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”

• Book Review: Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence

  
  flyte blog: small business web marketing blog — Authority: 106
  Ive often said that the best book on social media marketing is Dale Carnegies How to Win Friends and Influence People . Although Carnegie never updated his Facebook status, tweeted or even commented on someone elses blog, the lessons one can learn from that book can be used to win Facebook friends and Influence ...
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• Seven: The Number for Happiness, Love & Success- A Review + Giveaway

  
  Maria's Space — Authority: 482
  What is it about the number seven that has such a hold on us? Why are there seven deadly sins? Seven days of the week? Seven wonders of the world, seven colors of the spectrum, seven ages of man, and seven sister colleges? Why can we hold seven numbers or words in our working memory--but no more? Author Jackie Leo ...
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• Book Review: The Imposter’s Daughter by Laurie Sandell

  
  Woman Tribune — Authority: 431
  Laurie Sandell’s The Imposter’s Daughter is very much unlike any memoir I have read before. Firstly, it is a graphic novel, which I hadn’t expected, having not read a thing about the book before opening to the first page, and secondly, her story speaks so honestly that quite a few times I re-read a page ...
  4 hours ago

• A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen, edited by Susannah Carson: An Interview

  
  Jane Austen's World — Authority: 462
  I read these words on the book flab of the excellent new compilation, A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen , edited by Susannah Carson, foreword by Harold Bloom, “For so many of us a Jane Austen novel is much more than the epitome of a great read. It is a delight and a ...
  4 hours ago

• Book Review - House of Reckoning by John Saul

  
  Duffbert's Random Musings — Authority: 121
  Generally speaking, I like John Saulswork.  Supernatural thrillers tend to work for me, and I can easilyget wrapped up in one.  But his latest, Houseof Reckoning , left me wanting. The plot had potential, and I kept turning pages, but I never feltlike I got the answers as to *why* all of this was taking place. ...
  5 hours ago

• Review: The Road By Cormac McCarthy

  
  BASIL & SPICE — Authority: 136
    By Gary Taylor An unidentified man and his unidentified son trudge through a barren landscape in an unidentified future where an unidentified event has turned the world inside out.  On they go, foraging through the countryside in an odyssey of survival that also becomes a travelogue for despair. Or, does ...
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• Book review: "Sarah from Alaska"

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 806
  Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar By Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe Hardback, 320 pages, $26.95 Public Affairs: New York November 2009 Tis the season for campaign books aimed at political junkies as the holidays ramp up. Reporters and campaign staff ...
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• Review of Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

  
  Books, Movies, Reviews! Oh My! — Authority: 135
  The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Pages: 374 Publisher: Scholastic Press ( extra entry for contest if you comment ) Hunger Games is a novel about a futuristic North America, but its now called Panem. It is split into 12 districts and ran by those that live in the Capital. It is not a nice place to live unless you ...
  6 hours ago

• Review of Basements Step by Step Projects

  
  Handy Man Fix Home Repair — Authority: 477
  Creative Homeowners series on home improvements includes this title and it is well worth the read. Its a short read, coming in at around 80 pages, but dont let the size fool you. Basements Step by Step Projects is packed with information and projects that will have you turning your basement into a paradise during your ...
  6 hours ago

• Book Review: Decoding The Lost Symbol By Simon Cox

  
  BASIL & SPICE — Authority: 136
  Decoding The Lost Symbol Adds to Pleasure, Understanding of Dan Browns Best-Selling Novel The Lost Symbol By David M. Kinchen You dont really need Simon Coxs Decoding The Lost Symbol (Touchstone, a Simon & Schuster imprint, 256 pages,  $14.99) to enjoy Dan Browns latest Robert ...
  7 hours ago

• Book Review: The Omnivore’s Dilemma

  
  JerseySmarts.com — Authority: 427
  Sometimes I buy a a book and it takes me forever to read the thing. Not because it’s a bad book, but rather because I sometimes just don’t have the time to sit down and read! That’s what happened to me with The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan. I bought this book ...
  7 hours ago

