Posted by
TK Kenyon -- www.tkkenyon.com on Friday, August 22, 2008 3:51:31 PM
Have you read some of those bitter book reviews that Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, etc., publish? Some of them seem like the reviewer didn't read the novel or else they completely missed the point.
Here's your chance to review a review. Write a review (under 1000 words) in the style of a literary review, but make it a review of a review, and post it in the comments of the blog below. Sign your name or make up your own mocking pseudonym.
Enter at: http://tkkenyon.blogspot.com/2008/08/book-review-review-contest.html
Here's an example:
"In this snarky review of *Great American Novel* by Random A. Kunati, the anonymous reviewer makes both factual and grammatical errors.The review appears to be written based on a misreading of the jacket material and myopic observance of the cover art, leading the reviewer to the impression that *GAN* is a memoir about growing up a gay Goth in Texas. *GAN* is, in fact, a satiric fantasy about vampire unicorns in Iraq. While minimal scanning of the novel would have rectified this egregious error, the reviewer appears unable to see beyond their own hairy butt. More illiterate than illustrative."
Best Review Review wins bragging rights, and I'll publish it in the blog!