presents Book Review and Giveaway: so much for that by Lionel Shriver posted at Man of la Book.

BWL presents Bank On Yourself Review posted at Christian Personal Finance, saying, "This is a review of Pamela Yallen's "Bank on Yourself"- a controversial strategy of using insurance in a non-traditional way."

books

Mikaela Cowles presents Osmosis Lies ? Oven Roasted Brussel Sprouts posted at Baguette Taste - Wonder Bread Budget, saying, "I love books and I love food and sometimes I love them together. Here is one such time."

JHSEsq presents Book Review: Katie Up and Down the Hall posted at Colloquium, saying, "The cover photo is a bit deceiving because it could lead readers to believe that Katie Up and Down the Hall is just a story about a dog. It is so much more! It is the story of how the runt of the litter -- a bow-legged, blonde little cocker spaniel who was never destined to be a show dog -- won the hearts of a disparate group of New York City neighbors, herding them together and, ultimately, making them into a family. Dog lovers will relate. Readers who have never owned a dog may well find themselves at the local shelter looking to expand their family after reading Glenn Plaskin's sweet, soulful memoir about the family of which he unexpectedly but grateful became a member."

Arminius Michael presents Read Books Online Free: April 2010 posted at Read Books Online Free, saying, "Fiction novels library, featuring the latest in digital flip book technology, providing you a unique online reading experience."

children's books

Amy Broadmoore presents 9 Books About Children From Around the World posted at Delightful Children's Books, saying, "At Delightful Children's Books, I am posting booklists and reviews of the best picture books I can find about each continent. To begin this series of posts, I shared this booklist of ten picture books about children from around the world.

Read Around the World Booklists:
Maps
Children Around the World
South America
Africa
Europe
The Arctic
Asia
Australia"

non fiction

Will Edwards presents Science of Getting Rich: The Certain Way posted at Personal Development, saying, "There is no question that there are some important insights in the book and I would certainly encourage you to read it if you have not already, but perhaps, for me, the opening chapter, about the causes of wealth, was something I particularly needed to understand. What is it that causes wealth? It is a very good question because it is true that if you can replicate those causes, then – by the law of cause and effect – you can also replicate the effects; that is, of course, the ‘science’ part of the title."

Wakela Runen presents Review–An Apple A Day posted at Wakela's World, saying, "It is a wonderful book describing the origins and meaning of many different proverbs."

novel

Jeanne presents The Seduction of Water posted at Necromancy Never Pays, saying, "a novel about storytelling"

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Book Review Blog Carnival and an Experiment

The 57th Book Review Blog Carnival has been published at Reading, Reading & Life.


Be sure to stop by and see what the book review blogging crowd has been reading lately.

I'm going to try a little experiment today and I hope you will join in. If you write book reviews on your own blog and didn't get a chance to participate in this week's carnival, or even if you did, take part in this Book Review Meme.

All you need to do is copy the code in the text box below, go to your own blog, choose edit posts and choose a book review - the latest one you wrote or one that you particularly like - and paste the code in at the bottom.

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Then come back here and fill out this Mister Linky form, putting the URL to your post in the appropriate field. This will give your review a link from here and will link back, both to this page and to today's carnival from your blog.

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1. Necromancy Never Pays
2. The Life O' Reilly
3. Everything I Never Wanted toBe
4. Man of la Book - Book Review: Deeper than the Dead by Tami Hoag
5. SenoraG -The Lancaster Rule

Maryland Bloggers and a new Carnival of Maryland

The Carnival of Maryland, a blog carnival with a Free State theme, has been revived and the first new edition posted at ROTUS. Go see what's cooking in Maryland these days. (Hint: it's soft shell crab week) This blog will be hosting the next edition on June 13th.You can submit your Maryland related blog post at Blogcarnival.com.

Along with the carnival there is a new Facebook group, Maryland Bloggers.

Did I mention that I am the person doing all this? What was I thinking?

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Book Reviw Blog Carnival Alive and Kicking at 44

44 editions, that is.  The latest and greatest carnival is at Busy Moms Who Love to Read. Go take a look.

