The Brezhnev Era Text, pp. 29 Nationality, Religion and Dissent Text, pp. Beyond Gorbachev's USSR Text, ch. The book report, five to eight pages in length, should be in the form of a critical review. This calls for both summarizing the book and judging its qualities and shortcomings.
Summary is more than a simple, condensed narrative of the contents of the book.
Consulting reviews of the book in professional journals might be helpful, and is certainly permissible, although not required. Such reviews can be located through reference works such as the Book Review Digest, normally a year or two after the initial publication date of the book. Be careful, however, to draw your own conclusions. If you do make use of information from published reviews, be sure to cite it properly. A bibliography is not necessary, but use footnotes or endnotes if appropriate.