by Site Owner | May 1, 2012 | The Reader's Perspective
Why Nature Writing? By Ryder W. Miller When thinking about Nature Writing it is hard not to be confronted with the why question; Why would one read Nature Writing? Why would one write Nature Writing? Why not just go to those places oneself? The experience of nature...
by Site Owner | Apr 18, 2012 | The Reader's Perspective
How to be a Cookbook Reviewer by George Erdosh New cookbooks come by the bushels. If there is demand for them, there is also a supply. So many people are glued to the food channel you would think there is a cooking frenzy in America, yet for most of those viewers this...
by Site Owner | Apr 4, 2012 | The Reader's Perspective
So Many Books, So Little Time… by Seniye Groff For someone who loves to read books, the second greatest joy would be talking (or in this case writing) about them! From a very young age I discovered the immersive quality of a good book. Granted, we didn’t have...
by Site Owner | Mar 21, 2012 | The Reader's Perspective
Self-Published Author Scores Big By David Broughton Ever heard of Caroline Bonham, the author? No? You will. Ms. Bonham is a fast rising star on the Amazon book sales charts. One of her books may soon be a movie, with a possibility of many more to follow. Not bad for...
by Site Owner | Feb 29, 2012 | The Reader's Perspective
The Difficulty of Reviewing By Jesse Freedman Perhaps the most difficult part of reviewing books is the process by which the reviewer confronts what constitutes an honest assessment. Setting aside for a moment situations in which the reviewer has a personal...
by Site Owner | Feb 15, 2012 | The Reader's Perspective
The Singer Not the Song? by Joseph Arellano On First Glance Novelist Amy Hatvany (Outside the Lines, Best Kept Secret) introduced an interesting discussion on Facebook by asking, “Do you think most book reviews are about the book or about the reviewer?” ...