{"id":6014,"date":"2023-06-12T04:38:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T12:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=6014"},"modified":"2023-06-12T04:38:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T12:38:44","slug":"meowy-monday-a-book-review-is-not-a-book-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=6014","title":{"rendered":"Meowy Monday \u2013A Book Review is Not a Book Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I adore Rags\u2019s and Olivia\u2019s fans. It is so much fun (yeah, and a lot of work) to write these cozy mysteries. And I so appreciate it when a reader takes the time to write me a note, leave a comment here at my blog, or post a review at Amazon.<\/p>\n

While most of you, when writing a review, share your \"\"opinion, thoughts, feelings, impressions of the book. It\u2019s helpful to me and useful to potential readers when you write your objections or concerns, and it\u2019s exhilarating and encouraging to know what touched you, delighted you, made you laugh and that you were left, perhaps, wanting more, looking forward to the next book in the series and so forth.<\/p>\n

What a book review is NOT is a book report. It is not a platform for the reader to describe the story and it is especially in bad taste to reveal the resolution of the mystery in your review–tell the ending. Who does that? Believe me, some \"\"people do.<\/p>\n

Please keep this in mind when you write a review of any book you\u2019ve read. Do NOT try to outline the story and especially do not give the punch line in your review. A mystery writer does not spend hours and hours crafting a mystery only to have a reader give away the ending in their review.<\/p>\n

The next time you comment on a book you’ve read remember to describe your impression of the story, mention how the story affected you\u2014did it make you laugh, cry, giggle\u2026 Were you touched, annoyed, delighted? If you like to give a brief idea of the story\u2014some readers do\u2014keep it general without revealing some of the secrets in the story. Make sense?<\/p>\n

Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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