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Leading book editors, columnists, critics, and reviewers offer tips on selecting and appraising books as well as writing reviews for newspapers, magazines, television and radio
- GenresNonfiction
215 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 1978
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December 28, 2019
I picked up this book at a garage sale and started to read it. There are some basic guides and details on how to properly read a book if your intent is to criticize/review it. I found this enlightening because it is how I will now read books. There are sections on construction and context. The best part to me was on how to paraphrase without giving away to much in a review. I still struggle with this but continue to work on it. Overall, this was worth the time to read it if one is a regular book reviewer.
November 11, 2026
As I stated I was going to skip chapters that couldn't possibly help me in writing book reviews on 'social media. Big 'Learns' were to give my opinion, not review books of relatives, (sorry Zach), friends or enemies or stinkers, (aka: my DNF shelf), not attack punctuation, and keep it short, 600 words. It was odd while reading the book and realizing the 21 chapters were all penned by folks now dead.
September 18, 2008
How does one review a book of reviews?
I began reading this about a year ago. Thanks to semester loans (and the ability to renew) it became a part of my bookshelf and every month or so I would pick it up and read another chapter. I first took it from the Uni library when I was asked to review for a small publication a book I had read and raved about for a class. I had no idea where to begin and this leapt off the shelf and asked me to bring it home. That review ended in disaster for many reasons and I vowed to improve. Do I see reviewing as a career? Not necessarily, but I feel the ability to write a good review of a book, music album, movie, recipe is a skill I should add to my toolbox.
I believe that while unique and offering different and valuable insights, each essay found in this book can be distilled to pretty much the following: read as much as you can, practice writing as much as you can, write clear, and submit on time and according to word count.
It's an amazing book and I hope to find a copy to call my own so it can have a permanent place on my shelf . I'm curious what how a chapter about current technologies would read, especially with the rise of these social sharing sites (see my love of goodreads above!).
I'll clean this "review" up when it's sat with me a little longer and I feel worthy of the task.
I began reading this about a year ago. Thanks to semester loans (and the ability to renew) it became a part of my bookshelf and every month or so I would pick it up and read another chapter. I first took it from the Uni library when I was asked to review for a small publication a book I had read and raved about for a class. I had no idea where to begin and this leapt off the shelf and asked me to bring it home. That review ended in disaster for many reasons and I vowed to improve. Do I see reviewing as a career? Not necessarily, but I feel the ability to write a good review of a book, music album, movie, recipe is a skill I should add to my toolbox.
I believe that while unique and offering different and valuable insights, each essay found in this book can be distilled to pretty much the following: read as much as you can, practice writing as much as you can, write clear, and submit on time and according to word count.
It's an amazing book and I hope to find a copy to call my own so it can have a permanent place on my shelf . I'm curious what how a chapter about current technologies would read, especially with the rise of these social sharing sites (see my love of goodreads above!).
I'll clean this "review" up when it's sat with me a little longer and I feel worthy of the task.
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