{"id":932,"date":"2022-09-19T16:56:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T16:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/?p=932"},"modified":"2022-09-19T16:56:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T16:56:53","slug":"call-for-student-book-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/2022\/09\/19\/call-for-student-book-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Student Book Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Have you read a book that you NEED to talk about because it was so good, bad, or it had a lot to process?!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-933 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2022\/09\/AlexaMemoji-300x300.png\" alt=\"Uncle Sam character pointing the reader with the words, &quot;I Want You&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2022\/09\/AlexaMemoji-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2022\/09\/AlexaMemoji-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2022\/09\/AlexaMemoji.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">To write a book review for Dungeon Letters (the monthly Uni High Library newsletter) and the Uni High Reads Blog!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Email submissions to <a href=\"mailto:alexaep2@illinois.edu\">alexaep2@illinois.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is requested for your review:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>200 \u2013 300 words!<\/li>\n<li>Two paragraphs<\/li>\n<li>A few tags\/keywords that describe your book (fantasy, romance, diverse, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Submit your review to Alexa (<a href=\"mailto:alexaep2@illinois.edu\">alexaep2@illinois.edu<\/a>) (where it will be subject to editing)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Paragraph 1: Plot Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Who, what, when, where<\/li>\n<li>Characters &#8211; name only the ones you are going to analyze later (if you\u2019re not going to talk about them later, avoid naming)<\/li>\n<li>World &#8211; probably most important in fantasies but still necessary in realism<\/li>\n<li>Pivotal points:\n<ul>\n<li>Darla makes a fatal mistake that puts everyone in danger<\/li>\n<li>Perry the bear encounters a surprise upon his return to his hidey hole<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Paragraph 2: Your Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Opinion (<strong><em>NOT<\/em><\/strong> what you want): more like joy, anger, disgust, sad (my heart hurt)<\/li>\n<li>Analysis (<strong><em>MORE<\/em><\/strong> what you want): sounds more objective; this will make up the bulk of and sometimes all of your review. Some questions to consider:\n<ul>\n<li>How well was the setting portrayed? Did the plot pace well or were there lulls? Were characters introduced and given nuance? Was the structure of the book helpful? Was the narration effective?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Concluding sentence on if people should read it!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other Reviewing Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consider your audience \u2013 you are writing for your peers, and you want to give them an honest opinion about what you\u2019ve read<\/li>\n<li>Be accurate &#8211; double check names, title, etc. consistently.<\/li>\n<li>Be economical with sentences<\/li>\n<li>Be professional (avoid sarcasm)<\/li>\n<li>Avoid spoilers!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you read a book that you NEED to talk about because it was so good, bad, or it had a lot to process?! &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; To write a book review for Dungeon Letters (the monthly Uni High Library newsletter) and the Uni High Reads Blog! Email submissions to alexaep2@illinois.edu &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":783,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[54],"class_list":["post-932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uni-high-reads","tag-book-reviews"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/783"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=932"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":944,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932\/revisions\/944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}