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17 book review examples to help you write the perfect review.

It’s an exciting time to be a book reviewer. Once confined to print newspapers and journals, reviews now dot many corridors of the Internet — forever helping others discover their next great read. That said, every book reviewer will face a familiar panic: how can you do justice to a great book in just a thousand words?

As you know, the best way to learn how to do something is by immersing yourself in it. Luckily, the Internet (i.e. Goodreads and other review sites , in particular) has made book reviews more accessible than ever — which means that there are a lot of book reviews examples out there for you to view!

In this post, we compiled 17 prototypical book review examples in multiple genres to help you figure out how to write the perfect review . If you want to jump straight to the examples, you can skip the next section. Otherwise, let’s first check out what makes up a good review.

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What must a book review contain?

Like all works of art, no two book reviews will be identical. But fear not: there are a few guidelines for any aspiring book reviewer to follow. Most book reviews, for instance, are less than 1,500 words long, with the sweet spot hitting somewhere around the 1,000-word mark. (However, this may vary depending on the platform on which you’re writing, as we’ll see later.)

In addition, all reviews share some universal elements, as shown in our book review templates . These include:

• A review will offer a concise plot summary of the book. 
• A book review will offer an evaluation of the work. 
• A book review will offer a recommendation for the audience. 

If these are the basic ingredients that make up a book review, it’s the tone and style with which the book reviewer writes that brings the extra panache. This will differ from platform to platform, of course. A book review on Goodreads, for instance, will be much more informal and personal than a book review on Kirkus Reviews, as it is catering to a different audience. However, at the end of the day, the goal of all book reviews is to give the audience the tools to determine whether or not they’d like to read the book themselves.

Keeping that in mind, let’s proceed to some book review examples to put all of this in action.

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Book review examples for fiction books

Since story is king in the world of fiction, it probably won’t come as any surprise to learn that a book review for a novel will concentrate on how well the story was told .

That said, book reviews in all genres follow the same basic formula that we discussed earlier. In these examples, you’ll be able to see how book reviewers on different platforms expertly intertwine the plot summary and their personal opinions of the book to produce a clear, informative, and concise review.

Note: Some of the book review examples run very long. If a book review is truncated in this post, we’ve indicated by including a […] at the end, but you can always read the entire review if you click on the link provided.

Examples of literary fiction book reviews

Kirkus Reviews reviews Ralph Ellison’s The Invisible Man :

An extremely powerful story of a young Southern Negro, from his late high school days through three years of college to his life in Harlem.

His early training prepared him for a life of humility before white men, but through injustices- large and small, he came to realize that he was an "invisible man". People saw in him only a reflection of their preconceived ideas of what he was, denied his individuality, and ultimately did not see him at all. This theme, which has implications far beyond the obvious racial parallel, is skillfully handled. The incidents of the story are wholly absorbing. The boy's dismissal from college because of an innocent mistake, his shocked reaction to the anonymity of the North and to Harlem, his nightmare experiences on a one-day job in a paint factory and in the hospital, his lightning success as the Harlem leader of a communistic organization known as the Brotherhood, his involvement in black versus white and black versus black clashes and his disillusion and understanding of his invisibility- all climax naturally in scenes of violence and riot, followed by a retreat which is both literal and figurative. Parts of this experience may have been told before, but never with such freshness, intensity and power.

This is Ellison's first novel, but he has complete control of his story and his style. Watch it.

Lyndsey reviews George Orwell’s 1984 on Goodreads:

YOU. ARE. THE. DEAD. Oh my God. I got the chills so many times toward the end of this book. It completely blew my mind. It managed to surpass my high expectations AND be nothing at all like I expected. Or in Newspeak "Double Plus Good." Let me preface this with an apology. If I sound stunningly inarticulate at times in this review, I can't help it. My mind is completely fried.

This book is like the dystopian Lord of the Rings, with its richly developed culture and economics, not to mention a fully developed language called Newspeak, or rather more of the anti-language, whose purpose is to limit speech and understanding instead of to enhance and expand it. The world-building is so fully fleshed out and spine-tinglingly terrifying that it's almost as if George travelled to such a place, escaped from it, and then just wrote it all down.

I read Fahrenheit 451 over ten years ago in my early teens. At the time, I remember really wanting to read 1984, although I never managed to get my hands on it. I'm almost glad I didn't. Though I would not have admitted it at the time, it would have gone over my head. Or at the very least, I wouldn't have been able to appreciate it fully. […]

The New York Times reviews Lisa Halliday’s Asymmetry :

Three-quarters of the way through Lisa Halliday’s debut novel, “Asymmetry,” a British foreign correspondent named Alistair is spending Christmas on a compound outside of Baghdad. His fellow revelers include cameramen, defense contractors, United Nations employees and aid workers. Someone’s mother has FedExed a HoneyBaked ham from Maine; people are smoking by the swimming pool. It is 2003, just days after Saddam Hussein’s capture, and though the mood is optimistic, Alistair is worrying aloud about the ethics of his chosen profession, wondering if reporting on violence doesn’t indirectly abet violence and questioning why he’d rather be in a combat zone than reading a picture book to his son. But every time he returns to London, he begins to “spin out.” He can’t go home. “You observe what people do with their freedom — what they don’t do — and it’s impossible not to judge them for it,” he says.

The line, embedded unceremoniously in the middle of a page-long paragraph, doubles, like so many others in “Asymmetry,” as literary criticism. Halliday’s novel is so strange and startlingly smart that its mere existence seems like commentary on the state of fiction. One finishes “Asymmetry” for the first or second (or like this reader, third) time and is left wondering what other writers are not doing with their freedom — and, like Alistair, judging them for it.

Despite its title, “Asymmetry” comprises two seemingly unrelated sections of equal length, appended by a slim and quietly shocking coda. Halliday’s prose is clean and lean, almost reportorial in the style of W. G. Sebald, and like the murmurings of a shy person at a cocktail party, often comic only in single clauses. It’s a first novel that reads like the work of an author who has published many books over many years. […]

Emily W. Thompson reviews Michael Doane's The Crossing on Reedsy Discovery :

In Doane’s debut novel, a young man embarks on a journey of self-discovery with surprising results.

An unnamed protagonist (The Narrator) is dealing with heartbreak. His love, determined to see the world, sets out for Portland, Oregon. But he’s a small-town boy who hasn’t traveled much. So, the Narrator mourns her loss and hides from life, throwing himself into rehabbing an old motorcycle. Until one day, he takes a leap; he packs his bike and a few belongings and heads out to find the Girl.

Following in the footsteps of Jack Kerouac and William Least Heat-Moon, Doane offers a coming of age story about a man finding himself on the backroads of America. Doane’s a gifted writer with fluid prose and insightful observations, using The Narrator’s personal interactions to illuminate the diversity of the United States.

The Narrator initially sticks to the highways, trying to make it to the West Coast as quickly as possible. But a hitchhiker named Duke convinces him to get off the beaten path and enjoy the ride. “There’s not a place that’s like any other,” [39] Dukes contends, and The Narrator realizes he’s right. Suddenly, the trip is about the journey, not just the destination. The Narrator ditches his truck and traverses the deserts and mountains on his bike. He destroys his phone, cutting off ties with his past and living only in the moment.

As he crosses the country, The Narrator connects with several unique personalities whose experiences and views deeply impact his own. Duke, the complicated cowboy and drifter, who opens The Narrator’s eyes to a larger world. Zooey, the waitress in Colorado who opens his heart and reminds him that love can be found in this big world. And Rosie, The Narrator’s sweet landlady in Portland, who helps piece him back together both physically and emotionally.

This supporting cast of characters is excellent. Duke, in particular, is wonderfully nuanced and complicated. He’s a throwback to another time, a man without a cell phone who reads Sartre and sleeps under the stars. Yet he’s also a grifter with a “love ‘em and leave ‘em” attitude that harms those around him. It’s fascinating to watch The Narrator wrestle with Duke’s behavior, trying to determine which to model and which to discard.

Doane creates a relatable protagonist in The Narrator, whose personal growth doesn’t erase his faults. His willingness to hit the road with few resources is admirable, and he’s prescient enough to recognize the jealousy of those who cannot or will not take the leap. His encounters with new foods, places, and people broaden his horizons. Yet his immaturity and selfishness persist. He tells Rosie she’s been a good mother to him but chooses to ignore the continuing concern from his own parents as he effectively disappears from his old life.

Despite his flaws, it’s a pleasure to accompany The Narrator on his physical and emotional journey. The unexpected ending is a fitting denouement to an epic and memorable road trip.

