Once youâve found a book review blog thatâs a good fit, you need to dig a little deeper. The first thing you need to check is whether or not they are accepting review requests.
If you want to stand out among the other review requests these bloggers get, look for a way to help them. If someone says âPlease review my bookâ and someone else says âPlease review my book, and Iâd like to write a guest post for your siteâ which one do you think will get a yes? The second. If you write a post, that frees up a week of this bloggers time, youâll be ahead of the game. They might not accept guest posts, so just be looking for a win-win opportunity as you do your research. If youâre website savvy you might offer to help them fix a glitch. Or you could feature their site in your newsletter. Put yourself in their shoes and try to be helpful.
If they say yes, youâll most likely need to send them a copy of your book .
Most reviewers accept ebooks, but some donât. Make sure you find out before you ask for the review.
Please use some kind of third-party to deliver ebooks. As a reviewer, Iâve received PDF copies of books and they are a pain to get on a Kindle or iPhone. You can also choose to enact DRM on your books, which will help with ARCâs especially.
Some reviewers require paperbacks. Bookstagrammers (book bloggers on Instagram covered later) need the physical copy for their pictures and others just prefer the physical book. Whatever the reason, be prepared for this. If you donât want to send out paperbacks, look for how the book should be delivered in the âReview Policyâ section of the blog. Most reviewers who want paperbacks will tell you right there.
NOTE: When mailing paperbacks to reviewers, select media mail at the post office. Itâll save you some money. Also, mailing things internationally is expensive. Keep that in mind when researching reviewers.
Move on. Do not respond negatively. If they respond with no, thank them for their time and move on. If they donât respond you can send one follow-up (unless noted otherwise on their site) then move on. Donât waste time being upset.
The bottom line here is you need reviews. Amazon rankings and reader buying decisions are affected by them. But donât freak out about negative reviews. Remember your book isnât for everyone and when people leave a review saying why they didnât like it, it will help your ideal readers find you and keep others who would leave negative reviews way.
So do your research, plan your ask, find a win/win, and get your book into the hands of the right readers to get more book reviews .
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As demonstrated in âSkippy Diesâ, Murray is excellent at writing accurate teenage dialogue, although I was a bit less convinced by the absence of punctuation in Imeldaâs section, which supposedly reflects her desperation and how her mind works. âThe Bee Stingâ is less comic than âSkippy Diesâ and much more about anxiety regarding both the past and the future. The lengthy flashbacks eventually reveal that it is the events, decisions and near misses in Dickie and Imeldaâs past which have really shaped the familyâs current circumstances, leading to an unsettling but fitting conclusion. âThe Bee Stingâ is an ambitious novel with satisfying character development. Continue reading →
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The longlist for this yearâs Booker Prize is due to be announced on Tuesday 30th July. Iâve had mixed results over the last decade or so in my attempts to predict some likely contenders alongside my personal preferences and other possibilities, but itâs always fun to guess anyway.
Irish authors often dominate the shortlists as they did last year when âProphet Songâ by Paul Lynch won the Prize. I am keen to read Long Island by Colm TĂłibĂn  which is a sequel to Brooklyn . Ghost Mountain by RĂłnĂĄn Hession is a fable about a mountain that suddenly appears and sounds rather different from his first two novels Leonard and Hungry Paul and Panenka . I donât know much about Intermezzo by Sally Rooney which will be published in September – books eligible for this yearâs Prize must have been published in the UK between 1st October 2023 and 30th September 2024 – but itâs hard to imagine Rooney moving too far away from the themes of her previous novels including Normal People which was longlisted in 2018. Continue reading →
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Wellness by Nathan Hill is published in January. I really enjoyed Hillâs debut novel The Nix and his second book is another 600+page doorstopper about a couple who meet in Chicago in the 1990s. Another second novel out in January is Come and Get It by Kiley Reid set on a university campus in the United States. Continue reading →
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How to write a book review: tips and tricks.
Finding splendid books is like mining. You have to pull out the ones that you like from the mountain of possibilities and sift through the streams of information to discover the gold.
One of the biggest systems that helps readers do this are reviews.
First, I want to thank you for supporting authors. It is difficult to get reviews, but as they add up, it creates a snowball effect.
As more and more readers leave reviews, more readers see the book and choose to read it. Reviews give potential readers the opportunity to see other peopleâs opinions and determine if the book is their favorite type of jewel.
ARC readers, or advanced reader copy readers, have the responsibility and privilege of reading a book before it has been released. So that on release day, they can immediately add their reviews and help bolster the sales of the new book.
