review blogs

How to Get Into Book Reviewing as a Blogger

Every Thursday the crew at Follow the Reader host a twitter chat about some publishing topic. Yesterday was about what readers would like publishers to know.   (This discussion will be summarized and posted at the Follow the Reader blog in a week or so).   One of the tweets was by someone who wanted publishers to(…)

Would I Lie To You?

more animals Do you remember the movie "Election," with Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick? In the first scene Mr. McAllister asks his high school class about the difference between ethics and morals. Ironically, of course, the one student who eagerly attempts to answer the question is also the one who proceeds to make mincemeat of(…)

New Literature Blog for the “Cutting Edge” Consumer

I read over at GalleyCat that a new book review blog is starting up called LitMob.com. It’s a very easy to look at blog that is well organized with the rankings easily identified on the left hand side with sparkling stars. The blog has some experienced individuals at its helm. The creators include Doug Perkul,(…)

Katherine Stone Opens Review Site Run by Authors

On Running with Quills, Katherine Stone announced a new website to be launched November 1, 2007, called WritersareReaders.com (website currently not operational). The website will feature reviews written by authors. While Stone says that while negative reviews are acceptable, the only reviews she has received are the ones beloved by authors. While it would be(…)