The Book Smugglers review Anissa Gray’s The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls :

I am still dipping my toes into the literally fiction pool, finding what works for me and what doesn’t. Books like The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray are definitely my cup of tea.

Althea and Proctor Cochran had been pillars of their economically disadvantaged community for years – with their local restaurant/small market and their charity drives. Until they are found guilty of fraud for stealing and keeping most of the money they raised and sent to jail. Now disgraced, their entire family is suffering the consequences, specially their twin teenage daughters Baby Vi and Kim.  To complicate matters even more: Kim was actually the one to call the police on her parents after yet another fight with her mother. […]

Examples of children’s and YA fiction book reviews

The Book Hookup reviews Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give :

♥ Quick Thoughts and Rating: 5 stars! I can’t imagine how challenging it would be to tackle the voice of a movement like Black Lives Matter, but I do know that Thomas did it with a finesse only a talented author like herself possibly could. With an unapologetically realistic delivery packed with emotion, The Hate U Give is a crucially important portrayal of the difficulties minorities face in our country every single day. I have no doubt that this book will be met with resistance by some (possibly many) and slapped with a “controversial” label, but if you’ve ever wondered what it was like to walk in a POC’s shoes, then I feel like this is an unflinchingly honest place to start.

In Angie Thomas’s debut novel, Starr Carter bursts on to the YA scene with both heart-wrecking and heartwarming sincerity. This author is definitely one to watch.

♥ Review: The hype around this book has been unquestionable and, admittedly, that made me both eager to get my hands on it and terrified to read it. I mean, what if I was to be the one person that didn’t love it as much as others? (That seems silly now because of how truly mesmerizing THUG was in the most heartbreakingly realistic way.) However, with the relevancy of its summary in regards to the unjust predicaments POC currently face in the US, I knew this one was a must-read, so I was ready to set my fears aside and dive in. That said, I had an altogether more personal, ulterior motive for wanting to read this book. […]

The New York Times reviews Melissa Albert’s The Hazel Wood :

Alice Crewe (a last name she’s chosen for herself) is a fairy tale legacy: the granddaughter of Althea Proserpine, author of a collection of dark-as-night fairy tales called “Tales From the Hinterland.” The book has a cult following, and though Alice has never met her grandmother, she’s learned a little about her through internet research. She hasn’t read the stories, because her mother, Ella Proserpine, forbids it.

Alice and Ella have moved from place to place in an attempt to avoid the “bad luck” that seems to follow them. Weird things have happened. As a child, Alice was kidnapped by a man who took her on a road trip to find her grandmother; he was stopped by the police before they did so. When at 17 she sees that man again, unchanged despite the years, Alice panics. Then Ella goes missing, and Alice turns to Ellery Finch, a schoolmate who’s an Althea Proserpine superfan, for help in tracking down her mother. Not only has Finch read every fairy tale in the collection, but handily, he remembers them, sharing them with Alice as they journey to the mysterious Hazel Wood, the estate of her now-dead grandmother, where they hope to find Ella.

“The Hazel Wood” starts out strange and gets stranger, in the best way possible. (The fairy stories Finch relays, which Albert includes as their own chapters, are as creepy and evocative as you’d hope.) Albert seamlessly combines contemporary realism with fantasy, blurring the edges in a way that highlights that place where stories and real life convene, where magic contains truth and the world as it appears is false, where just about anything can happen, particularly in the pages of a very good book. It’s a captivating debut. […]

James reviews Margaret Wise Brown’s Goodnight, Moon on Goodreads:

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown is one of the books that followers of my blog voted as a must-read for our Children's Book August 2018 Readathon. Come check it out and join the next few weeks!

This picture book was such a delight. I hadn't remembered reading it when I was a child, but it might have been read to me... either way, it was like a whole new experience! It's always so difficult to convince a child to fall asleep at night. I don't have kids, but I do have a 5-month-old puppy who whines for 5 minutes every night when he goes in his cage/crate (hopefully he'll be fully housebroken soon so he can roam around when he wants). I can only imagine! I babysat a lot as a teenager and I have tons of younger cousins, nieces, and nephews, so I've been through it before, too. This was a believable experience, and it really helps show kids how to relax and just let go when it's time to sleep.

The bunny's are adorable. The rhymes are exquisite. I found it pretty fun, but possibly a little dated given many of those things aren't normal routines anymore. But the lessons to take from it are still powerful. Loved it! I want to sample some more books by this fine author and her illustrators.

Publishers Weekly reviews Elizabeth Lilly’s Geraldine :

This funny, thoroughly accomplished debut opens with two words: “I’m moving.” They’re spoken by the title character while she swoons across her family’s ottoman, and because Geraldine is a giraffe, her full-on melancholy mode is quite a spectacle. But while Geraldine may be a drama queen (even her mother says so), it won’t take readers long to warm up to her. The move takes Geraldine from Giraffe City, where everyone is like her, to a new school, where everyone else is human. Suddenly, the former extrovert becomes “That Giraffe Girl,” and all she wants to do is hide, which is pretty much impossible. “Even my voice tries to hide,” she says, in the book’s most poignant moment. “It’s gotten quiet and whispery.” Then she meets Cassie, who, though human, is also an outlier (“I’m that girl who wears glasses and likes MATH and always organizes her food”), and things begin to look up.

Lilly’s watercolor-and-ink drawings are as vividly comic and emotionally astute as her writing; just when readers think there are no more ways for Geraldine to contort her long neck, this highly promising talent comes up with something new.

Examples of genre fiction book reviews

Karlyn P reviews Nora Roberts’ Dark Witch , a paranormal romance novel , on Goodreads:

4 stars. Great world-building, weak romance, but still worth the read.

I hesitate to describe this book as a 'romance' novel simply because the book spent little time actually exploring the romance between Iona and Boyle. Sure, there IS a romance in this novel. Sprinkled throughout the book are a few scenes where Iona and Boyle meet, chat, wink at each, flirt some more, sleep together, have a misunderstanding, make up, and then profess their undying love. Very formulaic stuff, and all woven around the more important parts of this book.

The meat of this book is far more focused on the story of the Dark witch and her magically-gifted descendants living in Ireland. Despite being weak on the romance, I really enjoyed it. I think the book is probably better for it, because the romance itself was pretty lackluster stuff.

I absolutely plan to stick with this series as I enjoyed the world building, loved the Ireland setting, and was intrigued by all of the secondary characters. However, If you read Nora Roberts strictly for the romance scenes, this one might disappoint. But if you enjoy a solid background story with some dark magic and prophesies, you might enjoy it as much as I did.

I listened to this one on audio, and felt the narration was excellent.

Emily May reviews R.F. Kuang’s The Poppy Wars , an epic fantasy novel , on Goodreads:

“But I warn you, little warrior. The price of power is pain.”

Holy hell, what did I just read??

➽ A fantasy military school

➽ A rich world based on modern Chinese history

➽ Shamans and gods

➽ Detailed characterization leading to unforgettable characters

➽ Adorable, opium-smoking mentors

That's a basic list, but this book is all of that and SO MUCH MORE. I know 100% that The Poppy War will be one of my best reads of 2018.

Isn't it just so great when you find one of those books that completely drags you in, makes you fall in love with the characters, and demands that you sit on the edge of your seat for every horrific, nail-biting moment of it? This is one of those books for me. And I must issue a serious content warning: this book explores some very dark themes. Proceed with caution (or not at all) if you are particularly sensitive to scenes of war, drug use and addiction, genocide, racism, sexism, ableism, self-harm, torture, and rape (off-page but extremely horrific).

Because, despite the fairly innocuous first 200 pages, the title speaks the truth: this is a book about war. All of its horrors and atrocities. It is not sugar-coated, and it is often graphic. The "poppy" aspect refers to opium, which is a big part of this book. It is a fantasy, but the book draws inspiration from the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Rape of Nanking.

Crime Fiction Lover reviews Jessica Barry’s Freefall , a crime novel:

In some crime novels, the wrongdoing hits you between the eyes from page one. With others it’s a more subtle process, and that’s OK too. So where does Freefall fit into the sliding scale?

In truth, it’s not clear. This is a novel with a thrilling concept at its core. A woman survives plane crash, then runs for her life. However, it is the subtleties at play that will draw you in like a spider beckoning to an unwitting fly.

Like the heroine in Sharon Bolton’s Dead Woman Walking, Allison is lucky to be alive. She was the only passenger in a private plane, belonging to her fiancé, Ben, who was piloting the expensive aircraft, when it came down in woodlands in the Colorado Rockies. Ally is also the only survivor, but rather than sitting back and waiting for rescue, she is soon pulling together items that may help her survive a little longer – first aid kit, energy bars, warm clothes, trainers – before fleeing the scene. If you’re hearing the faint sound of alarm bells ringing, get used to it. There’s much, much more to learn about Ally before this tale is over.

