12-Writing a Book Review

• Book review is the process of evaluating a book according to specific parameters
• Bibliographic Information write the complete bibliographic information of the book such as title, author, publisher, place of publication, date of publication, and number of pages.
• Introduction presents what your review contains
• Introduction contains:

  • Mention the Author
  • Credentials
  • Title of the book
  • Purpose and target audience
  • An overview of its contents
  • Your evaluation and reaction to its contents
  • Conclusion
• (Book’s Background Information or Context)

  Context refers to the social and historical background as to when the book was published
• (Book’s Background Information or Context)

  Stating the author’s purpose in writing his/her book and by assessing whether this purpose has been successfully achieved.
• Summary is the gist of the book where the main points are given