Introduction
This learning activity is designed to support the development of a book review from looking at what is a book review, through to analyzing other book reviews, testing how well you can review a book through to the finished product.
The first stage before you even start to work out what is needed is to get an idea of the flavor of book reviews written for a journal as they may or may not be as formal as a research paper.
Activity 1 Analyzing book reviews
Activity 2 Undertaking a practice review and comparing with a published review.
Activity 3 Review a book
- Write a book review for a journal.
“How to write a book review” by Bill Asenjo
(http://www.writing-world.com/freelance/asenjo.shtml).
Journals themselves are a vital source of information for example the short guide from Evaluation and Program Planning, published by Elsevier (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/evaluation-and-program-planning/policies/instructions-for-book-reviews-in-epp)