Kirkus Reviews reviews Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One , a science-fiction novel :

Video-game players embrace the quest of a lifetime in a virtual world; screenwriter Cline’s first novel is old wine in new bottles.

The real world, in 2045, is the usual dystopian horror story. So who can blame Wade, our narrator, if he spends most of his time in a virtual world? The 18-year-old, orphaned at 11, has no friends in his vertical trailer park in Oklahoma City, while the OASIS has captivating bells and whistles, and it’s free. Its creator, the legendary billionaire James Halliday, left a curious will. He had devised an elaborate online game, a hunt for a hidden Easter egg. The finder would inherit his estate. Old-fashioned riddles lead to three keys and three gates. Wade, or rather his avatar Parzival, is the first gunter (egg-hunter) to win the Copper Key, first of three.

Halliday was obsessed with the pop culture of the 1980s, primarily the arcade games, so the novel is as much retro as futurist. Parzival’s great strength is that he has absorbed all Halliday’s obsessions; he knows by heart three essential movies, crossing the line from geek to freak. His most formidable competitors are the Sixers, contract gunters working for the evil conglomerate IOI, whose goal is to acquire the OASIS. Cline’s narrative is straightforward but loaded with exposition. It takes a while to reach a scene that crackles with excitement: the meeting between Parzival (now world famous as the lead contender) and Sorrento, the head of IOI. The latter tries to recruit Parzival; when he fails, he issues and executes a death threat. Wade’s trailer is demolished, his relatives killed; luckily Wade was not at home. Too bad this is the dramatic high point. Parzival threads his way between more ’80s games and movies to gain the other keys; it’s clever but not exciting. Even a romance with another avatar and the ultimate “epic throwdown” fail to stir the blood.

Too much puzzle-solving, not enough suspense.

Book review examples for non-fiction books

Nonfiction books are generally written to inform readers about a certain topic. As such, the focus of a nonfiction book review will be on the clarity and effectiveness of this communication . In carrying this out, a book review may analyze the author’s source materials and assess the thesis in order to determine whether or not the book meets expectations.

Again, we’ve included abbreviated versions of long reviews here, so feel free to click on the link to read the entire piece!

The Washington Post reviews David Grann’s Killers of the Flower Moon :

The arc of David Grann’s career reminds one of a software whiz-kid or a latest-thing talk-show host — certainly not an investigative reporter, even if he is one of the best in the business. The newly released movie of his first book, “The Lost City of Z,” is generating all kinds of Oscar talk, and now comes the release of his second book, “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI,” the film rights to which have already been sold for $5 million in what one industry journal called the “biggest and wildest book rights auction in memory.”

Grann deserves the attention. He’s canny about the stories he chases, he’s willing to go anywhere to chase them, and he’s a maestro in his ability to parcel out information at just the right clip: a hint here, a shading of meaning there, a smartly paced buildup of multiple possibilities followed by an inevitable reversal of readerly expectations or, in some cases, by a thrilling and dislocating pull of the entire narrative rug.

All of these strengths are on display in “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Around the turn of the 20th century, oil was discovered underneath Osage lands in the Oklahoma Territory, lands that were soon to become part of the state of Oklahoma. Through foresight and legal maneuvering, the Osage found a way to permanently attach that oil to themselves and shield it from the prying hands of white interlopers; this mechanism was known as “headrights,” which forbade the outright sale of oil rights and granted each full member of the tribe — and, supposedly, no one else — a share in the proceeds from any lease arrangement. For a while, the fail-safes did their job, and the Osage got rich — diamond-ring and chauffeured-car and imported-French-fashion rich — following which quite a large group of white men started to work like devils to separate the Osage from their money. And soon enough, and predictably enough, this work involved murder. Here in Jazz Age America’s most isolated of locales, dozens or even hundreds of Osage in possession of great fortunes — and of the potential for even greater fortunes in the future — were dispatched by poison, by gunshot and by dynamite. […]

Stacked Books reviews Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers :

I’ve heard a lot of great things about Malcolm Gladwell’s writing. Friends and co-workers tell me that his subjects are interesting and his writing style is easy to follow without talking down to the reader. I wasn’t disappointed with Outliers. In it, Gladwell tackles the subject of success – how people obtain it and what contributes to extraordinary success as opposed to everyday success.

The thesis – that our success depends much more on circumstances out of our control than any effort we put forth – isn’t exactly revolutionary. Most of us know it to be true. However, I don’t think I’m lying when I say that most of us also believe that we if we just try that much harder and develop our talent that much further, it will be enough to become wildly successful, despite bad or just mediocre beginnings. Not so, says Gladwell.

Most of the evidence Gladwell gives us is anecdotal, which is my favorite kind to read. I can’t really speak to how scientifically valid it is, but it sure makes for engrossing listening. For example, did you know that successful hockey players are almost all born in January, February, or March? Kids born during these months are older than the others kids when they start playing in the youth leagues, which means they’re already better at the game (because they’re bigger). Thus, they get more play time, which means their skill increases at a faster rate, and it compounds as time goes by. Within a few years, they’re much, much better than the kids born just a few months later in the year. Basically, these kids’ birthdates are a huge factor in their success as adults – and it’s nothing they can do anything about. If anyone could make hockey interesting to a Texan who only grudgingly admits the sport even exists, it’s Gladwell. […]

Quill and Quire reviews Rick Prashaw’s Soar, Adam, Soar :

Ten years ago, I read a book called Almost Perfect. The young-adult novel by Brian Katcher won some awards and was held up as a powerful, nuanced portrayal of a young trans person. But the reality did not live up to the book’s billing. Instead, it turned out to be a one-dimensional and highly fetishized portrait of a trans person’s life, one that was nevertheless repeatedly dubbed “realistic” and “affecting” by non-transgender readers possessing only a vague, mass-market understanding of trans experiences.

In the intervening decade, trans narratives have emerged further into the literary spotlight, but those authored by trans people ourselves – and by trans men in particular – have seemed to fall under the shadow of cisgender sensationalized imaginings. Two current Canadian releases – Soar, Adam, Soar and This One Looks Like a Boy – provide a pointed object lesson into why trans-authored work about transgender experiences remains critical.

To be fair, Soar, Adam, Soar isn’t just a story about a trans man. It’s also a story about epilepsy, the medical establishment, and coming of age as seen through a grieving father’s eyes. Adam, Prashaw’s trans son, died unexpectedly at age 22. Woven through the elder Prashaw’s narrative are excerpts from Adam’s social media posts, giving us glimpses into the young man’s interior life as he traverses his late teens and early 20s. […]

Book Geeks reviews Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love :

WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5

SUBJECT: 4/5

CANDIDNESS: 4.5/5

RELEVANCE: 3.5/5

ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5

“Eat Pray Love” is so popular that it is almost impossible to not read it. Having felt ashamed many times on my not having read this book, I quietly ordered the book (before I saw the movie) from amazon.in and sat down to read it. I don’t remember what I expected it to be – maybe more like a chick lit thing but it turned out quite different. The book is a real story and is a short journal from the time when its writer went travelling to three different countries in pursuit of three different things – Italy (Pleasure), India (Spirituality), Bali (Balance) and this is what corresponds to the book’s name – EAT (in Italy), PRAY (in India) and LOVE (in Bali, Indonesia). These are also the three Is – ITALY, INDIA, INDONESIA.

Though she had everything a middle-aged American woman can aspire for – MONEY, CAREER, FRIENDS, HUSBAND; Elizabeth was not happy in her life, she wasn’t happy in her marriage. Having suffered a terrible divorce and terrible breakup soon after, Elizabeth was shattered. She didn’t know where to go and what to do – all she knew was that she wanted to run away. So she set out on a weird adventure – she will go to three countries in a year and see if she can find out what she was looking for in life. This book is about that life changing journey that she takes for one whole year. […]

Emily May reviews Michelle Obama’s Becoming on Goodreads:

Look, I'm not a happy crier. I might cry at songs about leaving and missing someone; I might cry at books where things don't work out; I might cry at movies where someone dies. I've just never really understood why people get all choked up over happy, inspirational things. But Michelle Obama's kindness and empathy changed that. This book had me in tears for all the right reasons.

This is not really a book about politics, though political experiences obviously do come into it. It's a shame that some will dismiss this book because of a difference in political opinion, when it is really about a woman's life. About growing up poor and black on the South Side of Chicago; about getting married and struggling to maintain that marriage; about motherhood; about being thrown into an amazing and terrifying position.

