Why do book reviews?  I am a reader. I love books, I love readers. How cool would it be to remind people who also like books about some of the better ones like The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, the forgotten ones, like The Stoned Apocalypse, the underappreciated ones like Reading Like A Writer, and the lesser known ones like The Writer’s Portable Mentor. My tastes are eclectic, I hope to find people who like me, appreciate a broad range of unique and well written books.

I also believe that to write well, one should read-- a lot. Whenever possible I will try to point out anything I have learned from a book about voice, pacing, detail, etc…whatever element of craft the book may have helped me improve. My primary goal, however is just to draw attention to cool books.  

I also see this as a way to build an audience for my novel Bad Romance when it comes out. If I can draw readers who like the same sorts of quirky books that I do, maybe they will also like mine.

For now book reviews will be part of my blog which has the extra benefit of getting more blog posts up. I seem to be able to get about two a month up, which I am told by the folks in marketing is too little. If I add book reviews to my blog I can probably get even more posts that way.

When I review a book I will post it on my blog and will post a link for the title of the book. Check back often as I will continue to add more.

The categories and books I plan to cover are:

Erotic/Underappreciated (not porn):

The Stoned Apocalypse, A Driving Passion, The Eye

Classics:

Tropic of Cancer, Lolita, Wilderness, Mansfield Park

Writing Books:

Writer’s Portable Mentor, Reading Like a Writer, From Where You Dream, Strong Opinions, The Golden Theme, Nabokov’s Lectures

Contemporary:

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Freedom, Twilight, Infinite Jest, Wolf’s Rite