Since one aspect of this class and Reader Advisories is creating book reviews, I thought this was interesting. What is the purpose of the book review? Two editors offer opinions.
Seems to me that the Kirkus Review, Library Journal, etc. kinds of reviews are really public services. We tell the reader of the review what the basic premise of the book is and whether or not we think it is any good.
Longer reviews such as in the NY Review of Books, even the NYT Book Review, New Yorker, etc. are more about showing off the writing and analysis skills of the writer of the review.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/books/review/is-book-reviewing-a-public-service-or-an-art.html?rref=collection%2Fcolumn%2Fbookends&_r=1
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