Tony Burton write: Anyway... what I'm getting to is this:
Jack, you said you wouldn't review it unless you think you
are going to enjoy it. Doesn't that tend to make your reviews
sort of inherently "good reviews"? And by that I mean, do you
ever give a negative review of a book? It's not an
accusation, I'm just curious. I've done a lot of reviewing of
various things: books, computer hardware, software, and when
it sucked, I said it sucked. I wonder if you, and anyone else
here who reviews, is of the same mind? Or am I just a
misanthropic minority?
Joy Matkowski wrote: I've been an Internet reviewer, too, and
my reviews have even been cited on authors' websites. I'm a
self-employed person, though, and before long, I realized
that each book review I wrote, too often about a dreadful
book that had a interesting premise, was costing me a couple
of hundred dollars in unrealized income.
Jim Winter wrote: Somehow, I DID get on a couple of
publisher's radars, and let one of them know I would do
reviews. Now I get emails for financial scheme books,
self-help, and an odd romance.
Elaine Flinn wrote: Jack- just saw your review of DEADLY on
the bookbitch.
My thanks to your wife! But, uh-I kinda like to think
of myself as medium-boiled. Am I wrong here?
Tony - I think Jim and Joy answered you question probably
better than I can. I do try to tell it like it is, I also try
to not waste my own time when I suspect I will be less than
satisfied. For example, I think Elaine Flinn is an excellent
author (go ahead and blush, Ms. Flinn). I tried her first
book and found it too soft for me. My wife, however, thought
it was one of her best reads. So with Elaine's latest, I
didn't even try since I suspect I would have probably rated
it as just okay. My wife though says its the best yet.
I guess what it comes to is that if you have the time and
inclination to sample all of Baskin Robbins flavors, great.
On the other hand if you find two or three that you really
like, then why not indulge those tastes. I basically look for
new voices but am fairly restrictive regarding the "type"
book I read
Hope this is responsive to all.
Alabama Jack
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