A Quick Intro
How reviews will be set up:
The Superficial: Observations on the packaging of the book, such as cover art, page style, typography, size, and title. Less important, but c’mon, you know you think about it.
The Short of It: My review in a nutshell. Usually one sentence long.
The Long of It: Like the Short of It…only longer. I.E. my full review.
Opening Lines: The biggest factor in any bookstore drive-by–the first few sentences.
Score: On a scale of one to ten. I will also address re-readability and buying suggestions (e.g. Buy Hardback, Library It, Wait for Paperback, Run for Your Life).
I love that you have a section for “superficial” stuff, because yeah, I do think about it. A lot. That kind of thing is pretty important to me.
In fact, I think I’m going to abscond (it’s a word) with this idea for when I do game reviews, and have a section that talks about the case, instruction manual, etc.
Great idea Corey!
Thanks Dylan!
These sort of things really do weigh on my initial opinion. I’m also slightly obsessed with the texture of paper…haha.