WandaCKeesey

The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing
Authors Mayra Calvani & Anne K. Edwards
Publisher Twilight Times Books
ISBN 978-1-93353-22-7
Category Reference/Writing
Pub. Date June 15, 2008
Price $16.95
Trade paperback 186 pages
Dist. Baker & Taylor, FAP Books Inc

You talk about challenges! Reviewing a book on how to review books--thats a challenge. So you think you want to review books. Then this should be the next book you read. Find out if you have the right attitude, and tools that it will take to review books. I've been reviewing novels for about a year. I wish I'd had this book when I started.
After reading this book you will find that reviewing is indeed an art. It's a learned skill that can impact the work of the author, and the publisher, as well as what the reader selects for his/her own enjoyment. You will learn how the reviews you, as a reviewer write will effect you and your believability, the readers and their trust in you.

This book tells you how to find books to review, how to read a book for review (things to watch for, and how to track them), how to construct that review (using tact when necessary), and where to submit reviews. There are numerous examples depicting the dos and don'ts of reviewing; in depth descriptions of the "reader" or "reviewer" reviews, and the meaning of Pre-publication or Post-publication reviews. Can you make a living doing reviews? What are the perks of reviewing? And so much more, including extensive listings

As a writer this book gave me insight in my own writing, and as a reviewer I learned a lot about the business of reading. Calvani and Edwards have provided the world of publishing with something that was sorely missed, a well written, easy to understand and follow, book of instruction and information on and about the fine art of reviewing.

This book has found a permanent place on my reference book shelf.

Review by Wanda C. Keesey (author Lost In The Mist release May 2008)