I hate words like "inspirational" because they've become so overdone and cheesy, but I just have to say it-- Michelle Obama is an inspiration. I had the privilege of seeing her speak at The Forum in Inglewood, and she is one of the warmest, funniest, smartest, down-to-earth people I have ever seen in this world.

And yes, I know we present what we want the world to see, but I truly do think it's genuine. I think she is someone who really cares about people - especially kids - and wants to give them better lives and opportunities.

She's obviously intelligent, but she also doesn't gussy up her words. She talks straight, with an openness and honesty rarely seen. She's been one of the most powerful women in the world, she's been a graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law School, she's had her own successful career, and yet she has remained throughout that same girl - Michelle Robinson - from a working class family in Chicago.

I don't think there's anyone who wouldn't benefit from reading this book.

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What to Know About Donald Trump’s New $60 Bible

“all americans need a bible in their home, and i have many. it’s my favorite book.”.

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One month after releasing a line of gilded high-tops for $399, Donald Trump revealed on Tuesday a new item: the Bible. “All Americans need a Bible in their home, and I have many,” the former president explained in a video promoting the country singer Lee Greenwood’s version of a King James translation, the “God Bless the USA Bible.”

“It’s my favorite book,” Trump added.

Throughout the rest of the clip, as if daring us into a collective disgust, Trump swerved through random opportunities to rail against bureaucrats and a country under threat—all while hawking a holy text.

But his latest sales pitch also prompted some legitimate questions. Such as: What the hell is going on? And: Excuse me? Here, we try to answer some of the queries.

So, that first question—what the hell—but more formally: What exactly is Trump promoting and how much will it cost me to shell out for this? 

Trump is encouraging his supporters to buy a Bible endorsed by himself and Lee Greenwood. It costs $59.99, without taxes or shipping included. That seems to sit on the more expensive end of Bibles on sale at Barnes & Noble . But those books presumably don’t include copies of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the handwritten lyrics to the chorus of Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA.”

The “God Bless the USA Bible” does include these items .

Trump is in a serious cash crunch . So is he going to make money with this Bible?

According to the book’s official site , the God Bless the USA Bible has nothing to do with Trump’s campaign. It is “not owned, managed, or controlled by Donald J. Trump, The Trump Organization, CIC Ventures LLC, or any of their respective principals or affiliates.” Instead, Trump’s “name, likeness, and image” are being used “under paid license from CIC Ventures LLC.”

Wait, what is CIC Ventures LLC, though?

Okay, so CIC Ventures LLC is, according to the  Washington Post , basically a pipeline to Trump:

In [Trump’s] financial disclosure released last year, he’s identified as the [CIC Ventures LLC’s] “manager, president, secretary and treasurer” and the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust is identified as a 100 percent owner of the business. The same entity also receives royalties from his book “A MAGA Journey” and speaking engagements.

In case it’s not already obvious: if you look at the company’s documents, you’ll find the principal address for CIC Ventures LLC is 3505 Summit Boulevard, West Palm Beach, Florida. That is a Trump golf course . Moreover, in a 2022 disclosure, Nick Luna is listed as a manager. Luna was Trump’s personal assistant and body man.

So, I’m sorry, but let me ask again: Is Trump making money off this?

The New York Times reports that “according to a person familiar” (classic) Trump will receive royalties from sales.

You could have just said that.

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Yes. Who is Lee Greenwood?

The country singer who wrote “God Bless the USA.” Greenwood is a fierce MAGA guy who otherwise made news after pulling out of an NRA concert in response to the Uvalde, Texas, mass shooting.

Does Greenwood have a Christmas album with an oddly sexual cover?

Yes. Look at this .

Perfect sweater. Anyway, I feel like I’m experiencing deja vu. Hasn’t Trump made headlines before with a Bible?

You’re probably recalling that despicable photo-op when Trump held up a Bible in front of St. John’s Church, which had been a location of racial justice protests in the days prior. There was a complicated saga, afterward, about whether or not Trump deployed the police to clear protesters to get to the church. An Inspector General’s report ultimately concluded that he did not.  

Man, it’s pretty rough remembering all the awful shit we went through with him as president.

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But wait. Wasn’t there another time Trump and the Bible made waves for something far more stupid?

Christian nationalists adore Trump, so there have probably been many times that Trump has referenced the Bible. But you might also be thinking of this incredible clip of Trump attempting to name his favorite verse .

Has a presidential candidate ever partnered on a holy text sale with a country musician?

Not to my knowledge. But this is from a dude who just last week seemed to compare his current legal jeopardy with the persecution of Jesus Christ. Happy Easter!

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YOU ARE A STORY

by Bob Raczka ; illustrated by Kristen Howdeshell & Kevin Howdeshell ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 21, 2023

Bold and stirring.

Understand your story and listen to others’.

An unseen narrator muses on how special everyone is through a series of connected passages that will leave readers contemplating their places in the world. Readers are reminded that they are many things: someone’s child, an animal, a body of water (mostly), and much more. The text is informative and inspirational: “You are a sponge. You are constantly soaking up new information. You are a student of the world. You learn by trying new things. You absorb everything you see, hear, taste, smell, and touch.” As the declarations continue, a diverse group of children with different skin tones, hair textures, and physical abilities explore and interact with their world and with each other. Accompanied by appealing digital illustrations that have an intimate, collagelike feel, the story is a little nonfiction (with a few facts about the solar system, water, and more sprinkled in) and a lot pep talk and will hopefully inspire young readers and caregivers alike to remember that we are all unique and that we each contain multitudes. The final message is perhaps the most profound: “You are a story. You are the author of your life. Every day is a blank page waiting for you to fill it. Make your story funny. Make it an adventure. Tell your story to others. Then listen to theirs.” That final sentence is an important reminder for readers of all ages. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

Pub Date: Feb. 21, 2023

ISBN: 978-0-8234-4914-9

Page Count: 32

Publisher: Neal Porter/Holiday House

Review Posted Online: Oct. 26, 2022

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 15, 2022

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Rabe follows a young girl through her first 12 days of kindergarten in this book based on the familiar Christmas carol.

The typical firsts of school are here: riding the bus, making friends, sliding on the playground slide, counting, sorting shapes, laughing at lunch, painting, singing, reading, running, jumping rope, and going on a field trip. While the days are given ordinal numbers, the song skips the cardinal numbers in the verses, and the rhythm is sometimes off: “On the second day of kindergarten / I thought it was so cool / making lots of friends / and riding the bus to my school!” The narrator is a white brunette who wears either a tunic or a dress each day, making her pretty easy to differentiate from her classmates, a nice mix in terms of race; two students even sport glasses. The children in the ink, paint, and collage digital spreads show a variety of emotions, but most are happy to be at school, and the surroundings will be familiar to those who have made an orientation visit to their own schools.

Pub Date: June 21, 2016

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by Jory John ; illustrated by Pete Oswald ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 7, 2023

From curds to riches, from meltdown to uplift—this multicourse romp delivers.

A winning wheel of cheddar with braggadocio to match narrates a tale of comeuppance and redemption.

From humble beginnings among kitchen curds living “quiet lives of pasteurization,” the Big Cheese longs to be the best and builds success and renown based on proven skills and dependable results: “I stuck to the things I was good at.” When newcomer Wedge moves to the village of Curds-on-Whey, the Cheese’s star status wobbles and falls. Turns out that quiet, modest Wedge is also multitalented. At the annual Cheese-cathlon, Wedge bests six-time winner Cheese in every event, from the footrace and chess to hat making and bread buttering. A disappointed Cheese throws a full-blown tantrum before arriving at a moment of truth: Self-calming, conscious breathing permits deep relief that losing—even badly—does not result in disaster. A debrief with Wedge “that wasn’t all about me ” leads to further realizations: Losing builds empathy for others; obsession with winning obscures “the joy of participating .” The chastened cheddar learns to reserve bragging for lifting up friends, because anyone can be the Big Cheese. More didactic and less pun-rich than previous entries in the Food Group series, this outing nevertheless couples a cheerful refrain with pithy life lessons that hit home. Oswald’s detailed, comical illustrations continue to provide laughs, including a spot with Cheese onstage doing a “CHED” talk.

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Page Count: 40

Review Posted Online: Aug. 26, 2023

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For students, reading books is one of the best things to do in their free time if they want to improve their vocabulary, learn more about the world, or just be inspired to become writers themselves. But while reading books is one thing, but writing a review on a book you’ve read is quite another, with its own set of benefits and requirements. 

