Do You Try to Warn Readers Away From Books You Dislike?
The next NY Times cultural criticism prompt that I’m writing a response to is “What Work of Art or Culture Would You Warn Others to Avoid?”. I may yet try to write a post that better answers that question, but I first wanted to chat about how hard I find it to come up with an answer. I very rarely think of myself as warning people away from a book, even one that I didn’t like. People’s tastes are so different, I can often easily imagine a reader liking a book for the same reasons I hated it. Read more »
Title: Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice 
As an amateur reviewer myself, I was always going to answer “no” to this question from The New York Times prompts on cultural criticism. However, I am glad that both professional and amateur reviewers are writing online. These two types of reviews serve different purposes for me and I enjoy them both. 
Title: You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place 
One of my favorite parts of blogging is reading other bloggers’ book reviews. However, I typically read reviews as they’re posted and not when looking for opinions on a particular book. They serve the purpose of discovery for me. If a book review appeals to me, I’ll add it to my to-read list (reason #1 my to-read list is so long!). I’m more likely to then read that book if I read several reviews from bloggers, so it sticks with me. There are also topics I love enough that I’ll seek out relevant books immediately. 
Title: Maybe Esther: A Family Story 
Title: For Blood and Money: Billionaires, Biotech, and the Quest for a Blockbuster Drug 
Title: The Red Widow: The Scandal that Shook Paris and the Woman Behind it All 
Title: Small Angels 