It is important to know the genre of the book you are reviewing and read it attentively. Then leave a review that is both objective and opinionated. Can you tell the carat of the jewel? And how closely must you look to see any flaws?
How do you do that? Iâm glad you asked. Writing an excellent book review is easier said than done. So, here are a few tips.
How to Start a Book Review
It may be obvious, but you should start a good book review with the title and name of the author. This makes it clear which book you reviewed. In some cases, like Amazon and Goodreads, this is done for you by the review being associated with only that item.
Why both? Some titles are repeated and it could become confusing to the reader whether you are reviewing the nonfiction or the fantasy fiction novel of the same name. The authorâs name helps pick through rocks, foolâs gold, and genuine gold.
Knowledge about the author can come in handy here. What awards have they won? What accreditations do they have? Is this a debut? Is it a long book or short, as in how many pages is it?
Next, include a basic summary of the plot and themes if you are writing a review for fiction, or a basic premise of what the book is about if you are writing for nonfiction. Try to sum up the theme of a book in one sentence, then add details. Keep it clear and avoid spoilers. This is where you differentiate between quartz and diamonds.
Give a sense of the book and writing. Share quotes that stood out to you. As a Fictionary StoryCoach Editor, I like to add my take on the structure of the book, structure of the scenes, and whether they used all thirty-eight Fictionary elements, like the five senses, to give depth to their story.
Here is where you give your opinion of the book. Be honest but balanced in your review. I usually do this in two sections. Put what you loved first or that the author does well before addressing your constructive feedback. I think it helps to think of it as constructive feedback because then I see it as a way to help instead of criticizing the authorâs choices or abilities.
You can go into depth on characters, setting, plot, structure, and prose. Try to keep it objective because what one person dislikes might be what someone else loves. Back up your criticism with examples and how it affects the reader’s experience. Was the ending satisfactory or not? Can you say why without spoiling it? Is the book unique or does it hit the familiar tropes readers love?
Compare and contrast to similar books on the market. Are they sapphires or emeralds? This can help the reader determine if they would like the book or not based on their personal preference instead of yours.
The author does the same thing when marketing the book because it is a good way to tell what the themes and style of a story are. Genre and even subgenre are pretty general, but comparing it to a specific book can give a potential reader a much better handle on if the book is their typical reading go-to.
This is where you polish your skills and make a book shine.
Remember kindness. The author needs your respectful constructive feedback to improve. And as I said before, what one person dislikes about a book might be the very thing that other people like about a book. Hurting someoneâs feelings helps no one.
There are many places today where you can publish your reviews. Including but not limited to social media, Amazon, Good Reads, blogs, BookTube, and more. The content and tone of reviews vary based on where it will be published. So, think about your audience and what the purpose of your review is.
 Keep it succinct. People searching for their next read are unlikely to read a dissertation. However, you should also put time and effort into making it convey the most important aspects of the story and writing.
Break it up into brief paragraphs. Writing on the internet today has become about creating as much white space as possible to keep the attention of the reader. So, break it up with your pickax instead of keeping it all in one block of text.
Add a star rating. Star ratings are used on many of the review sites or you can make your own system for your social media. But using stars can help the author build trust with their readership. High star ratings improve click counts, but donât necessarily create sales. And remember, one-star reviews can really hurt the business of a new author starting out and should be saved for very special cases.
Avoid spoilers or at least include a warning about spoilers. If spoilers are included in the review, it can ruin sales. Especially for a mystery or thriller where the primary goal of reading to the end is discovering who done it.
Consider which format you read. There are differences in the experience of reading an ebook versus paperback versus hardcover versus audiobook. If you have read a special edition, include in your review any pictures, maps, quality of paper, printing, or the cover. Sometimes authors like to change their covers to give their book a fresh look. So, include your likes or dislikes of the cover as well in your balanced, respectful feedback.
This might just be the author/editor in me talking, butâŚwrite a draft of your review, then edit and revise it. And please, make a grammar check before you post it. This will make it ever so much easier for the author and review readers to understand what you are trying to get across, instead of throwing out your opinions based on assumptions or simple illegibility.
Point out your own personal biases. Personally, when reading romance, I prefer closed door and less spice. So, I will be honest about what I read, skipped, or whether I will read that author again based on that preference. This helps other readers like me who want their romance closed-door to avoid the book or choose the same books. But it also helps the readers who like spice to perk up and say, âOoh, I should try this one.â
Some people like the author to wax lyrical with their purple prose and some readers like gritty and hard writing. Preference can affect your opinion of the book when that is something very subjective.Â
So, mentioning it in the review can help readers get an overall picture of how the author has written the book, and whether it will appeal to themâeven if it wasnât your favorite jewel. This is a kindness to both the author and the potential readers, reading your review.
