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: Hidden Worldviews by Wilkens and Sanford

  
  Christians in Context: from orthodoxy to orthopraxy. — Authority: 124
  Hidden Worldviews is not your average book addressing worldviews. There are no chapters on nihilism, existentialism, or Eastern monism (though a nod is made to The Universe Next Door , and James Sire even writes a blurb for the back of the book, calling Hidden Worldviews "an excellent compliment" to his own ...
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• New Federal Trade Commission Guidelines

  
  Christians in Context: from orthodoxy to orthopraxy. — Authority: 124
  The Federal Trade Commission recently revised their guidelines that affect testimonial advertisements, bloggers and celebrity endorsements. "The revised Guides specify that while decisions will be reached on a case-by-case basis, the post of a blogger who receives cash or in-kind payment to review a product is ...
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• September book (late)

  
  Ruminations — Authority: 103
  I am horribly late, but I did read Beautiful Boy by David Sheff. I don’t know if I enjoyed it but I did like Sheff’s writing. His story of his son’s addiction to crystal methamphetamine wasn’t exactly easy reading. He conveyed very well the sense of hopelessness and helplessness he felt, watching his son ...
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• Practically Green Book Review and Giveaway

  
  Green and Clean Mom — Authority: 120
  Practically Green: Your Guide to Ecofriendly Decision-Making – a book I can identify with, relate to and recommend to my friends. A friend of mine and fellow green mom, Micaela Preston – with whom I had a ball with at BlogHer 09’ has written this wonderful book which she sent to me to review and it [...] Post ...
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• Review of Sea of Poppies

  
  A Gathering Of The Tribes — Authority: 118
  Sea of Poppies, by Amitav Ghosh Reviewed by Poonam Srivastava Amitav Ghosh is a world-renowned best selling author. After reading Sea of Poppies I see why. He is a damn good storyteller. The subject of Sea of Poppies is vast and rich. Despite the huge intellectual effort that is required by the writer of such a ...
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• Book Club Breakdown: Gossip of the Starlings by Nina de Gramont

  
  The Book Lady's Blog — Authority: 423
  This is part of a monthly-ish feature in which I discuss my book club’s most recent selection. What it’s about: A description from the publisher, Algonquin Books : When Catherine Morrow is admitted to the Esther Percy School for Girls, it’s on the condition that she reform her ways. But that’s before ...
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• Book Review: Lawrence Kirsch, “The Light In Darkness”

  
  Popdose — Authority: 618
  On last month’s Popdose Podcast , I endorsed The Light In Darkness , an oral history about Bruce Springsteen’s 1978 album Darkness on the Edge of Town album and its subsequent tour as told by Springsteen fans. In full disclosure, its editor, Lawrence Kirsch, is a friend and I contributed an essay to the book ...
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• REVIEW: Bound and Determined by Jane Davitt and Alexa Snow

  
  Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary — Authority: 138
  Dear Ms. Davitt and Ms. Snow. I love the title of this book, because it’s so true to the characters and to the book. I’ve been disappointed, sometimes even sickened by some of Loose-Id’s titles recently (no, I didn’t review them, I couldn’t bring myself to do so), so I was happy to be intrigued enough by ...
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• Michaela’s Review: Flashforward, by Robert J. Sawyer

  
  Bookgeeks — Authority: 466
  Let me begin with the spoiler alert. A serialised television adaptation of this novel has recently been aired in the United States and is currently airing in the United Kingdom (and possibly other locations). However, I do not think fans of the series will find it spoiled for them either by reading this review or ...
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• Book Review: After You by Julie Buxbaum

  
  Peeking Between the Pages — Authority: 132
  After You by Julie Buxbaum is a novel that will tug at your heart and have you wondering how well you really know the people closest to you. It is a novel full of tragedy, drama, hope and how trying to find yourself in the midst of chaos is sometimes one of the hardest things to do. On a tree lined street in ...
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• Jennifer Bissonnette

  
  International Edubloggers Directory — Authority: 125
  Jennifer Bissonnette, USA, Middle Grades, 4-8, Language Arts I’m a middle school teacher who loves to read and teach reading. Currently, I teach 6th grade Language Arts in Boise, Idaho. Before that, I taught 1st and 3rd grades at a public arts magnet school in Chattanooga, TN. I’ve also had the honor of ...
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• Tommie Smith’s 11 Concurrent World Records

  
  SpeedEndurance.com — Authority: 123
  I re-read Tommie Smith’s autobiography Silent Gesture: The Autobiography of Tommie Smith (Sporting) and he mentions in Chapter 2 FOUR times that he held 11 World Records concurrently.  The "11 World Records" are also mentioned on his Bio on the inside of the back cover. But nowhere in the book does it list ...
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• Brief review: Kyung Ran Jo: Tongue

  
  London Korean Links — Authority: 131
  Kyung Ran Jo: Tongue Tr Chi-young Kim Korean version 2007 English version Bloomsbury 2009 A lightweight and enjoyable book set among the foodies and fashionistas of Kangnam. A talented young cook is ditched by her trendy architect boyfriend, and spends much of the book getting over it, in a way that is a ...
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• Book Notes: Bright-Sided / Leading with Confidence / Fool Moon Rising

  
  Kingdom People — Authority: 582
  Here are some brief comments on three books that I have read recently. Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America Barbara Ehrenreich Metropolitan Books, 2009 My Rating: *** 1/2 Americans need to recover from the mass delusion that is positive thinking. So ...
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• A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis

  
  Maw Books — Authority: 512
  I really want to share A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis with you.  It’s so fun.  Great story, great design, great color.  It was so much fun to read.  But how can I even begin to review it when Betsy at Fuse #8 has already written a review which would put  my feeble attempt to shame?  I can’t.  So ...
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• Book Review: The Maze Runner by James Dashner

  
  The Book Smugglers — Authority: 567
  Title: The Maze Runner Author: James Dashner Genre: Dystopian/Apocalyptic, Horror, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte Books Publication Date: October 2009 Hardcover: 384 pages Stand alone or series: First book in a planned series. How did I get this book: Review Copy from ...
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• Anarchy and Old Dogs by Colin Cotterill

  
  Kittling: Books — Authority: 133
  Title: Anarchy and Old Dogs Author: Colin Cotterill ISBN: 978-1-56947-501-0, Soho Press, 2007 Genre: Amateur Sleuth, #4 Dr. Siri Paiboun mystery Rating: A First Line: The post office box was eighteen across, twelve down, and it had a loop of wool wound around the door so Dr. Buagaew wouldnt miss it. By this ...
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• Review: The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson

  
  My Friend Amy — Authority: 590
  These memories descend out of nowhere, giving me pieces of who I was, but their significance is lost. I sigh and resume my walk, not knowing if this memory is important, or just more of the jumbled trivia of Jennas life, like sock shopping. Maybe that is all my life is composed of, trivia that eventually adds up to ...
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• ‘Local Food’ Reviewed in Permaculture Magazine

  
  Transition Culture — Authority: 489
  LOCAL FOOD: How To Make It Happen In Your Community. Tamzin Pinkerton & Rob Hopkins. Green Books, 2009. 220 x 220mm, 216pp. £12.95As the twin issues of Peak Oil and Climate Change become more widely discussed, more people become interested in prom-oting local food as one of the steps towards self-reliance. But ...
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• Recommended Reading on the Environment and Climate

  
  CultureWatch — Authority: 467
  This is a brief bibliography on some notable books on the broad area of the environment, with subsections on climate change and population matters. What makes this list of recommended titles somewhat unique is that it is admittedly selective. That is, there are thousands of titles out there on such matters. Walk into ...
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