Book Reviews at Retreats

We have discussed in earlier posts why to have a book table at your retreat.  If you do sell books at your retreat, it is helpful if some time for book reviews can be squeezed into the retreat schedule.  Also, this is a nice way for women to be involved in a small way at the retreat.

“Book Review” is really a misnomer.  Because time is nearly always limited, this is a time to recommend rather than review books.  We do not have time to do a thorough review of these books.

A book recommendation consists of:

• Name of the book and author
• Show the book
• Very brief synopsis
• Why you liked the book/what you took away from it.

We allow no more than two minutes per book for the book recommendation.  If more than one book is being reviewed, you could spend more time on one book and less time on the other.