A good book review is a balance between objective and subjective. Writing one takes time and effort. If you always consider pulling out the positive things you liked about a book before you go off on a rant, youâll help yourself, the author, and potential other readers better.
Think of the book like a geode. It may just look like a rock on the outside, but if you take the time to crack it open and inspect what is inside, you might find some sparkly crystals.
Reading is often a matter of taste, but classics are loved by many throughout time for a reason, which has to do with deep structure and an understanding of the language they are written in.
Learning and using the Fictionary method of editing with the 38 elements can help you not only see your own stories more objectively but also other peopleâs. It will enhance your ability to give great reviews that are honest and helpful to the reading and writing community.
So, good luck, and I hope you find some real gems out there! If you do, please give them a review, so I can find them too.
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Halloween Horror Nights is BACK! The award-winning Halloween event returns for its 33rd year with more houses and scare zones to scare the spit out of you. This year’s theme is the duality of fear – the Sinister who focuses on graphic horror and Surreal who loves psychological terror. After five nights of walking through houses and dodging the rain with friends and new victims, we are ready to review Halloween Horror Nights 33.
Halloween Horror Nights 33 features ten haunted houses based on popular movies and original concepts. This year the houses all seem to be received very well, and besides one notable exception, everyone’s favorite lists are vastly different. There are no bad houses this year – nine that are fantastic to really great, and just one misguided one.
Insidious Into the Further is a super headliner of this year’s Halloween Horror Nights and a house we consider not to be missed. This year’s house is not focused on one single movie or monster but instead a mash-up of all the terrors that await us in the further (âď¸ âď¸ âď¸ âď¸ 1/2 ). Slaughter Sinema 2 is a celebration of horror B-movies and it returns this year with a whole new slate of cheesy movies to walk through. The fake movie aesthetic and Mystery Science Theater 3000 vibes are a winner in our book (âď¸ âď¸ âď¸ âď¸). Ghostbusters Frozen Empire is a surprise hit this year with a house significantly better than the movie that inspired it. Guests will come face to face with fan favorites like Slimer and Vigo plus new monsters (âď¸ âď¸ âď¸ âď¸).
A Quiet Place brings the two movies to HHN with a haunted house heavy on the scares and startles. We found ourselves slightly confused going through the house but the large puppets were very impressive. (âď¸ âď¸ âď¸ 1/2). Universal Monsters Eternal Bloodlines stars the daughter of Van Helsing as she slays monsters to save humanity. This house had a lot of scares including some special mummy scares like when a scare actor comes at you on a suspended harness. While not as strong as in prior years we enjoyed the sets and storyline (âď¸ âď¸ âď¸ 1/2).
Monstrous Monsters of Latin America is an import from Universal Studios Hollywood and focuses on the mythical demons found in Central and South America. The house is disturbing and gross, with baby snatching and lots of butchered animals, but if you can get past that you’ll find a beautifully designed house with an impressive mechanical figure in it (âď¸ âď¸ âď¸ âď¸). Triplets of Terror has the roughest story out of any of this year’s houses: we’re going back in time through a True Crime Podcast angle to witness the murders committed by this family. Once your expectations are calibrated you’ll find a terrifying house full of amazing details, like a Happy Birthday sign made with intestines (âď¸âď¸âď¸). Major Sweets Candy Factory harkens back to the old days of HHN where guests would walk through industrial settings designed to kill and maim – like Giggles & Gore from 2014. This house expands the backstory of Major Sweets from HHN 31 where we discover how the kids became obsessed murderers and the plot to destroy the city. This house has lots of gross-out moments, like puking and forced feeding, so those with a weak stomach should advert their eyes (âď¸âď¸âď¸). Goblin’s Feast earned the nickname “Evil Shrek” from our party, Goblin’s is a fun Dungeons and Dragons-inspired house where those aligned on Chaotic Evil eat those pesky humans. This house is fun, scary, a little gory, and will put a smile on your face (âď¸âď¸âď¸âď¸).
The Museum Deadly Exhibits gets our “at least you tried” award for 2024 with a house with a fun concept but meh execution. While the Rotting Stone does bring terrifying things to life in the museum we think the whole concept of rot, along with some meta-commentary on museums, was missing (âď¸âď¸).
