Mr. T's Book Review Recipe

This post presents a screenshot of an outline composed of questions to guide you in writing your weekly book reviews (an on-going assignment from Writing III-IV). The outline derives from one Mr. T shared via personal correspondence today (book review template text, 2008.06.11). I've added comments and explanations to the list of questions reiterated below.


BR 1-##: [+ title]

To shorten the title of your post, please use the abbreviation BR for book review, followed by a single space, a semester code (1- or 2-), a two-digit book review number (01-99;-), a colon (":"), another space, and the short(-ened) title of the book you're reviewing. No brackets or quotation marks are necessary.

Introduction

It is a good idea to write out your answers to these first two questions before you write a brief summary of the story.

1. Why did you choose this book?
2. What was interesting about it (something on the cover, in the title, or in the first few pages)?

Brief summary of the story

It is a good idea to write your summary from memory. Write about what was meaningful and therefore memorable for you. That way you will avoid copying or plagiarizing passages from the books you read.

1. What do you remember without looking back over the story?
2. What was the most impressive passage that you can recall?

If you cannot remember much without reviewing the text, page through it again quickly to jog your memory, close it, and put it down (front cover face up). Then write about what you do (or don't) remember.

Conclusion

Answers to these last two questions will round out your book reviews, which needn't be much longer than your current typing speed trials. Again, it is a good idea to concentrate on what you can and do remember, and how you feel about your choices of the books you are reviewing.

1. Do you recommend this book? Why (not)?
2. Would you read it again? If so, when and why?
   

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