A good book review is a reader’s best friend. It helps a reader find the good books, savor the great ones, and avoid the ones that do little more than embarrass the author. As a reader, I read a lot of book reviews because I don’t want to waste time and money on bad prose. Unfortunately, most book reviews are boring and not very informative about the key elements of the book they purport to evaluate.
I have always wanted to write some book reviews here on the blog. More than once I’ve started writing about this or that book, but I’ve never completed or posted those writings. They always seemed artificial and pointless. But my love for books and my desire to talk about them continues, so I’m going to try again.
So, I’ve been trying to hatch an approach to talking about books that don’t just summarize their contents (boring) or tell you which ones I think are good and why (as if you cared).
Well, I think I’ve come up with something that I want to try. I will break down each book I review according to these five categories:
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