Ethics:
I think one of the biggest duties that a book blogger has to their audience is to be honest in all aspects. Ethics come into play here.
There are a couple things I do to keep myself on the straight and narrow:
- I will tell you if I bought it, borrowed it from the library, or received it from someone.
- When I accept books for review, I make sure that I tell whoever is giving me the book that my review will be honest and that may mean that I say that I didn't like the book.
- I will not review a book if I have not finished it because that is not fair to my readers.
- I never accept reviews for payment as it could create a bias.
Non-fiction:
Today we are talking about our love for non-fiction books! I love non-fiction books. One of the big reasons that I read is to learn something. I love non-fiction in so many different subjects but some of my favorites are in history, politics, memoirs, and biographies.
One non-fiction book that I am especially looking forward to reading is (and I just picked it up from the library):
Here's a couple of good non-fiction books that I've read lately:
Do you read non-fiction? What are your favorite kinds of non-fiction?
I like not reviewing books you don't/can't finish. Great rule.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it just doesn't seem fair to me!
DeleteI like your ethics. And I do the same, pretty much.
ReplyDeleteI do post about a DNF saying why I dropped it, but only rate books I've finished, not DNF-s. That makes sense to me.
You're right, these kinds of things make a big difference in the long run! :)
I'll post about a DNF on Goodreads (I have a DNF shelf actually) but not here!
DeleteI like your rules for your reviews.
ReplyDeleteIron Curtain has been on my TBR list for a while. I read Applebaum's 'Gulag' and really enjoyed it, I'm hoping this one is as good.
Oh, I should read Gulag next!
DeleteGreat post and I'm hoping to read the Amanda Knox book soon.
ReplyDeleteI hope to finally get to it this weekend!
DeleteLooks like an interesting list! I haven't heard of any of these. I tend to read mainly memoirs in NF, unless one of my books groups chooses nonfiction. I used to think I didn;t like NF until I joined book groups!
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I love, love, love memoirs!
DeleteThanks for the post. I follow the same rules when it comes to reviews and ethics and appreciate knowing what others use for guidelines. As to non-fiction, I read tons for research purposes and rarely review those. For pleasure I tend to read biographies and science books with a little humor thrown in now and then.
ReplyDeleteI love science books!
DeleteI used to do "first look" type reviews where I would review just the first fifty to hundred pages (depending on the length), but I realized that sometimes a book can seriously die after that and I would hate for readers to judge a book based off the first few chapter.
ReplyDeleteGreat post!
Yeah, I think a lot of times you have to know everything you're working with in order to write a telling review.
DeleteVery interesting books. I love non-fiction, especially about World War II.
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