If you want to write book reviews, you need to know how to write a book review in the first place. Sure, you could just write all of your thoughts without structuring them, but chances are that you won’t get many readers that way. A very important thing to also consider while writing a good book review is to check your work for plagiarism. Luckily, these days it is very easy to use a plagiarism checker or plagarism scanner for free. Doing this will help you ensure that your book review doesn’t end up being rejected by the website you’re submitting it to. This also means that your work will be unique and beneficial for your readers. 

Before we start talking about how to review a novel or some other written content, we should talk about why it is important for students to do this. There are many benefits to writing such content but the main one for students is that they can improve their analytical and writing skills through this process, just like they would when writing a well-researched essay for their class. When students know how to write a book review, they can focus more on how to share their own opinions with people online. This leads to them being better at communicating their ideas with the world and getting more people interested in what they have to say. 

Writing a Good Book Review in 4 Steps

1.     summarize the book.

The first thing to do when reviewing something is to summarize it very briefly . This helps you engage your readers from the get-go and they can decide whether they’re even interested in the story or not. In this step, an important thing is not to give away any plot details that aren’t mentioned in the book’s own summary. If, however, you decide that the readers should know something about the storyline, then tell them that there is a spoiler coming up.

2.     Mention what you liked

If you have checked out book review ideas online, then you may have noticed that the main portion of each is what the reviewer liked or disliked about the story or content. Before starting to talk about all that you didn’t like, talk about what you did like. Tell your readers who your favorite character was and why, talk about whether the characters felt believable or if the story just felt unrelatable, and give your opinion on whether the story was funny or had heartfelt moments, etc. 

While doing this, try to be as unbiased as you can be. Of course, a lot of these things are very subjective, so use words like ‘in my opinion’ or ‘I felt like’ when describing some of these aspects of the content. 

3.     Talk about what you didn’t like

When you have written about the things you liked about the content, you can mention the things you felt could be better. Maybe you got frustrated with the ending or the way a certain character developed. Maybe you felt like the passages were too long and there weren’t enough breaks in the text. Maybe it was trying too hard to be comedic when the storyline was serious. Whatever your thoughts are, discuss them in this portion of your review. 

4.     Write a conclusion

Students already know the importance of writing a cohesive conclusion of their work, and a book review is no different. At the end of your writeup, it is important to give a final conclusive statement or a summary of your feelings about the work. This portion of your text will tell the readers clearly what you thought about the writing and whether you recommend it or not. 

If you’ve been wondering how to review a book, then these are four very simple steps that you can take in order to do so. Be honest, be clear, and try to write in a way that connects you to your readers. When you do all of that and write a well-structured review, more people are likely to take your opinions seriously and decide whether to read something or not. And be sure to always check your work for plagiarism by using an online tool or a dedicated plagiarism checker software before publishing it online or submitting it to a website!

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In this article, I have compiled 70 imaginative and creative book review ideas and tips to elevate your next blog post.

While traditional book reviews are fantastic, switching things up with quirky and creative reviews is fun to capture your reader’s attention. Whether you want to add some extra pizzazz to your regular reviews or create a unique piece of content, I have got you covered!

Some of these ideas are easy to implement, while others require a little bit more effort. But choose whichever ones work well for you, and let me know in the comments below which ones were your favorite.

Note: Keep an eye out for the quick tips in each section to help you along the way; each idea has been categorized, so use the table of contents below to skip to your favorite categories.

💭 Imaginative

• Character Interview: Craft an interview with one of the characters from the book, exploring their personalities and motivations.  – Quick Tip: Get into character and ask questions that reveal unique insights about them.
• Parallell/Alternative Universe : Transport the plot to an alternate reality where events unfold differently. Consider a world where the protagonist makes an unexpected choice or a twist that reshapes the outcome. – Quick Tip: Keep the essence of the book intact while offering an intriguing alternative perspective/sequel. 
• Fictional Book Club:  Frame your review as if it’s part of a lively book club discussion where the other members are characters from the book.
• The Book’s Social Media Feed : Create a fictional social media feed for the book’s characters, allowing readers to delve into their lives.

🆕 Fresh Perspectives

• Poetic Review: Express your review in poetic form, exploring the book’s key themes through metaphors and rhythmic language. – Quick Tip: Choose poetic styles that resonate with the book’s atmosphere.
• Haiku Review: If you love writing Haikus, try summarizing your thoughts using a 5-7-5 syllable structure.  – Quick Tip: Focus on emotions, major plot points, or character development within the limited syllables.
• Psychological Profile Review : Analyze the book’s characters from a psychological perspective, discussing their behaviors and motivations. –  Quick Tip: Include real-life psychological concepts to enhance your analysis.
• Top 10 Lists:  Compose a humorous “Top 10” list of quirks or unique features of the book or a list of the top ten reasons why readers should or should not pick up the book.
• Plot Twist Review:  Turn the book review itself into a plot twist, writing the beginning as if you loved the book and the ending as if you disliked it, or vice versa.
• Review in Book Quotes:  Craft your review using impactful quotes from the book.  Quick Tip:  Include page numbers to help readers find the quotes within the book.
• Parent-Child Book Review:  Review a children’s or YA book from both the parent’s and child’s perspectives.
• Second-Person Review:  Write the review using “you” instead of “I,” allowing readers to experience the book through your eyes.
• Cultural Exchange Review:  Present the review as if you are exchanging thoughts on the book with a reader from a different culture or background.
• Cross-Genre Review:  Review the book through the lens of a different genre, exploring how the plot and characters might differ. – Quick Tip: Select a genre that’s very different to allow for some creative exploration /challenge.
• The Book’s Autobiography:  Imagine the book as a person, and write a review in the first person from its perspective.  – Quick Tip: Use personification to make the book come alive.

📜 Unconventional Formats

• Philosophical Review:  Discuss the book’s underlying themes using famous philosophers and stoics.
• Weather Forecast Review:  Present your thoughts in the format of a weather forecast, predicting the readers’ reactions to the book.  – Quick Tip: Use playful weather terms like “stormy plot twists” or “sunny character developments.
• Book Review in Morse Code:  Encode your review using Morse code, offering a fun challenge for readers to decode.  – Quick Tip: Provide a Morse code translation key for readers’ convenience
• Seven-Word Review:  Sum up the entire book in only six words, a challenge that sparks creativity.  – Quick Tip: Choose words that capture the book’s core message or essence.
• A to Z Review: Write a review using the alphabet, where each letter represents a specific aspect of the book.

📱 Social Media Friendly

• Create Bookish Memes : Design memes that humorously capture the book’s key moments or the experiences that readers can relate to.
• Book Review Bingo:  Create a bingo card with various aspects of the book, allowing readers to mark off items they agree with while reading your review. – Quick Tip: Use a mix of positive and constructive elements to keep it balanced.
• Emojis Only Review:   1. Summarize the book’s key points and emotions using emojis only.  Quick Tip: Choose emojis that accurately convey the story’s essence without being too cryptic 2. Summarize the entire book using a sequence of emojis, inviting readers to guess the title.  Quick Tip: Include emojis that capture the essence of the book’s plot or setting.
• Book Review Collab : Collaborate with other bloggers or readers to present different perspectives and insights in a joint review.  – Quick Tip: Include a brief intro about each collaborator’s reviewing style and opinions.
• Book Review Rap Battle: Engage in a playful rap battle where two reviewers argue their contrasting opinions about the book.
• Book Review Monologue:  Present your review as a dramatic monologue, capturing your raw emotions.  – Quick Tip: Practice reading the monologue aloud to perfect its delivery.

🕑 Timeless

• Time Capsule Review: Imagine you’re sending a review of the book into the future, sharing your thoughts with readers yet to be born.  – Quick Tip: Reflect on the book’s timeless qualities and its potential impact on future generations.
• Historical Journal Review: Write the review in the style of a historical journal from the perspective of someone who lived before the book’s time period (if it’s a new book) or during the time of the book (if it’s a period/regency novel) – Quick Tip: Research the language and tone used in each era to maintain authenticity.
• Review from the Future:  Pretend you’re revisiting the book years later, sharing how it impacted you over time. – Quick Tip: Reflect on how your perspective has changed since the initial review.
• Book Review Time Machine:   Step into the future and review the book from the perspective of its impact on the world of literature.

🎥 Multimedia

• Movie Trailer Review: Create a book trailer using images, movie clips, or animations to give readers a sneak peek into the book’s world. – Quick Tip: Keep it short, attention-grabbing, and aligned with the book’s atmosphere.
• Podcast Review:  Record a podcast-style review with your voice, allowing for a more personal and conversational touch.  – Quick Tip: Plan your script in advance to stay focused and organized during recording
• Stop-Motion Book Review:  Combine stop-motion animation with written snippets to create a visually engaging and unique review.  – Quick Tip: Keep the stop-motion simple and focus on conveying the book’s key points.
• Soundtrack Review: Compile a playlist of songs that reflect the book’s mood, theme, or characters. Explain why each song fits the book to add depth to your playlist.  – Quick Tip: Consider various genres and moods to create a diverse playlist.

