Sentences with phrase «think about book reviews»

Yet it's not uncommon for authors, and especially indie authors, to wait until the last minute to think about book reviews.

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«When I think about how I understand my role as citizen, setting aside being president, and the most important set of understandings that I bring to that position of citizen, the most important stuff I've learned I think I've learned from novels,» he recently told The New York Review of Books.

«When I think about how I understand my role as citizen... the most important stuff I've learned I think I've learned from novels,» Obama told The New York Review of Books.

Regarding Ryan's ruminations on S.M. Hutchens» review of E.O. Wilson's The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth (warning: I've read neither the book nor the review, just Ryan's post about them), I think Ryan has it right in concluding that in Wilson's account of Christianity «nature has become only a vehicle for supernature.»

However, as I also said in the review, His Eminence states that he was provoked into writing the book because theologians who talked about divine attributes tended to treat mercy as a marginal attribute of God, because traditionally it was thought that mercy did not pertain to God's essence.

In my day job as the editor of The Englewood Review of Books, I've staked my life and work on the hope that reading carefully and well will undoubtedly transform us, reforming the ways that we think, talk about and live within this wondrous web of life that is God's creation.

The author reviews a book by Stanley Hauerwas: When Hauerwas asserts that liberal Christians are those who take «humans, not God, as the center of Christian faith,» or when he says that one of «the most cherished conceits of modernity» is that «humans are the measure of all that is,» he reveals that he has not thought hard enough about what liberalism and modernity mean to their proponents.

... wow, lot's of mis - statements here by people speculating about the Bible and Jesus, including those of you who think the books of the Bible were written a few hundred years ago (Moses penned it around 1400BC)... the Bible is a collection of the most investigated writings of all time, so there is a tremendous amount of credible archeological and scientific material in this world available for review rooted in verifiable investigations... my response, read the Bible, do your own investigation, determine the Truth for yourself... hopefully, anne rice's denouncement of faith in the God of the Bible (it's difficult for me to believe she ever had Saving Faith in the first place) will bring some readers to investigate and find the Truth... God will call the Elect, not one more, not one less...

I agree with a lot of the lesser reviews of this book, but felt that it still should get four stars, whilst it has recipes which cooks and chefs would not call recipes in the wider sense I don't personally think that Ella in both her books is neccesarily all about the recipes.

Bettina — The only thing your very wonderful review left out was the part about the dorky happy dance I did when you agreed to write my foreword I thought for sure you noticed me a few states away - whoopin» it up quite a bit It was truly MY honor to have you intro my book, and I'm delighted that you love the finished product!

Rose has asked me to help spread the word about her book and I really think you might enjoy reading it and possibly posting a review about it on your blog.

Gayle shares her thoughts about some of the most important lessons we teach children, as well as a detailed review of two great books to use with kids.

I've read positive reviews about this book but after reading it, i do not think it has any new information, it is kind of too general.

Despite Epley's convictions to the contrary, I will complete this book review on time, and I already know that I shouldn't worry too much about what other people think of me, because they seldom do.

Chris's review led me to reflect a bit on our book, and I thought it might be appropriate to close the blogging year with a couple of posts about it.

WISCONSIN About Blog Book Reviews, Recommendations & Random Thoughts Frequency about 10 posts per About Blog Book Reviews, Recommendations & Random Thoughts Frequency about 10 posts per about 10 posts per week.

A Memoir by Sonsyrea Tate Strebor Books Paperback, $ 15.00 288 pages ISBN: 978 -1-59309-122-4 Book Review by Kam Williams «The story I must tell in order to be transformed is the story of my coming out — out of Islam, out of my parents» house, out of traditional choices, out of conventional thinking — in a way, out of my mind... This is a story I need to tell as much as the world suddenly needs to know more about Muslim women behind the veil... I began questioning Islam by the time I was twelve, and by the time I was twenty - one I was sure Islam was not for me.

To put it another way, while I'm more than sympathetic to Jonathan's desire to read Karen Ordahl Kupperman's book about early America before weighing in on The New World (I speak as one who read four different books about feudal Japan before writing my review of The Last Samurai a few years back), I think it's also essential to keep in mind the fact that most audiences who see the film will come to it with very little, if any, historical background, and that to a certain extent the film even asks to be read ahistorically.

These books review all the expenses schools face, and get readers thinking about impact - per - dollar.

