Today I discovered I’ve achieved one of my goals. I’ve been reviewing books now for over ten years, starting in 1999 for the Long Beach Union. During the month of March I will likely hit the 300 review mark for the BookBanter site, and while my initial goal with reviewing books has always been to critique what I’ve read and then to interest and entertain (and in some cases warn) readers about various books, I have also been looking to gain a popularity and notoriety with my book reviews, and now with my BookBanter podcasts. And now I’ve achieved another goal in getting a quote of one of my reviews not only mentioned in a book, but featured on the front cover, which is more than I could wish for.
The book in question is the recently released Amber Benson’s Cat’s Claw, the sequel to Death’s Daughter which I reviewed for the Sacramento Book Review almost a year ago. Here’s the review, and below is an enlarged photo of the book cover with a quote from my review on it.
This is great for the Sacramento Book Review, but also makes me feel pretty great.
And the longer quote featured on the first page is: “Amber Benson does an excellent job of creating strong characters, as well as educating the reader on some great mythology history . . a fast-paced and very entertaining story.”
Feeling pretty psyched right now.
And for anyone interested in revisiting, or perhaps checking out for the first time, my interview with Amber Benson, click here.
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