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Book Reviews?

Littlestream

Littlestream

The reflection of the moon
My dad told me once that I would be good at writing book reviews, and I think I may want to try it out. I think it would help me with my writing in general, and it would be a fun exercise. I've pretty much decided to do it, but I want to ask for advice anyway. Should I go ahead and write reviews of some books I've read recently, and, if I did, would anyone read them?
 
Go for it! =)

As for posting them places for people to read, you could always try registering on a website like Barnes and Noble or Goodreads and post your reviews on the page for the particular book. I particularly like Goodreads because not only can you post and comment on reviews, but you can keep an organized to-read list and other fun stuff, if you're like me and love to have everything organized. =3
 
I love reading book reviews personally, especially negative ones, heh. It really helps with your own writing too. I would really love it if people put more thought into their book reviews on sites like the ones Sandstone-shadow mentioned above, so hey, give it a go.

Some sites that may be helpful:

Anti-Shurtugal used to be a great resource for literary criticism in general, though mostly on the Inheritance cycle by Christopher Paolini. It appears to be mostly dead now though, apart from a livejournal community, but I think it would be still worth checking out.

Popmatters also has some fantastic book reviews. My favourite one is their review on Odd Thomas by Dean Konntz, which basically nails everything I found obnoxious about the book. I really think it's worth looking at, because it's actually surprisingly easy to unintentionally make a character overly smug... also, soapboxing. Ugh.

Eh, yeah, hopefully I haven't rambled too much here. Good luck with your writing.
 
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