🏞️ Visuals

• Illustrative Review: 1. Create a visual representation of the book’s essence through artwork or illustrations and accompany it with a short review. Take readers on a visual tour by capturing objects and places that represent the book’s essence. Quick Tip: Use filters and editing to evoke the book’s mood and tone in the images . 2. Team up with an illustrator to visually interpret your review, offering readers a fresh perspective. Quick Tip: Communicate your review’s key points to the illustrator for a cohesive collaboration.
• Bookmarks : Design a custom bookmark inspired by the book’s cover/theme or feature quotes or visuals from the book. – Quick Tip: Include a link to download the bookmark as a printable for your readers.
• Character Mood Boards:  Create mood boards for the book’s main characters, using images and quotes to capture their essence. Quick Tip: Use Canva or similar tools for easy mood board creation.
• Book Cover Redesign:  Design an alternative book cover that visually conveys the story’s essence in a fresh and captivating way. – Quick Tip: Share both the original and redesigned covers for comparison.
• Mind Map: Create a mind map representing the book’s key elements, connecting characters, themes, and plot points. One of my favorite tools for this is Xmind
• Collage : Collect snippets of other book reviews and form a collage that mirrors your thoughts on the book.
• Comic Book: Turn your review into a comic strip, using illustrations to capture memorable scenes or reactions to the book.  – Quick Tip: Keep it visually engaging and use characters that resemble the book’s protagonists.
• Infographics : Create an infographic that visually presents the book’s key elements and your review. – Quick Tip: Use free infographic tools like Visme to simplify the design process.
• Museum Exhibit:  Create a virtual museum exhibit showcasing artifacts and artwork inspired by or related to the book. Explain the significance of each item in the exhibit. – Quick Tip: Showcase different artists and link to their portfolios.
• Color Palette Review:  Create a visual review using a color palette that captures the book’s mood and themes. – Quick Tip: Use tools like Adobe Color to create eye-pleasing palettes.

📩 Letters/Journalling

• To the Author : Write the book review as a letter to the author, expressing your thoughts, emotions, and gratitude for their work. – Quick Tip: Be respectful and constructive; authors appreciate genuine feedback.
• To your younger self: Imagine traveling back in time to meet your younger self and discussing the book’s influence on your reading journey. And how it changed you after reading it.
• To a book character:  Write a heartfelt letter to one of the book’s characters, sharing how they impacted you personally. 
• Book Journal Review : Share your thoughts as you read the book, making it a reflective and immersive experience.  – Quick Tip: Record your emotions and insights at different stages of the reading journey and read at a later date for reflection.
• Gratitude Review: Write a review expressing your gratitude for the book’s impact on your life and worldview.
• Personal Growth Review : Reflect on the personal growth and lessons you gained from reading the book.

📝 Niche/Genre-specific

• Book-Inspired Fashion : Curate outfits inspired by the book’s cover or characters to capture each character’s personality.
• Travel Brochure Review:  Create a travel brochure for the book’s setting, enticing readers to embark on an immersive journey.  – Quick Tip: Use vivid descriptions and compelling visuals to capture the allure of the fictional world.
• Book Review Map:  Draw a map illustrating the book’s various locations, characters’ journeys, or symbolic pathways. Use the map as a visual aid to guide readers through the narrative and thematic elements. – Quick Tip: Use symbols and labels to guide readers through the book’s narrative
• Postcard Perspectives: If one or more of the characters in the book were to send you a postcard at different points in the story, what would they say to you as a dear friend? What emotions are they feeling? What dilemmas are they battling in their minds? – Quick tip: Include scenic descriptions and memorable moments from the character’s POV.
• Travel Journal Review: Imagine yourself journeying through the book’s setting and write a review documenting your experiences.
• Book pairings: Match your review to a unique fragrance, wine, or coffee that complements the book’s mood, setting, or major events. – Quick Tip: Describe how each item relates to the book
• Literary Recipe Review: Create a recipe inspired by the book’s themes, and write a review blending your culinary experience with your thoughts on the book. – Quick Tip: Include photos of the delicious outcome and consider dietary preferences. 
• Culinary lingo : Write your review as if you were a food critic reviewing a restaurant. Use culinary analogies to describe the book’s strengths and weaknesses, like praising the “perfect blend of literary spices” or “undercooked character development.” Or present your review as a recipe, with each ingredient symbolizing a key element of the book. For instance, “1 cup of compelling characters, 2 tablespoons of rich prose, and a pinch of surprising plot twists.”
• Magic Spells:  Write your review in the form of a magic spell to add some whimsical charm. – Quick Tip: Include playful incantations and mystical elements.
• Bookish Tarot Reading:  Perform a tarot reading for the book, offering insights into its hidden depths.  – Quick Tip: Use tarot cards that represent major themes and characters.
• Book Cosplay: Dress up as your favorite character from the book and present your review in a video while embodying their personality. (Also works well for social media sharing)
• Mythical Creatures : Describe the book’s characters and themes using mythical creatures as metaphors.
• Fairytale: Narrate your review as a whimsical fairy tale with elements of magic and morals. Spin a whimsical tale, transporting readers to a magical realm that mirrors the book’s themes. For a fantasy novel, weave a story about knights and dragons embarking on a quest through enchanted forests, substituting characters for book elements.
• Bookshelf Battle Royale:  Imagine the book’s characters battling it out on your bookshelf alongside other fictional heroes.

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• Choose Your Own Adventure Review: Craft a review that allows readers to make choices, shaping the direction of the review and the final conclusion. Allow readers to “choose” the review’s path by providing options on what aspects of the book they’d like to explore first—characters, plot, or writing style. Keep the options clear and concise, making the journey enjoyable and interactive. – Quick Tip: Plan multiple routes to cater to various reader preferences.
• Puzzles: Write your review on a puzzle, and readers must assemble it to read your thoughts.  – Quick Tip: Choose an appropriate puzzle size so it’s not too overwhelming.
• Interactive Quiz Review:  Craft a quiz based on the book’s plot, characters, or themes, allowing readers to test their knowledge after reading your review. 
• Behind-the-Scenes Interview:  Reach out to the author, editor, or cover designer for exclusive insights into the book’s creation.  – Quick Tip: Respect the interviewee’s time and prepare thoughtful questions in advance.
• Book Review Board Game:  Design a board game inspired by the book’s plot, where players must navigate challenges faced by the characters.  – Quick Tip: Include a rule book to explain the game’s mechanics.
• Book Review Treasure Hunt:  Organize a treasure hunt with clues leading readers to find different segments of your review hidden on your blog or social media platforms.  – Quick Tip: Offer a prize for the first reader to complete the treasure hunt.

So there you have it—70 delightful and inventive book review ideas to elevate your blog. Remember that your unique perspective and creative flair are what make your reviews stand out.

So whether you decide to try just a few of these ideas or incorporate many, remember to have fun and let your passion for books shine through.

Leave a comment below and let me know which creative book idea ideas were your favorite. I’d love to hear from you!

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Peter Brown, One of the Beatles’ Closest Confidants, Tells All (Again)

At 87, the dapper insider is releasing a new book of interviews conducted in 1980 and 1981 with the band and people nearest to it.

By Ben Sisario

Peter Brown stood in his spacious Central Park West apartment, pointing first at the dining table and then through the window to the park outside, with Strawberry Fields just to the right.

“John sat at that table looking through here,” Brown said, “and he couldn’t take his eyes off the park.”

That’s John as in Lennon. And the story of the former Beatle coveting this living-room view in 1971 — and how Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, eventually got their own place one block down, at the Dakota — is just one of Brown’s countless nuggets of Fab Four lore. In the 1960s he was an assistant to Brian Epstein, the Beatles’ manager, and then an officer at Apple Corps, the band’s company. A key figure in the Beatles’ secretive inner circle, Brown kept a red telephone on his desk whose number was known only to the four members.

And it was Brown who, in 1969, informed Lennon that he and Ono could quickly and quietly wed in a small British territory on the edge of the Mediterranean, a piece of advice immortalized in “The Ballad of John and Yoko”: “Peter Brown called to say, ‘You can make it OK/You can get married in Gibraltar, near Spain.’”

Next week, Brown and the writer Steven Gaines are releasing a book, “All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words,” made up of interviews they conducted in 1980 and 1981 with the band and people close to it, including business representatives, lawyers, wives and ex-wives — the raw material that Brown and Gaines used for their earlier narrative biography of the band, “The Love You Make: An Insider’s Story of the Beatles,” published in 1983.

