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”

• Saturday Night Mind Dump…

  
  My World — Authority: 131
  Wow I am not even sure how to describe tonight Love when God moves in a really powerful way like that It was awesome seeing Revolutionaries come forward and spend time on their knees in prayer, giving up stresses and worries to God We don’t do altar calls like that a lot, really never, but tonight it worked ...
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• Book Review: Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Jane Austen and Ben H. Winters

  
  Broken Teepee — Authority: 133
  From the publisher of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies comes a new tale of romance, heartbreak, and tentacled mayhem. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters expands the original text of the beloved Jane Austen novel with all-new scenes of giant lobsters, rampaging octopi, two-headed sea serpents, and other ...
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• Trust Agents Using The Web To Build Influence , Improve Reputation, and Build Trust by Chris Brogan

  
  Book Calendar — Authority: 131
  Trust Agents Using The Web To Build Influence , Improve Reputation, and Build Trust by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith Chris Brogan is a master communicator using the web. He runs one of the top marketing blogs at http://www.chrisbrogan.com . His main focus is showing people how to build a following in social ...
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• Day of Deceit: FDR and Pearl Harbor

  
  INCOG MAN: Sick of all the BS... — Authority: 125
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• Show Me 5 Saturday: Z for Zachariah by Robert C. OBrien

  
  Find Your Next Book Here — Authority: 122
  Hosted by Thats A Novel Idea 1 Book you read and/or reviewed: Z for Zachariah by Robert C. OBrien 2 Words that describe the book: Post-apocalyptic survival 3 Settings where it took place or characters you met: Setting: After a nuclear war in the United States, somewhere on the ...
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• Sweet Tooth #4 – Review

  
  Weekly Comic Book Review — Authority: 434
  by Jeff Lemire (writer & artist), Jose Villarrubia (colors), and Pat Brosseau (letters The Story: Becky’s secret is revealed, as Gus and Jepperd come face to face with the seedy underbelly of Lemire’s post-apocalyptic world. What’s Good: Lemire truly takes us into deep waters this month, and what we ...
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• Jack of Fables #40 – Review

  
  Weekly Comic Book Review — Authority: 434
  by Matthew Sturges & Bill Willingham (writers), Russ Braun (pencils & inks), Jose Marzan Jr. (inks), Andrew Pepoy (inks & balance), Daniel Vozzo (colors), and Todd Klein (letters) The Story: Jack Frost battles the sorcerer while Jack Horner discovers his fate and the true nature of his condition. ...
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• Deadpool Team-Up #898 – Review

  
  Weekly Comic Book Review — Authority: 434
  By Mike Benson (Writer), Carlo Barberi (Pencils), Juan Vlasco (Inks), and Marte Gracia (Colors) The Story: Deadpool and the Luchadore wrestling-masked bounty hunting Zapata Brothers team-up to cash in on a bounty the brothers got screwed over on and Deadpool got whacked with a shovel for. What’s Good: Did you ...
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• Best European Fiction 2010: My Series

  
  Fire In The Bones — Authority: 112
  I believe in conversations. And the conversations I always learn the most from are those I have with people who are not too much like me. They may not blow me away (I’m afraid I’m sort of granite-like), they may not change my world (I rather like my world), and I might enjoy them more for me than for them ...
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• Off-Season Reading

  
  Sons of Steve Garvey — Authority: 432
  What the heck is there to do when there is no more baseball on television? READ about baseball! I was at the library (remember those?) and picked up The Yankee Years by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci. Actually it should read "by Tom Verducci with Joe Torre as guest commentator but am putting him as first author ...
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• Book Review: Waiting: A Novel by Ha Jin

  
  Book Bird Dog — Authority: 127
  Waiting: A Novel by Ha Jin " Every summer Lin Kong returned to Goose Village to divorce his wife, Shuyu. Together they had appeared at the courthouse in Wujia Town many times, but she had always changed her mind at the last moment when the judge asked if she would accept a divorce." (from the Prologue) From ...
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• Contest and Book Review: Tiny Baby Jesus by Dandi Daley Mackall, Illustrated by Julia Noonan

  
  Quiverfull Family — Authority: 503
  Not only is Jesus’ birth one of the most amazing events in all of history, but the story of the nativity is also one of the most beloved and oft-related tales from the past that we share with our children. With this in mind, and with the countless picture books already available on the market that recall and recount ...
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• Curse of the Tahiera by Wendy Gillissen

  
  One Persons Journey through a world of Books — Authority: 437
  A fictional fantasy  where the past becomes part of the adventure!  ~  Sheila journey through haunted forests, through dreams and time. A story of love, magic and the power of forgiveness. A Tzanatzi outcast and an Einache shaman are on the trail of an ancient curse. Will they save ...
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• Bittersweet by Freddie Lee Johnson

  
  APOOO — Authority: 134
  From the 2002 Archives Bittersweet is Freddie Lee Johnson’s debut novel and is the story of three very different brothers and their struggles with marriage, relationships and life. It’s about their love (sometimes hate) affairs with the women in their life but more importantly it’s about their love for each ...
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• Read a Book!: More Information Than You Require

  
  Liber Ex Machina — Authority: 126
  “More”by John HodgmanObviously, I could not resist the siren’s song being emitted by Hodgman’s book.I thought I reviewed the previous book in Hodgman’s fake almanac series (The Areas of My Expertise), but, apparently, I was mistaken. Or should I say that “More” (as it is abbreviated on the spine) is a ...
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• Positively by Courtney Sheinmel Book Review

  
  cupcake witch — Authority: 107
  Emmy Price’s mother has just died from AIDS. While Emmy is consumed with an intense feeling of sadness, she also feels fear because she is also HIV positive. Emmy goes to a school with “normal” kids, has a best friend, and is generally left alone despite her HIV status but no matter what she always feels alone ...
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• REVIEW: Angelic Redemption, Archangel Series, Book 6 | Stephani Hecht | eXtasy Books

  
  Alternative-Read.com — Authority: 477
  Title: Angelic Redemption, Archangels Series, Book Six Author: Stephani Hecht Publisher: eXtasy Books Genre: Romance, Fantasy,Paranormal, Contemporary, Demons, Angels Publication Date: January 2009 ISBN: 978-1-55478-221-3 Length: 338 Pages Format: eBook Reviewer: WitchGiggles Alternative-Read.com Having to stay ...
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• Book Review: Heres the Deal: Dont Touch Me by Howie Mandel and Josh Young

  
  Interesting Pile — Authority: 144
  Book : Heres the Deal: Dont Touch Me by Howie Mandel and Josh Young About : Biography of comedian Howie Mandel, Adult ADHD and OCD sufferer, germophobe and host of Deal Or No Deal Pros : Easy read. Funny, I laughed out loud a few times. Learned some tidbits about Howie that I didnt know: He was the ...
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• Love Finds You in Lonesome Prairie Montana ~ Book Review / Blog Tour

  
  Seed Thoughts — Authority: 118
  What a delightful read! Love Finds You in Lonesome Prairie Montana is the latest book in the Love Finds You series. It is co-written by Tricia Goyer and Ocieanna Fleiss, and they did a wonderful job on it! There was simply nothing about this book that I didn’t enjoy, from the cast of characters, to the mix of ...
  23 hours ago

• Book & DVD Review - The Good Men Project

  
  Dad of Divas — Authority: 430
  Recently I was asked to review the book and DVD - The Good Men Project. This project consists of a myriad of essays from men in relationship to topics that we all deal with on a daily basis: Being a father Being a son Being a husband Being a worker I was excited and thankful for being asked to review this as ...
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