Book Reviews

Book reviews is a popular tag because of the number of blogs that review books and the rise of so-called litblogs ("literary blogs").

Book reviews are an analysis of or commentary on a particular book or books or even a series of books. Book bloggers may review all genres or just specific ones, such as romance, science fiction or even graphic novels.

The popularity of book reviews also reflects changing times. Book reviews were long the almost exclusive province of weekly, biweekly or other periodic print publications. As book blogs increased, debate began about the value of blogs as a medium for and source of book reviews. Now, however, some stand-alone print book reviews are being downsized or shut down. The blogosphere may be the future for book reviews.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Book Reviews”

• Book Review: The Broken Road To Disaster Recovery by Keifer Bonvillain

  
  Blogger News Network — Authority: 641
  A True Story Of Drugs, Sex, Alcohol And FEMA Fraud My wife and I were in Canada when hurricane Katrina hit, my wife did not sleep for days. Her family was in the Slidell area and she could find no way to locate any of them. Power was out, the phone lines were down. There [...]
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• Detective Comics #859 – Review

  
  Weekly Comic Book Review — Authority: 436
  Batwoman by Greg Rucka (writer), J.H. Williams (artist), Dave Stewart (colors) , The Question by Greg Rucka (writer), Cully Hamner (artist), Dave McCraig (colors) The Story: First, Rucka told us the Batwoman arc with her lunatic sister and the crazy religious nuts in Gotham. Then, Rucka set the last issue in Kate ...
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• Lawn Chair Millionaire Review

  
  Professional Shopping and Product Reviews articles directory — Authority: 165
  Is Lawn Chair Millionaire a scam or legitimate business opportunity? This article will give you a review of the company.Background of Lawn Chair MillionaireLawn Chair Millionaire launched on Dec. 7, 2007. When you visit the website, you are immediately enticed to join the program right away. There are many people who ...
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• The Gypsy Morph: A perfect opportunity

  
  Fantasy Literature News & Interviews — Authority: 134
  The Gypsy Morph … The premise of the GENESIS trilogy is a great one…. but I can’t shake the disappointment that The Gypsy Morph should have been an “answer” book, shedding light on many of the mysteries and enigmas that shroud this series. Not in a blindingly obvious “this is how it all works” ...
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• The Outermost House by Henry Beston

  
  ricklibrarian — Authority: 124
  I have a new dream - to spend a year in the wild doing nothing but watching birds as the seasons turn. Its been done before, of course, but it appeals to me greatly, especially as described by Henry Beston in The Outermost House . Henry Beston did not really intent to spend fall 1926 to fall 1927 in a two room house ...
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• Raider’s Ransom: A good little book with an edge of adventure

  
  Fantasy Literature News & Interviews — Authority: 134
  Raider’s Ransom : Post apocalypse, from the eyes of a child. … Raider’s Ransom turned out to be a little predictable and had some characters who were too shallow. But some of the characters shined and there were picturesque settings, witty humor, and deep sub-plots. Raider’s Ransom is a good ...
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• Review: The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden

  
  Flight into Fantasy — Authority: 124
  Title: The Story of Holly and Ivy Author: Rumer Godden Genre: Children’s fiction Source: Bookshare Reason for Reading: I went with a friend to go holiday shopping for her daughters, so of course we ended up at Toys R Us. She was looking in particular for a doll for one of her daughters, and I found myself ...
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• Give a personalized photo book for Christmas

  
  PC Mike - Tech News and Reviews — Authority: 165
  Stumped about finding the holiday gift for the person who has everything?  Why not use your library of digital photos to make them a custom book that looks as good as those fancy coffee table books but is something so uniquely personal it just might be their favorite gift ever. We all have hundreds of photos. Why ...
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• Fiddlers Dream by Gregory Spatz - Book Review

  
  Ted Lehmann's Bluegrass, Books, and Brainstorms — Authority: 118
  Gregory Spatz is a professor of composition, a fiddler, a member of a bluegrass, band, and a previously published writer of novels and short stories, several of which have appeared in prestigious magazines. His novel, Fiddlers Dream benefits and suffers from his background and experience. The story presents an ...
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• Makers by Cory Doctorow

