Tag: reviews

by M. Bijman August 1, 2022

Sp(r)outing nonsense? The how-to of reviewing

On YouTube, the ultimate destination for everyone who has an opinion they want to share, there are many rants andContinue Reading

by M. Bijman January 8, 2017

Discussion of current events

GoodReads 2016 – A Year in Books

This is the report of my year on GoodReads.com, where I repost short versions of my reviews. Goodreads still hasContinue Reading

by M. Bijman November 19, 2016

Backstories Current events

Avoiding the reviewer’s fate of “praising trash”

As of this month, I’m going to be contributing book reviews to Fairlady magazine. For those who don’t know, it’s anContinue Reading

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