Why/How/ Should I write a Book Review?
Do you enjoy reading? I know I do!
Once you have chosen a book that you want to read; sit in a comfortable spot and either underline in pencil or highlight important points you want to remember. If you do not want to mark up your book for the reasons personal to you, then put your points to remember into a notebook.
TIP: I have a notebook “labeled” Book Reviews.
When you set out to write a book review your top priority is to name the Author and the Title of the book along with the genre of the book. For example, The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks and the type of book ranges from romance, Christianity, faith, forgiveness, charity, love, tragedy, and fate.
Just start writing your book review of the book of your choice; and in order for the reader to get a sense of the author’s writing style add a “quote” or two from the book to perk your audience to want to read the book.
Isn’t it nice to read a book and really understand one or two of the characters? Writing a book review should say how you feel about the book and why, not just what the book is about.
Finally, reading the inside jacket of the book can help you to know something about the author and how he/she came to write the book. For instance, a little research will reveal the following about author Nicholas Sparks and His Biographical information:
Nicholas Charles Sparks (born December 31, 1965) is an internationally bestselling American author, writing novels with themes that include Christianity, love, tragedy and fate. He has 14 published novels and lives in New Bern, North Carolina, USA, with his wife Cathy and their five children.
Other Books by the author Nicholas Sparks:
* The Notebook (October 1996)
* Message in a Bottle (April 1998)
* A Walk to Remember (October 1999)
* The Rescue (September 2000)
* A Bend in the Road (September 2001)
* Nights in Rodanthe (September 2002)
* The Guardian (April 2003)
* The Wedding (September 2003)
* Three Weeks with my Brother (April 2004) (non-fiction)
* True Believer (April 2005)
* At First Sight (October 2005)
* Dear John (October 2006)
* The Choice (September 2007)
* The Lucky One (October 2008)
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Good advice! I sometimes forget to mention the genre early on in my review. And I love adding quotes. A positive review makes an author feel wonderful.
Great post. Informative and fun!
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Yes. That’s what I’ll do next. Thank you for enlightening me
Mia, I think that if you post how you feel and why about a book, that will be the Key to Success for you.
Oh i really love this post!
I always want to write another review recently, but I just got no idea what to write. I hate to tell my people what’s the book about since they can google it. Maybe for my next review, I’ll just copy paste the “about” part, and start to focus on the “how I feel about the book and why” part.
Thank you, Jackie!
I appreciate all of your comments as I have worked very hard to post this article on how to do a good book review.
Hi, Jackie. Well written and very informative. Your passion for reading , writing and sharing your work as well that of others shows in your post. Thanks for sharing Mr. Sparks work with us.
You’ve offered some really good tips. Excellent job Jackie!
Thanks Jackie..that is a big help as I am doing a book review for Cody and was not sure how to begin!
Chris
a nice helpfull post. Ive been wondering the best way to go about that. I keep putting it off from lack of experience.
ps I LIKE that background picture.