Sarah Weinman interviewed at TOC 2011
summary
Describes a concrete review workflow: chooses 1–3 books a month by finding common ground between books or a tight topic like fair play mysteries, cites choosing keigo higashino's the devotion of suspect X as a precise example, balances reviewing new releases with rechecking older books, and signs up for NetGalley but delays using e-readers because rapid reading (about reads about 400 books in 2010) collides with device page refresh lag and price considerations, noting anecdotal differences in engagement between print and digital.
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