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This Week’s Gusher Award for Achievement in Hyperbole in Book Reviewing Goes to …
“Radish unrolls a rollicking yet reflective read that adds to her robust repertoire of beloved fiction. (Can a reviewer really use that many ‘r’s’ in one sentence?)” Sandy Huseby in “Radis… more »
One-Minute Book Reviews
‘Librarians Need Two Book Reviews to Justify Book Purchases for Libraries’ (Quote of the Day / Jane Ciabattari)
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1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 3 days ago: Media coverage of the decline of book-review sections has focused on the effect of the trend on auth … more »
This Week’s Gusher Award for Achievement in Hyperbole in Book Reviewing Goes to …
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1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 1 week ago: “Radish unrolls a rollicking yet reflective read that adds to her robust repertoire of beloved fic … more »
The Launch Party for The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing
thedarkphantom wrote 3 weeks ago: Dear Readers, From June 1st to June 30th, my co-author Anne K. Edwards and I will be interviewing a … more »
Young Reviewers Contest
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Elizabeth wrote 1 month ago: From VQR: In September 2008, VQR will hold a competition to encourage and cultivate young reviewers … more »
Today's Gusher Award for Achievement in Hyperbole Goes to ...
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1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 1 month ago: “I literally couldn’t stop reading. I didn’t get up to eat breakfast. I didn’t t … more »
The Art of Book Reviewing
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 month ago: Over ten pages of notes on a yellow legal pad, handwritten, black ink on some evenings, blue ink fro … more »
Tomorrow -- Another Gusher Award for Achievement in Hyperbole in Book Reviewing
1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 1 month ago: Every Friday One-Minute Book Reviews hands out a new Gusher Award for Achievement in Hyperbole in Bo … more »
Book Reviews Less Appealing Than Hot Sex, Statistics Show
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1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 1 month ago: Could this explain why the National Book Critics Circle had to launch its recent campaign to save bo … more »
This Week’s Gusher Award for Achievement in Hyperbole Goes to ...
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1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 1 month ago: This week’s Gusher Award for Achievement in Hyperbole in Book Reviewing goes to … “Anyone who … more »
Good Riddance to Book-Review Sections? Quote of the Day (Steve Wasserman)
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1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 1 month ago: Why have so many book-review sections shrunk, disappeared or turned into cheerleading squads for maj … more »
How to write a book review
nonduality wrote 1 month ago: You don’t buy clothes for yourself alone. You need to occupy certain spaces in your society, s … more »
Did Your Sunday Paper Call a Book an ‘Instant Classic’ Today?
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1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 2 months ago: If so, you can nominate the review for a One-Minute Book Reviews Gusher Award for Achievement in Hyp … more »
No Raves for Critics in ‘Faint Praise: The Plight of Book Reviewing in America’
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1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 2 months ago: A critic reviews Sunday book sections, the Amazon “reader-reviewer” system and more Fain … more »
There Were 172,000 Books Published in the U.S. in 2005 …
1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 2 months ago: … according to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), which tr … more »
Two, Four, Six, Eight / Now's the Time to 'Salivate'! This Week's Gusher Award for Achievement in Hyperbole in Book Reviewing Goes to ...
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1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 2 months ago: And this week’s Gusher Award for Achievement in Hyperbole goes too … This book “will leave re … more »
Was Norman Mailer’s Biography of Marilyn Monroe ‘A Labor of Lust’?
1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 2 months ago: Norman Mailer wrote a full-page letter to the New York Times Book Review to protest the editor’s … more »
And the First Gusher Award for Achievement in Hyperbole Goes to ...
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1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 3 months ago: This is the first in a series of Friday posts in that will recognize out-of-control praise for books … more »
The Gusher Awards for Achievement in Hyperbole -- Starting Friday on One-Minute Book Reviews
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1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 3 months ago: “Five thumbs up!” “You’ll laugh till you pee!” “Not since Tolstoy …” Tired of readin … more »
How to Get Started as a Book Reviewer -- Tips From the National Book Critics Circle
1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 3 months ago: If you think that trying get book-review assignments is like trying to get work decorating stateroo … more »