Now 87, Brown is a polarizing figure in Beatles history. He was a witness to some of the band’s most important moments and was a trusted keeper of its secrets. “The only people left are Paul and Ringo and me,” he said.

On a tour of Brown’s apartment, the spoils of his access were everywhere. In his bedroom, Brown showed off an original image of the cover of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” with background figures (like Gandhi ) that didn’t make the final cut. In the dining room are binders and boxes stuffed with Beatle-related snapshots and correspondence.

But the publication of “The Love You Make” four decades ago also made him a kind of villain. According to Brown, the band agreed to interviews to set the record straight about its history. Yet the book — primarily written by Gaines, a journalist and biographer known for detailed, warts-and-all portraits — was seen as tawdry and sensational, preoccupied with sex lives and internecine conflicts, with music a secondary subject. Excerpts ran in National Enquirer.

To the band and many of those around them, it was seen as a betrayal. Paul McCartney accused Brown of misleading him by pitching it as a more general book about music in the 1960s. Linda McCartney said she and Paul burned it.

“That book was a shame,” Mark Lewisohn , the pre-eminent Beatles scholar, said in a recent interview.

“It’s almost like there are two different Peter Browns,” Lewisohn added. “There’s the Peter Brown I know, who is this upright, respectable, very successful businessman. And then the one who attached his name to this Steven Gaines book.”

Brown has heard all the criticism before, and waves it off. Sitting in a chair he inherited from Epstein — and dapper as always in a purple button-down shirt and charcoal slacks — Brown said the book stands as an accurate portrayal, and that the Beatles knew full well what they were getting into.

“There was never any effort on my part to make it negative,” Brown said in his unflappably gentle voice, as classical music wafted quietly through his home. “And nobody’s ever questioned that it was true.”

He also rejected McCartney’s version of events. “Paul imagines things,” Brown said. “Everything he does, he has his own way of remembering, and he’s crazy about it.”

Gaines, for his part, attributes the notoriety of the original book to his and Brown’s refusal to produce a sanitized hagiography, and their decision instead to publish controversial private details. Among those was a rumor that Lennon once had a sexual encounter with Epstein, which Brown and Gaines reported as fact, based on their research.

“Nobody had put something like that in a book,” Gaines said. That episode, on a trip to Spain in 1963, has been debated for years by Beatles commentators. Lennon denied having sex with Epstein, saying in an interview with Playboy: “It was almost a love affair, but not quite. It was never consummated.”

Brown and Gaines’s new book, “All You Need Is Love,” goes even deeper into Beatle lore than their first. It offers an extended transcript of Ono denying, not too persuasively, that she introduced Lennon to heroin, and includes various firsthand accounts of the threats and chaos the band faced on tour in Manila in 1966. Ron Kass, who led the Beatles’ Apple label, describes the impossibility of running a business with Lennon and McCartney as the bosses. One, he says, wanted the label design to be green, the other white; Kass decided to make each side a different color.

There are also startling comments from McCartney and George Harrison about Lennon, revealing the tension and raw feelings that were still present a decade after the band broke up, in interviews recorded just weeks before Lennon was killed in December 1980. Harrison calls his former bandmate “a piece of [expletive]” and wonders why he had “become so nasty.”

McCartney describes Lennon and Ono as “very suspicious people,” and portrays his relationship with them as a kind of power struggle.

“The way to get their friendship is to do everything the way they require it. To do anything else is how to not get their friendship,” McCartney says in the book. “I know that if I absolutely lie down on the ground and just do everything like they say and laugh at all their jokes and don’t expect my jokes to ever get laughed at,” he adds, “if I’m willing to do all that, then we can be friends.”

Lennon never got a chance to respond, Brown said. “I spoke to John, and said, ‘Listen, I’m coming to New York to do some of the recordings,’” he recalled. “And he said, ‘Yes, fine. Looking forward to it.’ And that was the week before he was murdered.” Ono’s interview was done a few months later, in the spring of 1981.

As with many Beatles histories, there are plenty of contradictions, opposing perspectives and selective memories. Interviews with the manager Allen Klein and the lawyer John L. Eastman offer an icy tit-for-tat on the battle for business control during the band’s last days. And Alexis Mardas, a.k.a. Magic Alex, the supposed inventor who others in the book call a con man, gives his account — with skeptical footnotes added by Brown and Gaines — of the Beatles’ retreat in India in 1968.

When asked about finding the truth amid contrasting accounts in an oral history, Brown turned philosophical. “It depends on where you’re sitting,” he said.

There are even conflicting stories about the genesis of Brown and Gaines’s new book. According to Brown, it began when a New York Times reporter — me — asked him for comment three years ago about “The Beatles: Get Back,” Peter Jackson’s exhaustive look at the band’s stormy recording sessions in early 1969. Brown realized then, he said, that he was one of the last remaining witnesses to important history.

But Gaines said that the origins of the project go back years before, to when he wondered what to do with the original interview tapes, which were languishing in his safe deposit box on Long Island. Gaines said he considered donating or selling them, but Brown demurred. They settled on a book of edited transcriptions, though they still squabble over details like ownership of the tapes. “It’s ‘Rashomon’ with Peter,” Gaines said.

After Brown quit his work with the Beatles on Dec. 31, 1970 — the day that McCartney filed a lawsuit to dissolve the band’s partnership — he came to the United States and worked with Robert Stigwood , the Australian-born entertainment mogul who had huge hits in the 1970s with the Bee Gees and the films “Saturday Night Fever” and “Grease.” Then Brown founded a public relations firm, BLJ Worldwide, which in 2011 came under scrutiny for its work representing the families of Muammar el-Qaddafi in Libya and of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. Brown declined to speak about that episode on the record.

But he remains most proud of his association with the Beatles, and said he viewed “All You Need Is Love” as a final gesture defining his legacy with the band.

“This is the end of it,” he said. “Hopefully we’re closing the door now.”

Ben Sisario covers the music industry. He has been writing for The Times since 1998. More about Ben Sisario

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10 books to read if you love percy jackson.

Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson books take a unique approach to mythology and have a fun and distinct voice – so what should readers pick up after?

• The Percy Jackson books are difficult to follow because of their unique storytelling approach, comical tone, and strong messages.
• Many of the series from the Rick Riordan Presents imprint are perfect for fans of Percy Jackson.
• Adult fiction offers Greek-mythology-inspired stories that offer more mature follow-ups to Riordan's books.

The Percy Jackson books are staples of the 2000s and 2010s, and the Disney+ adaptation is reigniting interest in Rick Riordan's stories — though readers may be left wondering what to pick up after they've finished his Greek-mythology-inspired middle grade adventures. There's a lot to love about Percy Jackson & the Olympians and its sequel series , The Heroes of Olympus, from their entertaining takes on gods and legends to their heartwarming and hilarious cast of characters. The Percy Jackson books have a strong voice and stronger messages about friendship, bravery, and love. Such strengths make them hard to follow.

Fortunately, there are plenty of books that will appeal to Percy Jackson fans . And the right choice for each reader depends on what they enjoy about Riordan's novels. While J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books are often recommended, there are far more similar offerings out there. Some hail from Disney-Hyperion Publishing's " Rick Riordan Presents " imprint, meaning they've caught the interest of Percy Jackson 's author and his editor. Others put their own spins on myths and legends, making them ideal choices for Riordan's fans. And many books like Percy Jackson share the series' comical tone, setting them up for similar success.

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10 the pandava series by roshani chokshi, why it's perfect for percy jackson fans: it draws inspiration from hindu mythology, is fun and adventurous, & has a lovable lead.

The Pandava Series, which begins with Aru Shah and the End of Time, is published under Disney-Hyperion's Rick Riordan Presents imprint, and it has quite a lot in common with Percy Jackson and the Olympians. For one, the Pandava Series consists of five books, just like Riordan's original series. This means readers will have plenty of content to dig into, keeping them occupied after they're done with Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus. They're also middle grade novels that draw inspiration from mythology — though Roshani Chokshi's story focuses on Hindu legends rather than Greek ones .

The series' titular character is just as entertaining and easy to root for as Percy. Readers will be hooked as she and her friends attempt to track down the five Pandava Brothers from Hindu mythology.

This makes Aru Shah and the End of Time the perfect follow-up read for anyone wishing to learn more about mythology. And like Percy Jackson, it will allow them to do so in a way that's adventurous and follows a lovable young lead. The series' titular character is just as entertaining and easy to root for as Percy. Readers will be hooked as she and her friends attempt to track down the five Pandava Brothers from Hindu mythology. Needless to say, Chokshi's middle grade series is a must-read for mythology lovers .

