Book Reviews Quotes

Book Reviews Quote of the day

One cannot review a bad book without showing off.

I rarely read or buy a book because of a review.

The authors of book reviews would consider themselves dishonored were they to mention, as they should, the subject of the book.

I never read a book I must review; it prejudices you so.

I don't read my reviews, I measure them.

It is always dishonest for a reviewer to review the author instead of the author's book.

I've never yet read a review of one of my own books that I couldn't have written much better myself.

I've read a lot of bad books. I used to review books for a living, and when you're a reviewer you read tons of terrible books.

The books I read I do enjoy, very much; otherwise I wouldn't read them. Most of them are for review, for the New York Review of Books, and substantial.

Most books reviews aren't very well-written. They tend to be more about the reviewer than the book.

You can kill a book quicker by your silence than by a bad review.

We sometimes reveal how ignorant or bored we were when we read a book by giving it 5-stars.

I will only start taking book reviews seriously from the day that books are able to review readers.