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Remember that you need to write at least one book review each week. Book reviews count towards your 7 weekly posts.

When you write a book review, sometimes you want to copy a small part of the text. This is very interesting for readers, because they get a "taste" of the story or the style of the book.

But you need to avoid copying too much. The copied part should never be more than a half of the book review. If you do copy, you must mark the copied part clearly, like this:

Let's go see the West," said Pa. "The land is flat and the grass grows thick and high.

If you don't mark the copied part like this, it looks like you are pretending that the writing is your own. This is an ethical and legal problem. It is also very important to avoid even a single mistake.

If you have time, please read also Mr Tomei's guidelines on book reviews.

Please check out some of the example book reviews that he points to. These are good examples of reviews written without any quotes. Note that the best book reviews also have pictures and at least one link.

You can improve your blog by remembering to add the books you read to your LibraryThing collection.