Favorite part of writing a review?
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- hyrumseries
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Re: Favorite part of writing a review?
My least favorite part is when I'm trying to post a review to 25 places and my internet decides to act up.
- moderntimes
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I've only written reviews for a single professional location, whether a newspaper or a website, so I'm free & clear from your 2nd point. And my WiFi works great.
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My least favorite....I can't really think of anything. The occasional writers block would be my most disliked but I'm sure everybody has that issue.
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I have to admit there is a part of the review process that makes me INSANELY HAPPY! You will all think I am crazy, but my favorite part is selecting the review book from the list. I love checking the list to see what appeals to me, reading the Amazon samples, and then deciding which book to pick. If I don't find an appealing choice, I check back periodically to see if any new books have been added. I absolutely love when I see a few books that look appealing and the whole process of choosing. I love this part of the process so much that I feel a little letdown after I've made my choice and committed to a review book. Crazy, huh?
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Not crazy at all! While not necessarily my favorite I do still greatly enjoy it.bookowlie wrote:TrishaAnn, I agree with pretty much everythng you said. I really enjoy talking about the book and pointing out the little things that made the book special.
I have to admit there is a part of the review process that makes me INSANELY HAPPY! You will all think I am crazy, but my favorite part is selecting the review book from the list. I love checking the list to see what appeals to me, reading the Amazon samples, and then deciding which book to pick. If I don't find an appealing choice, I check back periodically to see if any new books have been added. I absolutely love when I see a few books that look appealing and the whole process of choosing. I love this part of the process so much that I feel a little letdown after I've made my choice and committed to a review book. Crazy, huh?
- moderntimes
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Next comes selecting which goes first and which is last. I try to avoid the most tempting up front because I'll shoot my energies on the good ones and the others are kinda pushed aside. So I mix a good/bad/good/bad. And by "bad" I don't necessarily mean a bad book, but only that those are the ones which are, on surface, least interesting. Sometimes of course I find a gem, a pearl hidden. That's yet another pleasure of reviewing.
Then after the books are reviewed, I'll keep some and give the others to friends. One more fun element of the process.
Right now, as I'm involved in the final galley proofs of my 3 extant novels and working on the 4th, I've temporarily put my review work on hold, but after the New Year I'll get back into harness for the spring book rush. Keen, eh? Each month getting a big box of nifty new books, most yet to be released to the public, so I get my mitts on them early. Fun!
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That is always fun and getting the books before everybody else I also greatly enjoy!
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In my own writing though, I hate my terrible grammar and typos. I practice as much as I can. Yet, I still over-comma.
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I agree that one of the real pleasures in writing reviews is discovering a newbie author who may soon make it big, and writing a review that is enthusiastic and also genuine.
I've also formed a few pleasant email friendships with authors whose books I reviewed. That a great bonus.
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Of course we all know the "rules" of our grammatical and literary understanding, a Venn diagram, the largest circle being our reading comprehension and words we know when seeing them. Inside that is the circle defining how we write, and smallest is our speaking vocabulary.
So maybe the rhythm of our written words will be similar to our speaking, but the actual word use will be greater. That's how is is for most writers, at least.
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I've also seen some samples of books that have a great first chapter on Amazon, but I've been disappointed to discover that later chapters weren't written--or edited?--as carefully.
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I love being to share my review, as well. When sharing a review of a book that I enjoyed, I feel I am showing my support to those authors and spreading the word. There's something about it that makes me feel happy to do so.Mag wrote:For me I think it simply would be the sharing part. Just sharing your thoughts and opinions with the rest of the world is the most rewarding part of writing a book review.
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