To create a review of a book, follow this process:
- Read the book.
- Gather information, including image URL and link URL.
- Start a new post.
- Click on the Text tab.
- Copy and paste the text below into the Text tab.
<div style="float:left;margin-right:15px;text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/{PUT ASIN HERE}?tag=scififantasyreaders-20"><img style="border:0;box-shadow:0 0 0;" src="{PUT Image URL HERE}" alt="{PUT Book Name Here}" /> <img style="display:block;margin-left:40px;border-style:none;box-shadow:0 0 0;" alt="Buy from Amazon" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/buttons/buy-from-tan.gif" /></a></div> <h3 style="overflow:hidden;">Star Rating</h3> <img style="border:none;padding:0;box-shadow:0 0 0;" src="https://scififantasyreaders.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/star.png?w=48" alt="star" /><img style="border:none;padding:0;box-shadow:0 0 0;" src="https://scififantasyreaders.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/halfstar.png?w=48" alt="halfstar" /> Copy star images as needed. Make sure there are no "new lines" between the images. Comment on why you gave the book the stars you did. <h3 style="overflow:hidden;">Book Details</h3> Enter the title, the author, the publisher, the genre, the target age group or market, the page count, etc... <h3 style="overflow:hidden;">The novel's premise</h3> Enter a one of two line explanation of the novel. (Hint: Don't repeat the huge synopsis.) <h3 style="overflow:hidden;">Editing</h3> Quality: High:Average:Poor (Choose one) What issues made you choose the editing quality? (Example: typos, missing words, passive voice, content, etc...) <h3 style="overflow:hidden;">Imagination and Uniqueness</h3> Talk about the imagination the author must have used to create the world, the characters, the actions, etc... Talk about whether what was imagined is unique. <h3 style="overflow:hidden;">Characters</h3> Discuss the main characters (protagonists and antagonists) and how well the author did writing them. How well you identified with them, etc... <h3 style="overflow:hidden;">Magic System (fantasy) / Real Science (Science Fiction)</h3> If fantasy with magic, discuss the qualities of the magic system. If science fiction, discuss the actual science behind the story. <h3 style="overflow:hidden;">eBook Quality</h3> Quality: High:Average:Poor (Choose one) Discuss what made you choose eBook quality listed above. <h3 style="overflow: hidden;">Parental Guide</h3> <strong>Profanity:</strong> Were there F-words. (Search the eBook and count f-words them.) If profanity other than the f-word is used, it is usually minor swearing. Example: 3 f-words and other swearing. <strong>Sexuality:</strong> Is their sex? Does it fade to black or get described. Tell us in a short sentence or two. <strong>Violence:</strong> Tell us in a short sentence or two about the blood and gore in this book. <h3 style="overflow:hidden;">About the Author</h3> Discuss the author. Read the about the Author page in the book and on their web site.
- Enter in the link URL and the image URL.
- Click on Visual tab and fill out each section. Share your opinions throughout.
- Select the categories. Review and 1-5 Stars.
See this review as an example: Fire Light by J. Abram Barneck