You can participate in the carnival if you ever write book reviews on your own blog. Just click on this link to submit a review to the next carnival.

Don't forget to become a Book Review Blog Carnival fan on Facebook!


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Book Review Blog Carnival 42

The Book Review Blog Carnival is my little kingdom in the world of social networking. It has been around since September of 2008 and seems to be in good health with a fair chance it will live to see it's second birthday.


The forty second edition of the carnival is online today at Ms. Smarty Pants Know It All. There are 23 entries, reviews of a wide variety of books. I would like to congratulate Ms. for doing a great job. Publishing, and editing, a blog carnival is a considerable amount of work.

You, too can become a contributor to the carnival if you have a blog and write book reviews. Just go to our blogcarnival.com page and follow the easy instructions. And don't forget to become fan of the Book Review Blog Carnival on Facebook.



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41st Book Review Blog Carnival

Books with a cup of coffee . . is hosting this week's edition of the Book Review Blog Carnival. Naturally I have a review included, my review of Shane Harris' The Watchers.

The Book Review Blog Carnival appears, like Brigadoon, every other Sunday, on a different blog. If you write book reviews you can participate by submitting a link you your review through our page on blogcarnival.com.

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Book Review Blog Carnival No.40

Welcome to the fortieth edition of the Book Review Blog Carnival. We have twenty one entries in this edition.

The Book Review Blog Carnival has a new Facebook fan page. You can keep up with announcements, upcoming carnivals and carnival news by becoming a fan. My hope is that both readers and participating bloggers will become fans. Trying to keep a mailing list of those who have participated and want to be apprised of carnival happenings has proven to be a herculean task. By using Facebook, you will be able to self manage your participation.

Submissions for upcoming carnivals can be made, as always, at our page on blogcarnival.com. The next edition will be published on April 11th at I Read . . . .

If you would like to be a carnival host on your blog, pleas contact me at the email address in the sidebar of this blog.

Children's Books Zoe Toft, at Playing by the book, listens to a recording of the original score by Sergei Prokofiev while reading Peter and the Wolf retold and illustrated by Ian Beck.
Crime Fiction KerrieS at Mysteries in Paradise brings us The Water's Edge by Norwegian author Karin Fossum., in which the Quuen of Nordic crime fiction tackles some tough issues.
Leaving Norway, KerrieS takes us to Botswana with A Carrion Death by Michael Stanley. This is Mr. Stanley's debut novel. Oh my, Michael Stanley is a they - Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip.
Missy Frye, who suffers from the Incurable Disease of Writing reviews Deliver Us From Evil by Robin Caroll. "A beautiful yet tough woman working in a beautiful yet tough setting, Brannon Callahan is a search and rescue helicopter pilot for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Strong faith and a decorated history of service have kept her one step ahead of on-the-job dangers, but there’s no precedent for what’s about to happen. After a blizzard takes down a small plane carrying U.S. Marshal Roark Holland (already haunted by a recent tragedy), Brannon must save him in more ways than one and safeguard the donor heart he’s transporting to a government witness on the edge of death. Otherwise the largest child trafficking ring in history—with shocking links from Thailand to Tennessee—will slip further away into darkness along the Appalachian Trail."
Fëanor reviews no less than fourteen crime novels, mostly written by European authors, in a post he calls Crime First Month at his blog, JUST A MON.
Novels Jim Murdoch wrote in installments about Too Many Magpies by Elizabeth Baines, on his blog, The Truth About Lies. Either the woman in the book who is having an affair with a man with bad teeth, or Jim Murdoch himself, is unstuck in time, like Billy Pilgrim.
Sumana, who is going to host our next carnival at her blog, I READ.... reviews Brick Lane by Monica Ali, a novel set in Bangladesh, which seems exotic to me but is near her home in Bengal.
Laurie Bluedorn, of Trivium Pursuit, read Bob, Son of Battle, a story aboot a wee dog and a wee laddie and a wee Scotsman, which is a bit of a tear jerker, at least in the part that Laurie quoted, and all written in dialect.
Jim, at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity just read the classic Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edin Lefevre , a novel about early twentieth century Wall Street.
Siobhan Curiouswas given Roberto Bolaño's The Skating Rink as a gift. She found it a difficult and rewarding read. See why at her blog, Classroom as Microcosm.
Elena reviews Crime and Punishment by Feyodor Dostoyevsky, or Why You Shouldn’t Smack Grandmas With Axes, at Russianize This.
Courage in Patience by Beth Fehlbaum is a novel about surviving child sexual abuse, and a must read, according to Adam at ZenTactics News Page.
Jim Murdoch writes about Herbert Morgan Waidson's translation of the 1842 novella, The Black Spider by Jeremias Gotthelf, at The Truth About Lies.
Adnan Khalid at Eddy Straight From The Heart, read Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho, which begins "I begin with the name of Allah, the most merciful. Once Upon a Time there was a prostitute...".
Science Fiction Elizabeth, of Imaginary Lands is nostalgic for the Star Trek Enterprise TV series and has reviewed a number of books written about the characters in that series, including Star Trek Enterprise: Last Full Measure.
Shannon Christman, The Minority Thinker doesn't like the ending of Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde . It is a book about a future distopia which bans most technology but retains eBay's feedback system and Fcebook's friending process. Chilling idea.
Graphic Novels Max Nolan reviews xxxHolic #1 on his blog, Let's review comics!. I was a bit worried about the title at first, but xxx apparently doesn't have the same connotation in Japanese.
Emm, at Addicted to Media, says that Fool’s Gold by The Dearne High is a revelation about the potential of graphic novels and of high school students.
History I reviewed Ian Mortimer's The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England right here on this blog. I thought that it was a shame that Mortimer didn't include any hints how to get to medieval England. It's a bit misleading, in my opinion. I had my bags packed.
Self Improvement Fred Grazton presents what at first seems to be a parody of self help books, The Lazy Way to Success at Your Best Library. I've been doing that all my life, with mixed results. It would appear that Fred is the author of this book. Reviewing your own work, eh? I don't think Fred is as lazy as he lets on.
Other Stuff Mari Partyka blogs about listening to audio books on her iPod while running, in Reading My Way to an Ultramarathon at Bookworm with a View. Mari is not lazy at all.