• Children’s Book Review: *I Call My Grandma Nana* by Ashley Wolff

  
  She Is Too Fond Of Books ... — Authority: 542
  I Call My Grandma Nana by Ashley Wolff Children’s picture book Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Tricycle Press (August 11, 2009) ISBN-13: 978-1582462516 Back-of-the-book blurb: Do you sew with your Abuelita , look at the stars with your MeMaw , or ride waves at the beach with your Bubbe ? No matter what name ...
  8 hours ago

• Slinky links

  
  blue milk — Authority: 422
  The trouble with Disney princesses, in a nutshell. See them nicely deconstructed over at love isn’t enough (previously Anti-Racist Parent ). A most beautiful photographic self-portrait of early motherhood by the mother at Soulemama . The topic of multiple abortions (and, this is me wondering and not the ...
  10 hours ago

• Sunday Salon – Review of “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest” by Stieg Larsson

  
  Rhapsodyinbooks's Weblog — Authority: 467
  Note : No spoilers are contained in this review. Truly there were moments reading this book when my heart was beating so hard I thought it might jump right out of my chest! This is Volume 3 of the Millennium Series, published posthumously after the sudden death of the author in November, 2004. Originally, there ...
  10 hours ago

• Batman/ Doc Savage Special – Review

  
  Weekly Comic Book Review — Authority: 436
  by Brian Azzarello (writer), Phil Noto (art) The Story: A rookie Batman runs afoul of Doc Savage, the famous Man of Bronze, when he’s thought to possibly be involved in a grisly murder on the streets of Gotham City. What’s Good: A lot.  DC’s First Wave line has officially launched with the release of ...
  12 hours ago

• Fables #90 – Review

  
  Weekly Comic Book Review — Authority: 436
  by Bill Willingham (writer), Mark Buckingham (pencils), Steve Leialoha & Andrew Pepoy (inks), Lee Loughridge (colors), and Todd Klein (letters The Story: Bufkin continues to wage his guerrilla war against Baba Yaga while back home, Ozma makes her move. What’s Good: As has been the case with this ...
  12 hours ago

• BOOKS: “Super Freakonomics”

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 159
  by Elizabeth Kolbert The New Yorker Is there a quick fix for the climate? In the eighteen-sixties, the quickest, or at least the most popular, way to get around New York was in a horse-drawn streetcar. The horse-cars, which operated on iron rails, offered a smoother ride than the horse-drawn omnibuses they ...
  12 hours ago

• Amazing Spider-Man #611 – Review

  
  Weekly Comic Book Review — Authority: 436
  By Joe Kelly (writer), Eric Canete (art) The Story: Everyone’s favorite merc with a mouth, Deadpool, is hired to whack our Friendly Neighborhood wallcrawler.  Hijinks ensue as the wisecracking masked men kick and punch each other around NYC, culminating in the inevitable “Yo’ Momma” insult showdown ...
  12 hours ago

• Daredevil #502 – Review

  
  Weekly Comic Book Review — Authority: 436
  by Andy Diggle (writer), Roberto De La Torre (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: An out of touch Matt Murdock becomes familiar with the current Dark Reign environment.  Meanwhile, the power shifts continue in Hell’s Kitchen. What’s Good: It seems that most Marvel ...
  12 hours ago

• Book Review: Queen Vernita Visits the Blue Ice Mountains by Dawn Menge, Illustrated by Bobbi Switzer

  
  Quiverfull Family — Authority: 557
  Queen Vernita of Oceaneer – originally encountered in  Queen Vernita’s Visitors — is about to depart upon a twelve-month voyage of discovery to the Blue Ice Mountains. Each month she will entertain a new guest as they explore the plants, animals, and natural features of the Northern landscape together. Using ...
  13 hours ago

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