  
  Book Calendar — Authority: 129
  Makers by Cory Doctorow This is the kind of book which will keep you up reading until you are done. It is a story of technology, creativity, and intrigue. The story is focused on digital fabricators and three dimensional printers. It describes many things which are coming very soon. You could call ...
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• Christmas Cheer, or, Fire Up the Reindeer

  
  Gherkins & Tomatoes — Authority: 424
  Photo credit: C. Bertelsen Black Friday marks the first “official” day of Christmas, er, shopping, that is. (You know it’s almost Christmas when the day after Halloween, the grocery stores start hauling out the red ribbon and fake mistletoe.) A bit premature, but that’s cultural change for you. Used to be ...
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• The Beginner’s Guide To Online Discovering

  
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  Online education looks to be the wave of the future. One can make the argument that education is just one of the many aspects of society that is growing right along with the demand for convenient ways of communicating information. Because of the demand and growth, we are seeing a growing number of resources available ...
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• Book Review – Makers

  
  The Global Sociology Blog — Authority: 137
  Cory Doctorow ’s Makers has a lot in common with the previous books I have read from him and the themes developed throughout the stories are also familiar to many regular Doctorow readers. As in previous novels, Doctorow locates his story in a futuristic United States / Western hemisphere where capitalism as we ...
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• Book Review: The Magicians by Lev Grossman

  
  The Book Smugglers — Authority: 568
  Title: The Magicians Author: Lev Grossman Genre: Fantasy Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd (UK) / Viking (US) Publishing Date: May 2009 / August 2009 Paperback/ Hardcover: 416 pages Stand Alone or series: Stand alone with rumours of a sequel Why did I read the book: I have wanted to read ...
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• Simon A’s Review: The Rats and the Ruling Sea, by Robert V.S. Redick

  
  Bookgeeks — Authority: 467
  All hands on deck for Robert Redick’s excellent follow-up to his debut, The Red Wolf Conspiracy . The setting remains the IMS Chathrand, a truly mamoth sailing ship whose purported mission, to delivery the Treaty Bride to her wedding and thus cement the peace between two rival empires, is merely a cover for the ...
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• Darwin, Creation and the Fall: chapter 6

  
  An accidental blog — Authority: 126
  Irenaeus on the Fall and original sin  A. N. S. Lane I wasnt too familiar with Iranaeuss (c. 115-221AD) view of the fall so this chapter was a welcome addition. Lane is keen to defend the Irenaeuss view against a number of recent commentators who seem to have misread/used Irenaeus. These include the Dominican ...
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• Review of AMERICA LIBRE, by Raul Ramos y Sanchez

  
  The Dark Phantom Review — Authority: 110
  America Libre By Raul Ramos y Sanchez Grand Central Publishing ISBN: 978-0446507752 Copyright August 2009 General Fiction Dramatic and thought-provoking, America Libre is an ambitious novel. The story is set in Los Angeles in the near future and begins with our protagonist, ex-army soldier Manolo Suarez, as he is ...
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• Christa Faust, “Money Shot”

  
  avidbookreader — Authority: 118
  M oney Shot by Christa Faust (Hard Case Crime 2008). Ex-porn star, Angel Dare is having a really bad day. She arrives at a phony shoot and finds herself beat up, shot at and then left for dead in the trunk of a car. To make matters worse, she doesn’t even know what the hell’s going on when she later learns that ...
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• Not Written in Lipstick – Sarah Dunn’s Novel ‘Secrets to Happiness’

  
  One-Minute Book Reviews — Authority: 470
  A search-and-rescue mission for single New Yorkers and their dogs Secrets to Happiness: A Novel. By Sarah Dunn. Little, Brown, 277 pp., $23.99. By Janice Harayda Sarah Dunn is that rarity among comic novelists — a moralist in the best sense of the word. She doesn’t preach or lecture. But her heroines have a ...
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• What Are Penny Stocks?

  
  B2B Markeplace — Authority: 490
  So what are penny stocks anyway? You might hear talk about investors making a killing in hot penny stocks, or someone else losing their shirt, so to speak. With so much changing in the stock market since the recent crash in 2008 and the resulting recession, people are looking for ways to more wisely invest their ...
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