I like reading book reviews, sometimes, I think, more than reading the books themselves. I'm especially a fan of the sort of book review that builds on the book to do something new, like those in the New Yorker or the New York Review of Books, and those that provide an introduction to a field I know little about. The kind of reviews in Reviews in American History, sometimes, are the best way to keep up with a field.
I like reading book reviews, sometimes, I think, more than reading the books themselves. I'm especially a fan of the sort of book review that builds on the book to do something new, like those in the New Yorker or the New York Review of Books, and those that provide an introduction to a field I know little about. The kind of reviews in Reviews in American History, sometimes, are the best way to keep up with a field.