Save your favorite (or even your least favorite) author the time and energy spent writing you into a novel, just to kill you off. Read what not to do when leaving a book review.
Here is the 34th installment of Ten Top Lists of What Not to Do by Marie Ann Bailey of 1WriteWay at http://1writeway.com and John W. Howell of Fiction Favorites at http://johnwhowell.com. These lists are simu-published on our blogs each Monday. We hope you enjoy.
Top Ten Things Not to Do When Writing a Book Review on Amazon or Anywhere Else
10. When writing a book review, do not provide a five-page synopsis of the book before you even start your review. If you do, at best, readers will just skip the synopsis and your efforts will be wasted. At worst, readers will confuse the synopsis for your own work, tweet and blog about the review, causing it to go viral and guaranteeing a negative reaction by the author.
9. When writing a book review, do not simply say, “I liked the book. It was really good.” Readers want to know…
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Olivia, thank you for the reblog. Amazing how nice it looks on your spot. 🙂
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It does, doesn’t it!
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Yes it does.
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Thank you for reblogging our list! And, yes, it looks very nice here, as John said 🙂
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Thanks. And I like it. Every reader should read it!
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