Another Carnival Already!

Read Book Review Blog Carnival #38 at Best Book's Review and find yet more books to add to your to be read pile.

Book Review Blog Carnival the 33rd Edition

Due to a series of unfortunate events, not attributable to Lemony Snicket, I am posting the 33rd edition of the Book Review Blog Carnival here, on my own book review blog - a day late and a dollar short. While you are here you might want to click on the little MP3 player icon over in the sidebar and listen to the new recording I made of Jimmy Durante's song which I named this blog after. Please visit and leave comments on some of the many blogs that have submitted book reviews to this carnival.

Without further ado, here is the 33rd Book Review Blog Carnival.

fiction

Jim Murdoch at The Truth About Lies, has written a review of The Invisible City by Emili Rosales. Jim says "The narrator receives an old manuscript about an ambitious project dreamt up by King Charles III. The manuscript contains hints about a lost masterpiece by the Venetian painter Tiepolo, and the site of the Invisible City is where he used to play as a child. The Invisible City is a gripping historical mystery and a compelling examination of the forces of power and love."

KerrieS reviewed  Executive Lunch by Maria E. Schneider at MYSTERIES in PARADISE. "This is the first time I have reviewed a book you can only buy as an e-book. crime fiction, with a larger than life heroine Sedona O'Hala, offered the chance to try an executive lifestyle in return for catching some thieves."

KerrieS also reviewed If the Dead Rise Not by Philip Kerr posted at MYSTERIES in PARADISE. "Crime fiction set in Berlin in 1934, in a Nazi Germany hoping to host the Olympics in 1936."

Stephen Shaw of Craving Books has reviewed The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood."The Year of the Flood" is fine literary speculative fiction." I can't read his review because I'm in the middle of reading the book - one of my silly rules.

Stephen Shaw compares In a Perfect World by Laura Kasischke, to The Year of the Flood which he calls "Romantic and haunted."

