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Cori wrote: "I am looking to start a blog on book reviews and I know there are a lot of book lovers on this site who have their own book reviewing blogs. I just wanted to know what content would be good to put..."Hey Cori you can start a blog on teenage love how abt high school stories??
Rukhshar wrote: "Cori wrote: "I am looking to start a blog on book reviews and I know there are a lot of book lovers on this site who have their own book reviewing blogs. I just wanted to know what content would b..."You mean for the kinds of books I would review? Reviewing teenage love and high school books?
the most important thing is to write about what you love. Write reviews on whatever types of books interest you most.Be honest. Even if you have an author/publisher send you a book to review, be honest. Your followers expect you to be honest.
Don't attack the author. If something doesn't work for you in the book, be honest, but be nice.
I hope this is what you were looking for.
Lee *show me the smut* Anne wrote: "the most important thing is to write about what you love. Write reviews on whatever types of books interest you most.Be honest. Even if you have an author/publisher send you a book to review, be ..."
What she said. :P Be honest and read & review books from genres you love. If an author requests a review, don't be afraid to decline it if it's not your kind of book. And if it is, but you don't like it as much as you thought you would, be honest. =)
I agree with everything that Lee Anne and Bieke wrote about being nice/fair, but honest.As for what specifically a book reviewing blog should contain, I can only say that all my favourite blogs (book and otherwise) are ones where I really feel like the blogger themselves come through in their writing..
Meaning that it isn't WHAT you write, but HOW you write it... Finding a "voice" that's yours and then just hope that that voice appeals to potential readers..
Just my two cents :)
Lee *show me the smut* Anne wrote: "the most important thing is to write about what you love. Write reviews on whatever types of books interest you most.Be honest. Even if you have an author/publisher send you a book to review, be ..."
Exactly what she said. And remember two important things:
- reading should be fun, so don't let bad books scare you off reading.
- you write reviews for readers, not authors. Remember your audience and always be honest.
Thank you!
Cori