How to Write A Book Review

After we have assessed the importance of book reviews and opened a whole new level of argument on HOW TO SUBMIT BOOK REVIEWS, maybe we try talking about even writing a book review. Wouldn't you agree? Who says you have to be an editor of the Times to submit one and grant authority? This could mean that we, avid readers, are supportive of other authors whether they write in the same genre as ours.
 

How to write a book review:

1. Read the book twice - the first reading to give you an overview;
2. the second, to start making the notes that will form the basis of your review.
3. No substandard, flippant, throwaway comments especially if they don't relate at all to the book
4. Be critical. Not destructive.

Some questions that should answer your book review:


Has the purpose of the book been achieved?
What contribution does the book make to the field?
Is the treatment of the subject matter objective?
Are there facts and evidence that have been omitted?
What kinds of data, if any, are used to support the author's thesis statement?
Can the same data be interpreted to alternate ends?
Is the writing style clear and effective?
Does the book raise issues or topics for discussion?


 Submit them to these book related sites that will review your books:

Affaire de Coeur TSClark_ADCads@affairedecoeur.com
All About Romance laurie@likesbooks.com
All About Murder Reviews hartigan@pacbell.net
All The Write Moves jonmarie2000@yahoo.com
Bella Online dMcDougle@bigfoot.com
Belles and Beaux scoleburn@msn.net
Blue Iris Journal Blue_iris_journal@writeme.com
Book Dragon Reviews TBR@bookdragonreviews.com
Book List (America Library Association) bott@ala.org
Book Nook carole@booknook.com
Book Page www@bookpage.com
Boston Globe Book Reviews gaines@globe.com
Buzzy Book Reviews Buzzy@ebookad.com
Crescent Blues Reviews crescentblues@hotmail.com
Danny Yee's Book Reviews editor@dannyreviews.com
Deep Outside SFFH brianc@clocktowerfiction.com
eBook Connections reviews@ebookconnections.com
eBooksnbytes admin@ebooksnbytes.com
Escape to Romance reviews@escapetoromance.com
Fiction Factor editors@fictionfactor.com
Fiction Forest sandi@fictionforest.com
GWN Online Netera@aol.com
Huntress Reviews archon@mindspring.com
Just Views justviews@justviews.com
Lakefield Reviews subs@lakefield.net
Lisa's Book Reviews lisasbookrev@aol.com
Mid West Book Reviews * mbr@execpc.com
MSF & F TnPC8331@aol.com
My Quill Reviews reviews@ivyquill.com
NZ Writers Web tomlewis-writer@paradise.net
Other Views authors@otherview.com
Promo Preview promopreview@hotmail.com
Rain Taxi Raintaxi@bitstream.net
Reader to Reader loves2read@juno.com
Readers Weekly publisher@readersweekly.com
Recipe Card.com Wen@RecipeCard.com
Romance Reviews Today RomRevToday@aol.com
Romantic Notions michelle@romanticnotions.com
Sandy's Book Reviews writers@writers-exchange.com
Scribes World reviews@scribesworld.com
Sharp Writer johncullen@sharpwriter.com
Sime Gen Reviews reviews@simegen.com
Simply eBooks bree@simplydreams.net
Sniffbutt hraden@onwardselsewhere.com
Strange Horizons * reviews@strangehorizons.com
Subversion (Women Writers Only) subversion@booksquare.com
Sun Times mroth@suntimes.com
The Australian review@theaustralian.com.au
The Compulsive Reader Webmaster@compulsivereader.com
The Review Zone Tina@TheReviewZone.com
The Romance Reader editor@theromancereader.com
The Romantic Bower editor@theromanticbower.com
The Write Lifestyle MerylSpellbinder@aol.com
Tracey's Book Reviews t_eastgates_reviews@yahoo.com
Under the Covers rmpdixie@aol.com
Word Museum * wordmuseum@aol.com
Word Weaving editor@wordweaing.com
Writers Club Yvonne473@aol.com


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