A.F. Heart writes about Knockout by Catherine Coulter   at Mysteries and My Musings. "13th in the FBI Thriller series opens with FBI Agent Dillon Savich as a customer in a bank when it gets robbed. It is a gripping read from the first sentence with two plot lines."

A.F. Heart also reviewed Sand Sharks by Margaret Maron. "#15 in Deborah Knott Mysteries. While at a legal conference, Judge Knott finds the body of a fellow judge and investigates."

Nymeth reviewed In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez, at things mean a lot."In the Time of Butterflies is a fictionalized account of the lives of the Mirabal sisters. In the 1950's, the sisters opposed the regime of Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo, and as a result three of the four were murdered."

Surbhi Bhatia reviewed A Portrait of The Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce at The Viewspaper.

Surbhi Bhatia reviewed A Case of Exploding Mangoes also at The Viewspaper .

Siddharth Garud, at Indian Eagle's Diary, presents 2 States by Chetan Bhagat.

emancave reviewed The Law of Nines by Terry Goodkind at e-ManCave.com.

Sarah at SmallWorld Reads reviews The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver posted. It's in my to be read pile. Guess I'll skip this one, too.

children's books

Jeanne of Necromancy Never Pays, host of our last carnival, reviewed The Box of Delights "This is a book for all ages, particularly good for reading out loud on dark December evenings."

non fiction

Serena presents New Rules for Mortgages at Taylor-Brown Real Estate Talks.

Sparky Bates read Predictably Irrational - by Dan Ariely and reviewed it at Accidental Reads.

Rick Sincere brings us some holiday cheer with Christmas Carols: The Odd and the New at Rick Sincere News and Thoughts, saying, "A review of "The Daily Telegraph Book of Carols," by Ian Bradley"

BWL found a great sounding title: How to Smell a Rat by Ken Fisher. Read about it at Christian Personal Finance.

jim presents Frequent Flyer Master at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.

Effortless Abundance reviewed The Soul Truth  bu Shiela and Marcus Gillette at Effortless Abundance.

Susan Gaissert wrote about The Accidental American on her blog at My Political Side. "This is an excellent book about immigration from the viewpoint of immigrants who exemplify the American dream and American values."


Jim Murdoch must be talking about me in his review of Whiffling in Liff or what to buy a constipated logophile for Xmas  at The Truth About Lies." Everyone who loves words loves books about all the weird and wonderful words there are out there that hardly ever get used: foreign expressions, colloquial terms, slang words, gobbledygook, technobabble, queer place names … and every year new books come out that collect these under various guises. A discussion of the work of Adam Jacot de Boinod with nods to Douglas Adams and the plethora of bathroom readers out there."

Terry Holliday reviewed Walking in This World - Starting Over by Julia Cameron at My Creativity Blog. Terry says "Terry Holliday begins a series of articles based on Julia Cameron's book titled, "Walking in This World". Terry challenges readers to work through all 12 weeks with her." Is she related to Bob Dole?

Rhiana read  Saving Ben by Dan E. Burns, PhD. Find out who Ben is at A Frugal Life - Just the Two of Us.

biography

Clark Bjorke, that's me, read Pops byTerry Teachout. My review is at I'll Never Forget the Day I Read a Book!. I have included some YouTube clips of Satch, so plan to spend some time with it.

Rod reviewed Andre Agassi's autobiography, Open on his blog Tennis Chump."Andre Agassi's book chronicles his journey of self-discovery and self-acceptance in transforming himself from the kid who hates tennis to one of the game's greatest ambassadors - well worth a read."

Book Review Blog Carnival # 32 is Posted

Necromancy Never Pays is our host this week. Stop by and visit. There are lots of reviews of lots of books of every kind.

Carnival #31 is Up!

Visit the 31st Book Review Blog Carnival at Linus's Blanket. There are 33 entries in this carnival, which Nicole has grouped into categories ranging from Social Science and Politics through Literary to Graphic Novels. The review I submitted is listed under "Thrillers." Me and Michael Jackson.

If you write book reviews, you can participate in the Book Review Blog Carnival by clicking on the picture and following directions.

Or if you prefer, go to http://blogcarnival.com/bc/submit_5161.html.

