Honest Book Reviews

One of the most important ways readers find books is through honest book reviews. While working with my students on their summer reading goals, I admitted that while I always rate books on Goodreads when I finish them, I don't always write a review.

Why? Well, it usually comes down to two reasons.
1. I finished the book in the middle of the night and can barely keep my eyes open.
2. I'm not sure what to say.

My students made me promise that this summer I will do a better job. After all, I am hoping that the people who bought THE SWEET SPOT will take the time to give it an honest review.

Here are some websites that have advice and outlines for crafting good reviews:

The Writer's Handbook
Outline for Writing a Good Book Review
The Writing Center

Good places to add reviews for books you love are Goodreads, Amazon, and Library Thing.
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Do you have any advice for people posting reviews? Where do you like to post yours?

Thank you so much for coming to my virtual launch!

I can't believe this virtual launch party is over! Thank you so much to everyone who attended. I gave out all the big prizes but I still have book plates left. If you bought a paperback copy of the book and are not local, email me your address and I'll send you one. If you are local I am happy to sign the book for you anytime.

There were so many people who made this book possible and I can't possibly thank all of them here (read my acknowledgement pages please), but I need to send a special shout out to Karen Jacobson, art teacher extraordinaire, who illustrated the cover and the title page. Karen is retiring next week after 30 years of teaching. We will miss her.

Following Your Dreams When Others Are Mean - A TEDx talk by Justine Siegal

When I first decided to write The Sweet Spot, someone asked me whether it would even be relevant in today's world. By now they were sure that girls must be accepted, even if there hasn't been any girls playing in the major league.

I include this talk as part of the launch because I want to make sure that we don't forget that Sam's story may be fiction, but that there are real girls out there currently struggling for the right to play baseball. Even in 2015. And unfortunately I don't think that struggle is ending any time soon.

I also include this talk because a few weeks ago, Justine took time out of her busy schedule to read The Sweet Spot. I was so happy that she enjoyed it.

So what did you think?