Taking over Halloween Horror Nights’ scare zones are Sinister and Surreal, the two factors that combine to form the fear at Halloween Horror Nights. These demons have taken residence at the front of the park in the Duality of Fear where guests can interact with the two manifestations along with a gaggle of chainsaw wielders. While the chainsaws provide a nice rush for guests entering and exiting the park, the lack of a central theme or decorations really sets it back (âď¸ Â˝ stars). Guests venturing to New York will find Sinisterâs two scare zones focusing on violence and evil. Torture Faire , the yearly RenFaire interested in all sorts of torture devices like the iron maidens to murderous turkey legs (no weâre not making that up), with dozens of scare actors roaming the streets as victims or torturers (âď¸ âď¸ âď¸ âď¸ ). Enter the Blumhouse is a cramped, small scare zone located in the San Francisco section of the park featuring characters from Blumhouseâs films like The Purge, M3GAN, and The Black Phone. Be careful of crowds after Nightmare Fuel and when M3GAN begins her dance (âď¸ âď¸ Â˝ stars)
Surrealâs scare zones focus on the supernatural, the things that leave the hair standing on the back of your neck. First is Demon Queens in Hollywood, a scare zone dedicated to Surrealâs minions of horror. We enjoyed many of the demon queen costumes and the actors worked their butts off when we went through, but some costume design decisions leave us wanting (âď¸ âď¸ âď¸ ). The final scare zone is Swamp of the Undead in Central Park which features zombies in a swamp. The concept might be simple but we enjoyed the execution and fun scare actors (âď¸ âď¸ âď¸ ). While not officially a scare zone, the Death Eaters return to Diagon Alley to stalk the streets and recruit for He Who Shall Not Be Named .
Of course, it wouldnât be HHN without some sexy dancing, and the fan-favorite Nightmare Fuel returns with the biggest changes to the show for its fourth year. This year the nightmare returns to a circus stuck in a murderous loop where our hero attempts to save the love of his life from an illusion gone wrong. The fire dancers, provocative dancing, daring stunts, and illusions return with an all-new opening and ending. We still consider Nightmare Fuel one of the best shows in Orlando and must not be missed. (âď¸ âď¸ âď¸ âď¸ âď¸ )
Food this year was a large swing and a miss â the headliner food items for Ghostbusters like the smore were passable but the fried cheesecake and Korean corn dogs didnât hit with our food reviewers. Several people who tried the A Quiet Place wooden board ĂŠclair did not like the final product and the mixed drinks were yet again overly sweet. Besides the stable classics of pizza fries, twisted taters, and pumpkin guts we would recommend the Universal Monsters fish & chips which was a hit. We suggest sticking to Universalâs existing counter service locations or CityWalk for a meal. On the flip side we are happy to see Universal has added hard liquor options back to the drink booths, this simplifies the bar setup at Finnegan’s and reduces waits overall. Now what about those blood bags….
Universal has implemented a major change in guest flow and operations at HHN 33. A new backstage hub located behind Men in Black is set up with the entrances and exits for Universal Monsters and Goblin’s Feats, restrooms, and drink carts. Now guests have the option of doing two houses, with breaks, without having to constantly walk behind Men in Black. This is a much-needed improvement and we hope HHN continues to improve the operations of the event.
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In  Making Information Matter , Mareile Kaufmann  proposes a methodology for studying information practices as a living process, developing her argument through four case studies. Employing a theoretical framework that includes digital criminology, media studies and feminist philosophy, Kaufmannâs complicated picture of how information operates in the real world will be of interest to social scientists and media theorists, writes  Sam DiBella .
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Making Information Matter: Understanding Surveillance and Making a Difference . Mareile Kaufmann. Bristol University Press. 2024.
At this point, I think we can all agree that we have plenty information. But what does it do? Through four case studies in her monograph Making Information Matter , digital criminologist Mareile Kaufmann proposes a methodology for studying information practices. Kaufmann uses theories of surveillance and media to complicate notions of information as a static object that we exchange or store. Rather, information is a living process.
Digital criminologist Mareile Kaufmann [ ⌠] uses theories of surveillance and media to complicate notions of information as a static object
To study that process, Kaufmann suggests that empirical studies need to trace information through its entire life cycle, from its making in a particular form, the social maturation of its uses, and then its discontinuation or death. These biological metaphors for information recur throughout, as Kaufmann draws on feminist philosophy and anthropological theory of becoming: â[T]his is a methodology of life cycles, plural. Life cycles are never isolated. They always intersect. Together they join into a âspiral danceâ. Though Donna Haraway uses this expression to describe the relationship between goddesses and cyborgs, I would like to use this term here to capture the ongoing dance that takes place in materializationâ (42). This understanding of information, though heady, encourages readers to see how, even though information is given form by matter, it still lives within an ecology.