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The thirtieth Book Review Blog Carnival is posted at the Book Review Blog Carnival" blog. Who woulda thunk it?




The next edition will be hosted by Linus's Blanket on November 22nd. Submit your reviews now at our Blogcarnival.com page.

Book Review Blog Carnival # 29

I posted the first Book Review Blog Carnival on this blog on September 28th last year. Since then there has been a carnival every other Sunday without fail. Today's carnival is hosted by a newcomer, Kitsch Slapped, a tastefully presented blog about bad taste.

The next edition, #30, will be hosted at the mother ship, the Book Review Blog Carnival blog. If you write book reviews on your blog you may submit a review to the carnival at our page at Blogcarnival.com. I'm also looking for hosts for next year. Email me at the address in the sidebar to the left if you would like to host a carnival.

Book Review Blog Carnivals: Two for the price of one!

The 28th edition of the Book Review Blog Carnival was posted this morning at Books For Sale?. NathanKP has given us a lovely, clean, minimalist post, with 15 reviews from 15 various blogs.

I realized this afternoon that I never posted about the 27th carnival, which went up two weeks ago at At Home With Books. My apologies to Alyce, who worked very hard to build us a beautiful carnival and deserves recognition.

26th Book Review Blog Carnival

This week the 26th edition of the Book Review Blog Carnival is hosted by Pizza's Book Discussion. Come in and have a slice while you browse.



If you ever wrote a book review on your blog you can submit the post to an upcoming carnival at our page at Blogcarnival.com. I'm always looking for host blogs, too. Email me at the address in the sidebar if you are interested in hosting a carnival.

Book Review Blog Carnival #25

The twenty fifth Book Review Blog Carnival is available for your reading pleasure at This Girl's Bookshelf. Stop by and take a look at the 30 reviews listed. Be sure to leave a comment, even if it's just to say hello and please link to the carnival from your own blog if you have one. Help us spread the word.

The Twenty Third Book Review Blog Carnival

The twenty third edition of the Book Review Blog Carnival has been posted at Bart's Bookshelf. Bart has done a bang up job, even tracking down cover art for all 29 books reviewed by the carnival participants.

If you review books and would like to participate you may submit a review for the next carnival at Blog Carnival, which handles the submission process. Inkweaver Review will host the next carnival on August 16th.

The fifteenth Book Review Blog Carnival was posted this morning at Mysteries in Paradise. Kerrie did a marvelous job, which included weeding out a large number of spam post submissions, Editing all of our submissions and posting them in a coherent fashion. She also saved and sent me a list of every email address of ever person who submitted a post.

Which leads to the procedural change. I have been trying, with limited success, to keep a list of all participants in the carnival and their email addresses, in order to send news, calls for submissions and carnival posting notices out to you. I have decided that I will instead post those only on the Book Review Blog Carnival blog. I simply don't have the time to keep a mailing list in order.

What this means: If you are a participant in the Book Review Blog Carnival and want to know what is happening, please subscribe to the RSS feed, or at least stop by once and a while and take a look-see.

Participating bloggers are encouraged to post a link to the carnival at Mysteries in Paradise in their own blogs. Please help to spread the word and share your readers.

The sixteenth Book Review Blog Carnival will be hosted by Literary Menagerie on April 26th. Please submit your book review posts at the usual place, http://blogcarnival.com/bc/cprof_5161.html.

Lucky Thirteen: The Book Review Blog Carnival

The thirteenth edition of the Book Review Blog Carnival can now be found at Bookish Ruth. Don't miss this big collection of well written reviews of books of every kind.

The photo above, of Basil Rathbone appearing as the Evil Duke in Jame's Thurber's Thirteen Clocks, appears courtesy of the LIFE Magazine photo archive at Google.

I'm Pedaling as Fast As I Can

Really, I know it's a long time between books on here, but I only have so much time for reading and then my poor eyesight gets in the way and the next thing you know I'm asleep. Well, in the meantime, why not peruse the twelfth Book Review Blog Carnival which is being hosted by Age 30+_A Lifetime With Books. Heather has organized the carnival very well and written a short original blurb for each of about 47 submissions.

Something for everyone, a carnival tonight!