Tag: Library Journal

There Are Two Kinds of Book Reviews (and Not the Kinds You Think)

Jul 6, 2017

Authors have a love-hate relationship with book reviews. Some reviews make you light up and glow. Others make you feel like you’re dying an agonizing death. Reading reviews of your own books is fraught enough to make even the toughest writer quiver. But what most people don’t realize is that there are actually two distinctly…
“Engaging urban fantasy” –Library Journal

Jul 21, 2016

This is crazy. Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, RT Book Reviews — those are all big-name places. Some writers spend their entire careers metaphorically waving their arms, hoping to catch the attention of these literary heavy hitters. When one of them singles you out, even with a bad review, that officially says that you’re a Real Author.…

There Are Two Kinds of Book Reviews (and Not the Kinds You Think)