Tag Archives: books
Card Catalog Review: Rules of Civility
PBS’ The Great American Read Card Catalog Reviews- WEEK 8
In Search of the End of the Sidewalk has teamed up with the Berryville, Arkansas library for this summer’s “The Great American Read” with PBS. The goal for Berryville residents is to have one Card Catalog Review for each of the 100 books on PBS’ list. (You can find the list here.) Each Saturday, In Search of the End of the Sidewalk will post a roundup of all of the reviews that came in during the week.
Summer stats:
Week 1– 3 books (97 to go), Week 2– 5 books (92 to go), Week 3- 5 books (87 to go), Week 4– 4 books (83 to go), Week 5- 5 books (78 to go!), Week 6– 5 books, Week 7- 5 books Week 8- 5 books (but 7 reviews!)
A Separate Peace by John Knowles


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The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis




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The Color Purple by Alice Walker


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The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien

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The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry


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Card Catalog Review: Breaking Free: How I Escaped Polygamy, the FLDS Cult, and My Father, Warren Jeffs
Breaking Free: How I Escaped Polygamy, the FLDS Cult, and My Father, Warren Jeffs by Rachel Jeffs


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Card Catalog Review: Ghosts
PBS’ The Great American Read Card Catalog Reviews- WEEK 7
In Search of the End of the Sidewalk has teamed up with the Berryville, Arkansas library for this summer’s “The Great American Read” with PBS. The goal for Berryville residents is to have one Card Catalog Review for each of the 100 books on PBS’ list. (You can find the list here.) Each Saturday, In Search of the End of the Sidewalk will post a roundup of all of the reviews that came in during the week.
Summer stats:
Week 1– 3 books (97 to go), Week 2– 5 books (92 to go), Week 3- 5 books (87 to go), Week 4– 4 books (83 to go), Week 5- 5 books (78 to go!), Week 6– 5 books, Week 7- 5 books (I’m starting to sense a pattern here, but it is never going to get us to 10)!)
Moby Dick by Herman Melville


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Hatchet by Gary Paulsen


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Ghost by Jason Reynolds


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Dona Barbara by Romulo Gallegos


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The Call of the Wild by Jack London


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Card Catalog Review: Spinning Silver
Card Catalog Review: Convenience Store Woman
Card Catalog Review: A Place for Us
PBS’ The Great American Read Card Catalog Reviews- WEEK 6
In Search of the End of the Sidewalk has teamed up with the Berryville, Arkansas library for this summer’s “The Great American Read” with PBS. The goal for Berryville residents is to have one Card Catalog Review for each of the 100 books on PBS’ list. (You can find the list here.) Each Saturday, In Search of the End of the Sidewalk will post a roundup of all of the reviews that came in during the week.
Summer stats:
Week 1– 3 books (97 to go), Week 2– 5 books (92 to go), Week 3- 5 books (87 to go), Week 4– 4 books (83 to go), Week 5- 5 books (78 to go!), Week 6- 5 books (73 to go- we are going to need to pick up the pace, Berryville!)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon


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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll


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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen


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Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan


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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens


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