Kaufmann demonstrates this methodology with four chapters on integral information practices: association, which locates âconnections, relationships, and patternsâ; conversion, which repurposes information by changing its form; secrecy, the selective concealment of information; and speculation, which challenges âdominant modes of information analysisâ (45) by proposing alternatives. Together, these structure the kinds of options that individuals and institutions have for informational agency.
Making Information Matters  contains chapters on predictive policing methods, hacking culture, artistic practice and secrecy to help the reader think through information mattering.
Making Information Matters  contains chapters on predictive policing methods, hacking culture, artistic practice and secrecy to help the reader think through information mattering. Out of the four, I found the latter most novel. Extending her research from a prior study , Kaufmann uses the secrecy practices of school children to demonstrate how the action of concealment holds many layers of meaning. Concealment has much more social import than whether a secret is successfully held or not, a binary that technical fields like cryptography and information theory often confine themselves to.
Secret languages, keys, and signals are all means for negotiating unequal power dynamics as well as to create âinâ and âoutâ social groups defined by the possession of relevant secrets. In this case, that relation is most present between students and teachers, but it also shapes relationships among students themselves and in their families:
âSharing secret information matters in creating friendships and other relationships, while not being able to share secret information does so, too. Zeynep is, for example, sad that her mother is not interested in her secrets: âFor her, my secrets are just air; they are only decorated paper. She knows that these are my secrets, but she does not find them interestingââ (90).
Our understanding of privacy as individual [ ⌠] is insufficient for describing the social work of hiding and revealing information.
Examples like these demonstrate how our understanding of privacy as individual â even popular theoretical frameworks like Helen Nissenbaumâs âcontextual privacy â  â is insufficient for describing the social work of hiding and revealing information. As Kaufmann describes, one group of children created their own secret language to contest a rival group that had developed a secret language to insult them. Through shared secrecy, the boundaries and membership of those two groups became more defined.
Although Making Information Matter  draws on a variety of social-science literature, I see it most as part of turn towards interest in methods, and methodology, in critical data studies. With the triumphant announcement of the arrival of the age of âbig dataâ in the 2010s, scholars scrambled to account for the social practices of data and produced influential accounts like those found in Lisa Gitelmanâs edited volume Raw Data Is an Oxymoron . Researchers have continued to refine these accounts by providing domain-specific details, like the health data and self-tracking studies of Deborah Lupton  (who Kaufmann cites often). In traditional information studies, âinformationâ is posed as an intermediary step between data points and embodied knowledge.
âInformationâ however, preceded âbig dataâ as a concept for widespread social scrutiny. Making Information Matter  feels like a return to high-level theories of information developed in late 20th century books like Manuel Castellsâ The Information Age  trilogy , a return buoyed by a collective decade of research into the material production of data and computing. (As a PhD candidate in an information studies college, however, I do have to say that librarians and interface designers will likely be disappointed by Making Information Matter , with its lack of detail on information institutions or from the information-behaviour literature. Kaufmann is speaking much more to social scientists and media theorists than to practitioners in information institutions.)
Building on literature in criminology, critical data studies, media theory, and feminist epistemology, Kaufmann weaves a chaotic methodology where information is a âstate of becoming, where the ways in which information matters are not entirely predictableâ.
Building on literature in criminology, critical data studies, media theory, and feminist epistemology, Kaufmann weaves a chaotic methodology where information is a âstate of becoming, where the ways in which information matters are not entirely predictable. When it is performed and reformed as matter, information has agency. As it enmeshes with lives and livelihoods, it becomes lively and productiveâ (24). I found the relations that she describes between theory and study to be generative, but also confusing. The four case studies demonstrate this ecological methodology in action, but I felt unsure how to model a future study after their practices â they are so different. Making Information Matter  feels to me at its best a tool for rethinking and recombining what we know about information practices (in the bookâs own terms, âconversionâ). As the sheer novelty of information technology has worn off, titles like Making Information Matter  can help remind us of our hopes for information and re-envision how it actually appears in our society.
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Sam DiBella is a PhD student in information studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received an MSc with distinction in media studies from LSE. His research focuses on the the changing social value of privacy and anonymity online and the history of information technology. His writing has appeared in Public Books, the International Journal of Communication, Surveillance and Society, ROMChip and Heterotopias, among others. He tweets @prolixpost.
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