Book review

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

A book review is 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 review also reflects changing times. The book review was long the almost exclusive province of weekly, biweekly or other periodic print publications. As book blogs increased, debate began about the value of book bloggers. Now, however, some standalone print book review sections are being downsized or shut down. The blogosphere may be the future for the book review.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Book review”

• Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at Americas Public Universities

  
  Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) — Authority: 524
  tags: education , academic achievement , university , college , Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at Americas Public Universities , William G. Bowen , Matthew M. Chingos , Michael S. McPherson , book review The second book review Ive ever published in Nature Magazine appeared last week, ...
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• Waiting on a Train – Book Review

  
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  Review by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Waiting on a Train The Embattled Future of Passenger Rail Service A Year Spent Riding Across America by James McCommons 304 pages paperback 6” x 9” ISBN: 9781603580649 Published by: Chelsea Green Publishing October 20, 2009 Price: $17.95 The book “Waiting ...
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• Book Review: Getting Super-Freaky with SuperFreakonomics

  
  The Downtown Women's Club womensDISH blog — Authority: 118
  Shes a very kinky girl ... the kind you dont bring home to mother ... Couldnt help myself. Thats the tune that comes to mind every time I look at the cover of Super Freakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes and...
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• Review: Fancy Form Design

  
  Web Teacher — Authority: 122
  product A review by Web Teacher of (rating: 5 stars) Fancy Form Design by Jina Bolton, Tim Connell and Derek Featherstone is from Sitepoint Book (2009). This is really an excellent little book. It gives you tips on planning and designing a form that is both attractive and usable. It provides ...
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• 4 Helpful Freezer Cooking Cookbooks

  
  Life as Mom — Authority: 619
  I love me a good cookbook. Last time I checked I had three shelves full of them. And counting.... I think its time to purge. Or not. I could spend hours in a book store, especially if its the cookbook section. Its a family obsession really. Even FishBoy5s eyes light up at the sight of a book about food, ...
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• 40 Loaves is more than your typical Daily Bread

  
  Captain's Blog — Authority: 466
  If you are a fan of daily readings then you will really appreciate C.D. Baker’s new devotional, 40 Loaves . Each of the forty chapters starts off with a question that may be underneath the surface but has had trouble finding its voice. Religious devotion can tend towards childish belief systems where the subjects ...
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• Book Review: Heat Wave

  
  The Great Geek Manual — Authority: 140
  Book: Heat Wave ISBN-13: 978-1401323820 Author: “Richard Castle” Series: Nikki Heat series Publisher: Hyperion Genre: Mystery Release: September 2009 Length: 208 pages (Hardcover) Rating: D+ Verdict Sadly, what might have been a golden opportunity to add some depth to a funny but often ...
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• Shiloh Campaign

  
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  The Shiloh Campaign Edited by Steven E. Woodworth Eastern theater battles have long been the beneficiaries of essay filled books. Gary Gallagher has edited roughly a dozen of these books. Now the Western theater is getting the same treatment as Steven Woodworth has embarked on a series of books through Southern ...
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• The Skinny on Willpower: How to Develop Self Discipline

  
  Self Help Daily — Authority: 122
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• The Nazis stole Fromm’s condom empire

  
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  Fromm’s   is the true story of Julius Fromm, a Jewish entrepreneur living in Germany whose dedication to quality and innovation and whose business acumen made his condoms, Fromm’s Act, the most popular brand in pre-war Germany. Fromm’s is briskly told by Gotz Aly and Michael Sontheimer, who give the reader ...
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• Magic Under Glass-- Jaclyn Dolamore

  
  Squeaky Books — Authority: 121
  Release Date: December 22, 2009 Pages: 240 Genre: YA Fantasy & Romance Rating: Summary: Nimira is a music-hall performer forced to dance for pennies to an audience of leering drunks. When wealthy sorcerer Hollin Parry hires her to do a special act - singing accompaniment to an exquisite piano-playing ...
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• 8 Books To Get A Developer For The Holidays

  
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• Food Wasted And World Population Growing To 8.9 Billion By 2050

  
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  Review by Loyd Eskildson Tristram Stuart is an energetic and talented individual who has turned an early hobby, thinking about food waste, into a life-consuming passion. Unfortunately, his data and associated conclusions are sometimes limited, but he makes up for that with honesty and common-sense. Stuart begins ...
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• Book Review and Giveaway - Knight of Pleasure by Margaret Mallory

  
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  From the Authors webpage : Travel back in time with a medieval knight for a dramatic tale of romance and adventure. Follow our warrior-knight as he meets the heroine—and faces his toughest battle yet. Sparks fly but danger follows, for this is a woman who is willing to spy for a prince, lure an enemy to save a ...
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• Book Review: "Secret Society" by Tom Dolby

  
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  An eccentric new girl. A brooding socialite. The scion of one of New Yorks wealthiest families. A promising filmmaker. As students at the exclusive Chadwick School, Phoebe, Lauren, Nick, and Patch already live in a world most teenagers only dream about. They didnt ask to be Society members. But when three of them ...
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• Discovering Home with Laurie Smith

  
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• Book Review: The Real Godsend

  
  andygoodliff — Authority: 460
  Nigel G. Wright, The Real Godsend: Preaching the birth narratives in Matthew and Luke (Bible Reading Fellowship, 2009), 121pp (with thanks to BRF for a review copy) As advent is now here, I thought it was about time I started reading this little book from Nigel Wright on the Jesus birth narratives. Having read Maggi ...
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• A World Without Ice Book Review

  
  Life Goggles — Authority: 117
  Henry N Pollack, the author of A World Without Ice was the contributing author to the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, was a professor of geophysics at the University of Michigan for more than forty years and now serves as a science adviser to Al Gore’s Climate Project training programs. The book attempts to show that ...
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• Touching Wonder:Recapturing the Awe of Christmas by John Blase

  
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  About The Book… An instant classic that breathes new life into the familiar Nativity story This lovely little book invites readers to rediscover both the strangeness and the delight of the Nativity story through a bold retelling of Luke 1-2. To Eugene Peterson’s The Message Bible translation, John Blase ...
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• How To Be Famous - 5 Winners - 7th Day of Christmas

  
  Maria's Space — Authority: 482
  On The 7th Day of Christmas, Marias Space gave to me a book by Spencer and Heidi!Yes, that is right, Heidi and Spencer have written a book about how to be famous. Who else to do tell us how to get famous than two people famous for being famous?    Product DescriptionFrom braving the wilds of Los Angeles to the ...
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