Book Review Guidelines for this blog :
- Must contain at the beginning :
o Title
o Author
o Genre
o Publisher
o Your rating (out of 10)
- Must be 400-500 words (not counting excerpts from book)
- Ideally have
o An introduction paragraph – here talk about the author, the genre, the series (if part of a series), or a special feature of the book like color illustrations etc.
o A brief summary of the book of the beginning of the book – do not give away any endings or secrets
o Lines describing characters and setting of the book
o A paragraph(s) describing
§ Why you liked the book or didn’t
§ What the author did well, and what could have improved the book
§ Justify your rating
- Make the book review appealing (if you liked it) without giving away the book. You must want to get the reader to pick up and read the book by herself/himself.
- Generally :
- Remember that a book review is a personal opinion. It is unique and useful because it is your point of view.
- Generally :
- Use a paragraph to present a single idea. Do not mix up many subjects into one paragraph.
- Use vivid words
- Your writing should flow - connect your sentences by a train of thought.
- Remember that a book review is a personal opinion. It is unique and useful because it is your point of view.
Writing a book review :
Writing a blog post : The below links explain the what, why and how of blogging :
- Youtube video about blogging
- Wikipedia entry on blogging
- Youtube video about the WWW - a good primer
More information coming !
