Sunday, February 15, 2009

Musing Monday-- Book Reviews


Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about book reviews…
Do you read any non-blogging book reviews? If so, where (newspaper, library etc)? Do you have any favourite sources you'd like to share?

Yes, I do read non-blogging book reviews. I am list owner of a Yahoo book group, and several of us like the same types of books, so I always pay attention to the reviews that are posted. I've also found that the reviewers for the Washington Post Book World and Publishers Weekly seem to point me in the direction of very good books. An example off the top of my head is Candice Millard's River of Doubt. I never would've picked up the book if it hadn't been for its review in Publishers Weekly. River of Doubt is now one of my all-time favorite books.




9 comments:

  1. I often google new authors when I want to see what they are like. Some of the reviews I come across are from papers, others are from blogs. I also read reviews of crime fiction in our Sunday paper.

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  2. I mainly use online sites like Shelfari, but I think the blogs are the best for reviews.

    Happy Monday!

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  3. I get a lot of recommendations and reviews from mailing lists.

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  4. My local paper rarely reviews crime fiction, which is my favorite reading material. So besides blog reviews, I read reviews on amazon's and B&N's sites and occasionally Goodreads or one of that ilk. A lot of blogs (like Crime Always Pays and Confessions of An Idiosyncratic Mind) will link to reviews in online newspapers and so I read a lot of those reviews.

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  5. Blogs are a good source for reviews and lets me know whether I really want to read the book or not. I rely alot on amazon too.

    My post is up now.

    Happy Monday

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  6. Guardian and NYRB have in-depth reviews. Otherwise, I only glace skim through the other papers. I also trust the staff reviews at indies.

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  7. favorite all times books?...oh no, have to go check that out!

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  8. I'll have to check out Washington Post Book World link.

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  9. I'm getting some good places to check out for reviews in all these comments. Thanks!

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