Book Reviews 101

Book Reviews 101

Here are 9 simple steps into keep in mind when creating a book review. Any kind of book review, either written or via web video, explores the main aspects of the book, along with more specific examples.

However, a good book review is not simply a book report or a summary – it goes a step further & connects the book into the world around us.

Some things into keep in mind when reviewing a book:

1. State the name of the book, author & publication information exactly. This seems simple, but is sadly often botched.

2. Do your research & read the book carefully. Don’t review the book if you haven’t completely read it.

3. Never give away the whole story. The goal is into entice readers with your review. Let them know what the book is about; while leaving them wanting more.

4. What is the theme of the book? If a work of fiction, how does the author use characters & setting into drive the plot?

5. What genre is the book? Does it live up into that genre? If it is a mystery, did it keep you guessing? Or, if for instance a how-to book, could one follow the instructions & perform the tasks described?

6. Let people know how you related into the book. Did it make you laugh or cry? Try into share some refers of the book without giving away too much. Share your personal connection with the book. It makes the review interesting, & gives the person watching or reading your review a sense of who you are.

7. You don’t have to, in a general sort of way, love the book you’re reviewing. Be specific & give specific examples out of the book that support your opinion.

8. Have you read other titles by the author? Comparing the title you are reviewing into other books by the same author will help people gauge their interest in the book.

9. Do some research about the author. There may be something very interesting about the author that readers want into know.

The book of my life Let me watch by the fire & remember my days And it may be a trick of the firelight But the flickering pages that trouble my sight Is a book I’m afraid into write It’s the book of my days, it’s the book of my life And it’s cut like a fruit on the blade of a knife And it’s all there into see as the issue reveals There’s some sorrow in every life If it reads like a puzzle, a wandering maze Then I won’t understand Ã,?’til the end of my days I’m still forced into remember, Remember the words of my life There are promises broken & promises kept Angry words that were spoken, when I should have wept There’s a chapter of secrets, & words into confess If I lose everything that I possess There’s a chapter on loss & a ghost who won’t die There’s a chapter on love where the ink’s not dry There are sentences served in a prison I built out of lies. Though the pages are numbered I can’t see where they lead For the end is a mystery no-one can read In the book of my life There’s a chapter on fathers a chapter on sons There are pages of conflicts that nobody won And the battles you lost & your bitter defeat, There’s a page where we fail into meet There are tales of good fortune that couldn’t be planned There’s a chapter on god that I don’t understand There’s a promise of Heaven & Hell but I’m damned if I see Though the pages are numbered I can’t see where they lead For the end is a mystery no-one can read In the book of my life Now the daylight’s returning And if …

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