Blogging Around: Bookishly

I don't know if I've changed my blog reading just enough to be more book oriented or if that is just how the blogs I read are writing these days. At any rate, there are some ripping good reviews here.

• The Empire of the Ants and Other Stories by H.G. Wells.
  Imagine my shock and pity upon learning that All Manner of Things had previously eschewed the science fiction story. Then imagine my delight upon learning that AMOT is diving headfirst into one of my favorite classic sci-fi authors, H.G. Wells. And enjoying it!
  
  
• Dracula Revisited: some observations on an old classic
  Brian Murphy at The Silver Key. That alone hould be enough to make you run over there!
  
  
• Our Heroine Likes Her Murder Mysteries the Old-Fashioned Way: Mysterious
  Our Heroine at The Decanonon is a new discovery for me. A very welcome one. Witty, self aware, evidently a voracious reader who likes nothing better than writing reviews to entertain and inform me. What's not to like? (We will ignore the unwelcome fact that she hated In Bruges with the heat of a thousand suns ... it is a movie ... we are talking about books here.)


• Tomorrow, When the War Began
  It is a rare thing when someone can make a YA novel sound like something I'd like to read (The main exception being Orson Scott Card who is so persuasive that he almost ... almost ... makes me think it would be worth my time to watch American Idol. But not quite.) This book about teenagers who come back from a camping trip to find out that a war has begun and decide to fight instead of surrender is definitely the exception. Go read the review.
  
  
• Mother Teresa: In the Shadow of Our Lady
  Have I mentioned that I've read plenty of books about Mother Teresa? Yes, I thought so. However, Sarah's review might change your mind. "No, this book inspired me in a nitty-gritty sort of way. I realize this is probably just where I am in my life right now, up to my elbows in weeds and little kids and work that needs done. It made me wrinkle my eyebrows a bit and see, once again, the abundance in my life, the many graces and the blessings."


• The Secret Adversary
  Quelle erqsome has been writing one wonderful review of a classic spy novel after another this month as part of her InSpyNoMo project. I have been scribbling names on my "to read" list with practically every post she writes. However, I have a special place in my heart for The Secret Adversary for Tommy and Tuppence, so I will send you to read that review and you may then explore to your heart's content. Be sure to read her review of The Riddle of the Sands, which she recommended long ago and which I devoured in May. Not that it hurts that she begins this one with a nice bit of flattery, "I've been an avid listener of Forgotten Classics since about the third episode. ..."