Here are some books reviewed over the past year that can get you thinking about how to improve your school leadership.

But books that keep you up at night don't have to be thrillers — our editor, Lynn Green, says when she first read the galleys of The Lovely Bones, the description of Susie's murder was so chilling she had second thoughts about assigning it for review... though we did end up covering it.

Soliciting reviews for your book can be a daunting task so it's important for authors to always be thinking about ways to get more book reviews.

So the next time you pick up a book, whether it's by me, a self - published author, or a big name, think about leaving a review — it really does matter!

I do add an About the Author, blog link and list of other titles at the back of my kindle books, plus gentle request for a review, but never thought about including a pic of me or next book cAbout the Author, blog link and list of other titles at the back of my kindle books, plus gentle request for a review, but never thought about including a pic of me or next book cabout including a pic of me or next book cover.

When we think about how we choose books, we often discuss reviews, buzz, recommendations from others, price, etc..

It can also lead to a wave of new reviews as readers finish the book and leave their thoughts about it on Amazon or Goodreads.

Instead of spending all that money on paid book reviews, think about what Erin Keane wrote near the end of her Salon article:

And don't forget: reviews help sell books, so leave 2c worth of thoughts about what you liked and didn't like.

Once your book has steady sales, is climbing the bestseller ranks, is getting new and valuable reviews, then you can think about going with Lightning Source — although if it's good enough to be in bookstores, and your sales are strong enough, a publisher will come to you, making it a mute point.

Another problem to think about is that you may lose all your reader reviews, because retailers may see it as a new book.

Since you seem to think it's okay to talk about your opinions regarding authors in book reviews, would it then be okay if I found out your last name and for me to go to my blog and share with the world that you're a prostitute and pregnant with your fathers child?

When the New York Times ran a piece about Tinkers» unlikely rise to fame, Jennifer Weiner retorted on Twitter: «Indie booksellers, book bloggers congratulating themselves for getting TINKERS sales all the way to... 7,000» and «Then again, I also never thought Times would fail to review debut by guy w / Iowa degree.

When I first thought about starting a blog to review books I almost didn't because of the behavior of some authors against bloggers.

Have you at ENT thought about placing a little reminder at the top of your free book page asking the readers to please review the books they download?

I don't think there's anything scammy about offering a reader a free book in exchange for an honest review.

Each and every review will differ that depends mostly on your thought and how you felt about the relevant book.

Bloggers will be keen to grow their own profile so think about how reviewing your book can help them do that.

If you want reviewers to review — and to provide a good one — they're going to need time to read your book and think about what they want to say.

If you just want to be # 1 in your category, you can get there with about 100 sales — as I mention in my more recent material, I think anybody can build a large enough author platform to sell 100 copies to actual readers in under a month, and 100 sales should be enough to get the ball rolling as long as you're also giving away about 1000 ARC copies to get book reviews first).

I think educating the public about what indie publishing really means and the rise of review blogs that cater to them and carry as much weight as places like Dear Author and Smart Bitches Trashy Books will go a lot further toward informing the public what qualifies as a good read.

They also do this for free so need to think about what's in it for them (free books are great but not the deciding factor in accepting a review).

I've written before about how I think negative reviews are most likely to be voted most helpful, by people who agree with the themes and issues but probably haven't actually read the book, and are therefore also misleading.

I always review the books I read, and here's an excerpt regarding what I thought about the book immediately after finishing.

Rating and reviewing books as an author can be tricky, but as an author, reading and thinking critically about books you've read can help you become a better author.

But I'm really on the fence about it when I think the reviewer did read the book and did give an honest review.

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Say you post about your new reviews, or whatever, I think that for every person who goes «well done, that's great», there will be 2 saying «I wish she'd shut up about her bloody books!!!»

Sidenote — a positive word about the Kindle: As I've written before, I have one and despite its god - awful hardware design and some of the most incredibly bad user - interface ideas I've ever witnessed (see earlier review), I like the convenience of having dozens of books in my briefcase and I especially like the think - it, buy - it instant - shopification features it offers with an EVDO - powered access to the Amazon store.

I now have to get back to a hopeful, hard - working novelist and tell her that, because she thought about garnering traditional book reviews just about the time the book was slated to be published, that plan just isn't going to work out for her.

Put a request for a review at the beginning of your book as well as at the end, as this will get your reader thinking about a review subconsciously before they have even started reading the actual book.