Comments on: More reviews & some pontification about age classification & reviews

By: Brent

Brent — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:52:11 +0000

Ok, I’m a bit confused. When you talk about a “reviewer” who are you referring to? I always thought of reviewers as people who wrote regular columns criticizing art (literature, film, stage, whatever). People who write in a review about a book they’ve read freelance, or publish it in a non-standard way (blogs) should get another title I suppose. I’ve had terrible experiences with the former type, but usually good experiences with the latter.

And I agree with the slight stigma of reading “below” your age group. I get a lot of weird looks when I’m hunting for books in the YA section instead of the “regular” science fiction / fantasy sections (I’m an OA, OLD Adult ).

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:53:09 +0000

I love Reading Rants. Jennifer’s such a smart, funny reviewer.

I feel kind of shady for reading HTDYF and not telling you how much I enjoyed it. So I’ll do that now. I really, truly liked it. In fact, I read it in one sitting, which gave me a headache, since I refuse to wear my contacts. But it was worth it. I reviewed it on my blog somewhere…(http://www.thepageflipper.com/index.htm?blogentryid=3732316)

And I agree with Bloomsbury on the YA/MG thing. Unfortunately. I’m 16 and I personally love MG as well as YA, but I know a ton of teens who don’t like to read below their age group. They’re missing out!

By: Bookritiquer

Bookritiquer — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:17:40 +0000

Yeah, it is pretty awesome to read reviews that aren’t the same as every other review (You know, “Yeah, it was funny and reminded me of this one time…blablabla.”) But writing reviews can be tiring and hard too, especially the ones for the really good books. It’s hard to put how amazing the books is into words and make people want to buy it y’know?