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Sep
28
The Sunday Salon
2008 at 8pm Posted by Rebecca Joines Schinsky
So, it’s 8:35pm, but better late than never, right? I’ve missed The Sunday Salon for a week or two because things have just been crazy, so I’m glad to be back, and though the Salon is normally a nice way to start my day, I’m finding it’s also a good way to wind down. There’s never really a bad time to read and write about books, is there?
I began the week with a book review of The Other Woman, a collection of essays by women writers about relationships and infidelity, edited by Victoria Zackheim. Later, I reviewed Bitter Sweets by Roopa Farooki, a novel about families, deception, and infidelity. It was an interesting follow-up to The Other Woman, and I love it when books flow into each other that way. I wrapped up the work week with a review of Maya Angelou’s new book Letter to My Daughter, which was warm and uplifting and a great way to go into the weekend.
In between reviews, I discussed my favorite authors, revved up for Banned Books Week and Freadom, celebrated my 1000th comment and an awesome blog award, and marveled at the laziness of some teenage readers.
I was excited to kick of Banned Books Week by attending the National Book Festival, and I was STOKED to see Salman Rushdie, but one of the friends I was going with got stuck in traffic, so I missed his talk, and it was way to hot and sticky to stand in the superlong booksigning line, so yesterday was kind of a bummer. But my hubby and I did get to hang out with two of our best friends all day, and we walked through the Library of Congress, where I had the worst case of booklust I’ve ever experienced. It was gorgeous and overwhelming, and I wanted to ask if I could just set up a little cot in the corner and move in if I agreed to help them keep things alphabetized. Awesome.
I’m celebrating Banned Books Week all week long with a daily spotlight on a banned or challenged book. So far, I’ve featured The Perks of Being a Wallflower and And Tango Makes Three. I’m also re-reading The Giver and Fahrenheit 451 and will feature them later this week. My daily spotlights go up at 9am EDT, and you can see others every afternoon at 2pm Central at Devourer of Books.
Maw Books and Just A (Reading) Fool are also doing daily features.
Are you doing anything special for Banned Books Week? Tell me about it here and leave a link!
Be sure to check in tomorrow morning to continue my celebration of banned books and again in the afternoon, when I’ll announce a Matrimony giveaway.
Now, I’m going to cuddle up with my hubby and pooch for Entourage and the return of Dexter and Californication. 30 uninterrupted minutes of David Duchovny in all his debaucherous glory…be still my beating heart!
Hi, Rebecca: I read and reviewed my banned book – A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein.
http://mrstreme.livejournal.com/61998.html
Enjoy your shows!
Jill=)
I love the Library of Congress too! I took my son there about a year ago, and after touring the whole place (even the marble bathrooms) I asked him what he thought. He said, “Too much marble mom!” Of course, he was six at the time.
I’m so sad that we didn’t get to run into each other. I was standing in the tent for Rushdie and it was a really good talk. I had a great time sweating my ass off and I finally posted about it last night. I got to meet Philippa Gregory and that was all I really wanted in the end. It was great, even though I was a pool of sweat in the picture – after purposefully getting my hair done on Thursday so that I would look my best for the event – HAR! I’m glad you enjoyed the Library of Congress. I’ve never been and I’m sure that it’s a must see.
Rebecca: I’ve never been to the Library of Congress, but I’m so jealous and I never, ever want to go either after reading about how you want to put a cot there, because I wouldn’t be able to leave. I’d still be blogging from there.
Hey, you know what, there’s an idea. 
All these places sound so exotic. Living in Spain, I just get to go green, reading about it. You lucky people….