9 The Tristan Strong Series By Kwame Mbalia

Why it's perfect for percy jackson fans: draws inspiration from african american folklore & west african mythology, follows a seventh grader trying to save the world.

Another series from the Rick Riordan Presents imprint, Kwame Mbalia's Tristan Strong trilogy is a great follow-up to the Percy Jackson novels . Mbalia's trilogy opens with Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, which follows the titular seventh-grader as he's pulled into the land of Alke — a place full of African American folklore and West African gods — and tasked with saving his world. Like Percy, Tristan is something of an underdog main character, and he'll leave readers rooting for his success over the course of the series. His journey is also full of interesting lore, which is perfect for those looking for more mythology-inspired fiction.

While Tristan Strong has a lot in common with Percy Jackson, it also sets itself apart from Riordan's books in several significant ways . Its cast is far more diverse, and it grapples with difficult subjects like racism and PTSD. Such elements make Tristan Strong required reading in the middle-grade category, so those looking for more fantasy stories aimed at kids should make a point to pick this series up.

8 The Storm Runner Trilogy By J.C. Cervantes

Why it's perfect for percy jackson fans: features a young hero whose father is a god, centers a prophecy, utilizes mayan & aztec legends to tell its story.

Yet another popular pick from the Rick Riordan Presents imprint is J.C. Cervantes' Storm Runner trilogy , which utilizes Maya and Aztec mythology to tell its story. This middle-grade series is a great option for mythology lovers, and like the Percy Jackson books and other Rick Riordan Presents stories, it blends kids' fiction with real-life legends impressively. Starting with The Storm Runner, this series follows a boy named Zane as he's pulled into a war between the Maya gods. This is complicated by the fact that one of them is his father — and, despite a disability that makes it difficult to walk, he's destined to become the Storm Runner.

Like Percy's coming-of-age story, Zane's narrative is adventurous, fun, and heartfelt. It also has a prophecy at its center. That's one of many elements Cervantes' story has in common with Riordan's best-selling series. There's also no shortage of humor and lovable characters , making The Storm Runner a great follow-up to Percy Jackson & the Olympians.

7 An Epic Series Of Failures By Chris Rylander

Why it's perfect for percy jackson fans: comical writing, a young boy discovering his true identity, a conflict between fantastical beings.

It's probably obvious from the title, but Chris Rylander's An Epic Series of Failure is a perfect read for those who enjoy the voice of Riordan's Percy Jackson books . Using Percy's first-person narration, Riordan tells his story in a way that's both hilarious and distinct. This is something Rylander also masters, as all three books in An Epic Series of Failure are as comical as they are thrilling. Staring with The Legend of Greg, the trilogy follows a 13-year-old boy named Greg who " discovers his destiny could totally stink. " That sort of self-deprecating and sarcastic writing fits with Percy's description of being a Half-Blood perfectly.

Using Percy's first-person narration, Riordan tells his story in a way that's both hilarious and distinct. This is something Rylander also masters.

An Epic Series of Failure isn't just about coming-of-age comedy, though. Greg's adventure finds him uncovering his true identity as a Dwarf — complete with fantastical new powers — and getting wrapped up in a conflict between Dwarves and Elves. Like many other middle-grade fantasy series, things get intense as it continues. And Percy Jackson fans are sure to eat up all the similar tropes and themes.

6 Lore By Alexandra Bracken

Why it's perfect for percy jackson fans: utilizes greek mythology in its story, brutal approach to gods & legends.

Those looking for a slightly more mature follow-up to Riordan's Percy Jackson books should check out Lore by Alexandra Bracken. The 2013 novel is a standalone, so it doesn't require a huge time commitment like so many other mythology-inspired series. Lore takes place during the Agon, a Hunger Games -esque tournament that tasks nine Greek gods with going to Earth as mortals. There, they're " hunted by the descendants of ancient bloodlines, " all of whom have the ability to take their power from them if they're successful.

Needless to say, Lore takes a harsh approach to the gods and legends, perhaps more so than Percy Jackson. Those looking for a thrilling, different twist on Greek mythology will enjoy diving into Bracken's world , and the main character's revenge story is compelling all the way through. Readers will also see familiar names like Castor and Athena, with Bracken blending an original narrative and mythology with fun results.

5 Set Fire To The Gods Duology By Sara Raasch & Kristen Simmons

Why it's perfect for percy jackson fans: blends mythology, history, & fantasy in an entertaining narrative.

Another young adult series that will appeal to Percy Jackson fans is the Set Fire to the Gods duology by Sara Raasch and Kristen Simmons. Starting with Set Fire to the Gods, this story is set in a world where mortals have the elemental abilities of the gods they descend from. The books follow two main characters: Ash and Madoc. Ash comes from a line of gladiators, and she's determined to get vengeance against the fire god because of her mother's death. Meanwhile, Madoc is hiding a secret power that's unlike anything seen in recent history — and certainly not in line with his earth god heritage.

Inspired by Greek and Roman lore, Set Fire to the Gods is the perfect pick for Percy Jackson fans who also want a bit of forbidden romance in their story. It's also great for those fascinated by the Roman Empire and the gladiators, as Raasch and Simmons' story weaves that bit of history into its narrative. It makes this duology a fun blend of history, myth, and fantasy that's perfect for Percy Jackson lovers.

4 Lies We Sing To The Sea By Sarah Underwood

Why it's perfect for percy jackson fans: inspired by greek mythology & features the god poseidon.

Percy Jackson fans looking for an adult book to follow Riordan's series should look no further than Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood. This novel is inspired by Greek mythology, and it deals specifically with Percy's father, Poseidon. Lies We Sing to the Sea is set in a world where Ithica demands twelve maidens are sacrificed each spring to appease Poseidon. This is done in retribution for Queen Penelope's twelve maids. The book's lead, Leto, is meant to be one of the maidens to meet a tragic fate. However, her story takes her on an unexpected quest to save her people by killing the prince of Ithica.

It goes without saying that Underwood's story is deeply rooted in Greek legend, and it paints Poseidon in an even more questionable light than Percy Jackson. Adults looking for a more mature take on Riordan's themes will likely enjoy this novel. And if they do, there are plenty of other adult stories based on Greek mythology out there.

3 The Song Of Achilles By Madeline Miller

Why it's perfect for fans of percy jackson: inspired by greek mythology, puts a new spin on myths & legends.

Madeline Miller's Song of Achilles is another adult novel inspired by Greek mythology, as the author reimagines the story of Achilles within its pages . Miller's story puts an LGBTQ+ spin on the story of the Trojan War, making Achilles and Patroclus lovers. The journey to save Helen of Sparta and attack the city of Troy is told from this perspective, making for a fascinating and fun modernized version of this legend.

With Percy Jackson offering a more modern take on Greek mythology, it seems natural that fans of Riordan's series will enjoy The Song of Achilles . If they do, they can also check out Miller's other novel: Circe. It also approaches myths and legends with a more modern lens, and it's become a beloved release in the book community.

2 American Gods By Neil Gaiman

Why it's perfect for fans of percy jackson: features a journey across the u.s., inspired by myths & legends, has a demigod lead.

Yet another adult novel that's perfect for Percy Jackson fans is Neil Gaiman's American Gods , which also has a TV adaptation as well. While many other stories about gods draw inspiration from a specific type of mythology, Gaiman combines all sorts of legends in this beloved fantasy novel. American Gods follows a demigod named Shadow as he ventures across the U.S. with a self-proclaimed former god named Mr. Wednesday. The two encounter all sorts of strange things on their journey, and at the heart of the story is a clash between old and new gods.

While American Gods may not seem like Percy Jackson at first glimpse, it does have the adventure element that Riordan's books boast.

While American Gods may not seem like Percy Jackson at first glimpse, it does have the adventure element that Riordan's books boast. It also follows a demigod and pulls from myths and legends. Fans of the middle-grade series may realize they enjoy this — and from there, they can check out Gaiman's long list of fantasy works.

1 Magnus Chase And The Gods Of Asgard By Rick Riordan

Why it's perfect for fans of percy jackson: also written by rick riordan, features a similar writing style, has percy jackson cameos.

Finally, an obvious choice for fans of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson books is Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard . Also by Riordan, this series pulls from Norse mythology to tell its coming-of-age story rather than Greek legends. In terms of its tone and writing style, it's got a lot in common with Riordan's other works. Magnus Chase's story also features cameos from some of the Percy Jackson characters, so it's the perfect pick for anyone looking to dig further into Riordan's catalog. The author's Kane Chronicles and Trials of Apollo series are also great choices.