Components of the review/analysis:

I. An introduction to the author, including the author's title and place of work, and
some indication of who the author is (e.g., the renowned authority on political
writing; a bold, young campus scholar; a frequent critic of political
totalitarianism).
The review should be fair to the author.
Tell readers who the intended audience is, and how the author handles his
material.
Convey the content of the book, not chapter by chapter so much as the
entire book.
Add flavor to the review by including pungent or revealing quotations
from the book or notable facts or findings.
Be specific. Give details. Try not to be too abstract or vague (e.g., avoid
writing "interesting observations," "lots of arresting scenario," or "a strange
view or political design" unless you complement this with specific
examples).
II. A summary of the intended purpose of the book and how it contributes to
improving academic life and operations and to the discipline of college planning
generally.
Include an exposition of how the book fits into the current thinking on the
subject/s (e.g., a novel approach, an introduction, a magisterial review, the
finest book on the subject ever written, etc.).
Avoid repeating the table of contents, if any; rather, give the reader some
idea of the author's thesis and how he or she develops it.
Give some idea of the overall theme and content, but be free to focus on
specific chapters you consider particularly significant or worthwhile.
Inform the reader about what is happening in the area of academic
activity the book addresses; what the state of knowledge is in the subject;
and how the book adds, changes, or breaks new ground in our knowledge
of this subject.
III. A description of the way the author approaches his topic, the rigor of the
work/scholarship, the logic of the argument, and the readability of the prose.
IV. A comparison with earlier or similar books in the field to place the book in the
existing literature.
 V. An evaluation of the book's merits, usefulness, and special contributions, along
with shortcomings you think are necessary to point out.
VI. Prospects of Understanding: Viewing thru the lenses of literary critical
approaches.
1. How can characters behavior, narrative events, and/or images be explained in
terms of psychoanalytic concepts of any kind (for example unconscious,
regression, crisis, projection, fear of or fascination with death, sexuality---which
includes love and romance as well as sexual behavior---as a primary indicator of
psychological identity, or the operations of ego-id-superego)?
2. How might the work be seen as a critique of capitalism, imperialism or classism?
That is in what ways does the text reveal, and invite us to condemn oppressive
socio-economic forces (including repressive ideologies)? If a work criticizes or
invites us to criticize oppressive socioeconomic forces, then it may be said to
have a Marxist agenda.
3. How does the interaction of text and reader create meaning? How exactly does
the texts indeterminacy function as a stimulus to interpretation? (For example,
what events are omitted or unexplained? What descriptions are omitted or
incomplete? What images might have multiple associations?) And how exactly
does the text lead us to correct our interpretation as we read?

Book review criteria:

Content and substance 50
Organization and style 20
Language and vocabulary 20
Mechanics 10
(Total: 100%)