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Robert Strupp
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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.
— 10 hours, 35 min ago
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Robert Strupp
is on page 108 of 215
I hope I can remember what I'm reading when I review books for the "internet" and, mostly, Goodreads and Storygraph.
— Nov 07, 2026 12:49PM
Robert Strupp
is on page 89 of 215
The book is geared to those in 1978 wishing to become paid book reviewers in magazines and newspapers. As I've said, although I will count the entire book as "read" for my 2026 Book Challenge, I'm skipping chapters that don't apply to me such as: 'Reviewing Books for Children' and 'The Function of a Book Editor.' Not certain how much Book Reviewing will help my social media reviews, but it can't hurt, eh?
— Oct 30, 2026 12:23PM
Robert Strupp
is on page 43 of 215
A 48 year old text on book reviewing. It has dozens of examples, it seems, of what professional book reviewers had written half a century ago. I will be skipping certain sections as they pertain to folks who want to seek book reviewing as a profession. However, I will count the book as 'read' when I am at the end. It's quite quaint as it talks about newspapers which have virtually ceased to exist in 2026.
— Oct 22, 2026 10:11PM