@debnance: I never thought about it until you mentioned it, but I do tend to smile when I see a review that includes a teaser or favorite quote from the book.

@shanra: we’re definitely along the same lines since I prefer to feel something when I read and I tend to favor reviewers who tell me how a book made them feel (emotionally and physically) while they were reading the book. Nice catch.

@christa: concluding with a note about who might like the book is an excellent detail. Again, something that I do enjoy, but never really thought about.

@audrey: you remind me of my friend Marlena–she dislikes knowing anything about a book. Just tell her how well the book is written and what emotions she should expect to feel from it and she’s good to go…she’s even made the comment that back cover summary can sometimes be too much of a spoiler for her too. It’s quite interesting to see it from that perspective.

Now it’s time for me to start revising my own review process for the new year!

I do like an overview of the plot and character development, as long as it’s more on a feeling level than an actual storyline level.
What I look for in a review is how it made certain people feel, what they thought about the writing style and why they thought that, and whether or not the characters and relationships were believable, annoying, or whatever else.

I also very much like a rating, though I know a lot of other bloggers aren’t into that.
And after that, it depends, from review to review. There are some things that work in certain reviews that don’t work in other reviews.
.-= Audrey/brizmus´s last blog ..IMM (5) =-.

I am too lazy to write a summary of the book so I just copy and paste from amazon. I like that when a review concludes with whether they like the book or not, of who they would recommend it to. I like seeing a rating – though I usually will take a look at their other reviews to see how similar our tastes are. I don’t mind if we diff in our opinions, but I want to see why – perhaps it’s something I’d missed when I read the book.

Enough rambling from me

I find it more useful to read reviews by people whose tastes I know and can, thus, compare to my own, but I love it when we don’t have eerily similar tastes. I’ve encountered many fascinating (sounding) books because of that! ^-^
.-= Shanra´s last blog ..A Note =-.

Just my two cents.
.-= debnance at readerbuzz´s last blog ..Sunday Salon: I Like Short Books =-.