1. Think about your approach. Will you write about how the book makes you feel as you read it? Will you engage with it on a theoretical level? Will you talk about it in a historical context? In the context of other books?
2. Try to use quotes from the work to illustrate your points.
3. Discuss your reaction -- overall and in detail. What strikes you as important about the work? Is the book effective in its goals?
4. Remember to address positive aspects of the work as well as aspects you have arguments. Be precise.
5. Would you recommend this book to your audience?
6. If you point out things you don’t like or don’t understand, back up what you say and make sure you are discussing, not attacking, the work.
6. Above all, simply talk about your response to the work. Your piece for the tour can be written as formally or casually as you like. You can take a scholarly tone, or you can talk about the book as if you are sitting in your living room discussing it with your a friend. We want to hear your voice come through. Your voice is what we appreciate about you in everything you write.
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