Comments on: Be Nice – With Integrity

By: Debbie's World of Books

Debbie's World of Books — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 05:52:33 +0000

Ok, I totally missed what the YA Mafia thing was. I saw the hash tag start appearing but no idea what it was about. I hope even with your guest reviewers you will still be doing a lot of your own posts. I love your “voice” in reviews. I have to admit I’m a little leery of the whole guest thing after what happened with J. Kaye’s book blog. I definitely did not care for the style of the person who took over.

By: heidenkind

heidenkind — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 01:28:16 +0000

I’m sure whatever you come up with will be awesome. :)

The YA Mafia is a misnomer. It implies a level of rebellion and lawlessness that aggrandizes them unjustifiably. They’re really just Yes Men who are like Michael from The Office, shoving it up our ass and telling us to play nice.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:32:11 +0000

Pam you know I will read your blog no matter what. I look forward to seeing what you have up your sleeve and I know that whatever it is will rock. :)

By: Pam

Pam — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:09:58 +0000

Iris, I recommend books to other people based on how I liked them. You can call it a review but people come to read to see how you liked the book and to try to decipher from the review if the book is something they want to read. I read reviews to see if I want to read something so if I read a review on your blog I see it as a personal recommendation from you to me the reader. So yes I see my blog as a recommendation engine.

By: nancy

nancy — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:09:39 +0000

I cannot wait to see what you have. I know it will be made of awesome.

By: Iris

Iris — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:55:36 +0000

Do you really see your blog as a recommendation engine? Because that is not how I view my blog at all..

By: MelissaW

MelissaW — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:08:58 +0000

I dunno – I kinda like Pam and what Pam thinks :)

But I’ll still read your blog, nonetheless :)

By: Shesten (I Heart Monster)

Shesten (I Heart Monster) — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:05:25 +0000

I think I appreciate your real take on the world o’ books. I also understand what you mean about being nice with integrity, and find that my readers also tell me they’ll read books I didn’t like because what I hated makes them love a book.

Since I give authors and publishers the option to hold negative reviews, I don’t end up publishing reviews for a lot of books I read. I’m not in the business of fluffing, but my site looks like I am sometimes because I don’t want to say hurtful things or hurt book sales, or harm a person’s perception of what is good and what is not, just because I put on my critic hat and gnashed apart the writing.

Looking forward to what you have in store for us!