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The Daily Square - A Night In Tunisia Edition | Booksquare — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:22:10 +0000

[...] Katherine Stone Opens Review Site Run by AuthorsWhile we encourage the act of authors reviewing, this one simply sounds, well, not as interesting as it could. [...]

By: Ciar Cullen

Ciar Cullen — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:38:36 +0000

I blog reviewss, and I’m a writer. It’s a steep precipace, that’s for sure. I try to say what doesn’t work for me in a straightforward manner. If I think a book is a complete stinker, I usually don’t finish it. Because these are usually contest wins (they were voted on for me to review), I feel an obligation to be honest, but the truth is, it’s already weighted towards a fairly decent book in that case. Once in a while I’ll pick something up and go for it. If I think it’s truly dreadful, I won’t review it. Hey, there’s pressure on writers not to blog about their crockpot recipes or show baby pictures. The smart thing would probably be to leave reviews to nonwriters, but I enjoy it, and enjoy sharing a good find with my readers.

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Tue, 09 Oct 2007 06:25:16 +0000

[...] Jane wrote a fantastic post today on “Katherine Stone Opens Review Site Run by Authors”Here’s ONLY a quick extractOn Running with Quills, Katherine Stone announced a new website to be launched November 1, 2007, called WritersareReaders.com (website currently not operational). The website will feature reviews written by authors. … [...]

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:54:46 +0000

Well, maybe it’s at least a baby step in the direction of honest critical discourse among authors and readers. Although it seems to me that PBR has done a wonderful job of showing how intelligent, respectful, and thoughtful less than stellar reviews written by authors can be. Six jumps backward, one tiny nudge forward . . .

By: sherry thomas

sherry thomas — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:50:33 +0000

I don’t do negative reviews of romances, because I usually don’t finish books that aren’t at least a B+. And because I don’t have the guts to put my name on a review that openly criticizes another book in the genre.

For those authors who do, more power to you.