tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5518791629286178662.post7565042872582612768..comments2023-06-16T09:58:50.486-06:00Comments on Elitist Book Reviews: VariantVanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04260091806667958196noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5518791629286178662.post-9627664894676044642011-08-06T02:50:48.526-06:002011-08-06T02:50:48.526-06:00Sounds like an interesting read. Thanks for all th...Sounds like an interesting read. Thanks for all the wonderful reviewing! Lets me have lots of material!Tharrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01263475423819604106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5518791629286178662.post-7992108090365361112011-08-05T22:24:53.733-06:002011-08-05T22:24:53.733-06:00@koshr - And I hope you didn't take my comment...@koshr - And I hope you didn't take my comment as me lashing out at you. You brought up something that could very well be a legitimate concern among other readers, and is likely a problem among other blogs. It just seemed like a great opportunity to explain how we do things in this type of situation (since I don't think we have talked about it before...)Steve the Bookstore Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02237292117795968540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5518791629286178662.post-16512881690649305262011-08-05T22:00:29.349-06:002011-08-05T22:00:29.349-06:00I second Vanessa. They're brutally honest. Tha...I second Vanessa. They're brutally honest. That's what makes their reviews so worthwhile.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13244923179862461483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5518791629286178662.post-72847248938865290352011-08-05T11:35:05.478-06:002011-08-05T11:35:05.478-06:00Knowing Steve and Nick as I do, believe me when I ...Knowing Steve and Nick as I do, believe me when I say they have NO qualms telling their own friends when their stuff sucks. Trust me.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260091806667958196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5518791629286178662.post-20696809025626934402011-08-05T09:28:54.423-06:002011-08-05T09:28:54.423-06:00Surely you realize by now that even though we are ...Surely you realize by now that even though we are friends with various authors, we are always honest in our representation of the novel. For example we are friends with Brandon Sanderson. This doesn't mean we love his stuff unconditionally--in fact we have pointed out some stuff we really don't like in his works. Rob Wells' book VARIANT is an extremely good YA novel. End of story.<br /><br />If we like a book, it is because we like the book. If we think it sucks, it is because we think it sucks. It has nothing to do with our friendship with said author. <br /><br />As a reviewer, reading the book a friend has written is one of the most frightening things you'll do. Why? Because if it sucks you have to say so. That's why we make it clear to our friends that when we read their novels, we aren't their friends during the reading or reviewing process. We are media.<br /><br />Make sense?Steve the Bookstore Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02237292117795968540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5518791629286178662.post-61858716576842090602011-08-05T09:10:48.472-06:002011-08-05T09:10:48.472-06:00not to attack your integrity here but since i gues...not to attack your integrity here but since i guess you are friends with this guy this review sound very much like advertisement ^^koshrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16357153586639644848noreply@blogger.com