Sunday
Jun222008
The B List -- Books I Like
Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 11:41AM
I prefer to review books I love, Love, LOVE in Rebel Reviews, to keep karmic energy all positive and happy -- and why read something you don't like?! If I can't get through the first 100 pages, I will move on quickly, and you, Rebel Readers, will most likely never hear about it from me.
Notably, in more than four years of Rebel Reviews, there has been one exception to this policy: BOOKS: Oprah & A MILLION LITTLE PIECES, but I was an early harbinger on that one, before the big made-up-memoir scandal broke. It was a terribly icky book, regardless of fact or subsequently revealed fiction, and I said so.
I am fortunate to receive many, many books for advance and review consideration from several large publishers, individual authors and PR/Marketing/Book Promo contacts, and I am so grateful for them. I love the opportunity to read, feature, share and promo great books and authors. That's what Rebel Reviews is all about.
In many cases, I have the opportunity to accept or reject a proposed title, which helps keep my TBR* pile manage-able. (*To Be Read) Even with preview and prior approval/enthusiasm for a title, it sometimes happens that I don't connect well with the book and I can't review it as highly-recommended. I am still not going to publish negative reviews or read-to-the-end books that don't fully engage me, but I do feel an obligation to the publishers, authors and people who send books for Rebel Review consideration, and, Lord knows, just because I don't LOVE a certain book, doesn't mean other people might not respond very differently.
Having said all that, you might occasionally see a Rebel Review that is something less than love, Love, LOVE, beginning this week, with five reviews from The B List -- Books I read, books I liked, Honorable Mentions of books you might, indeed, love, Love, LOVE...
The B List -- Books I Like Format:
What it's about:
What I liked:
Why I didn't LOVE it:
You might like this book, if you liked:
The Rebel Housewife B List (June 2008):
The Wentworths: A Novel by Katie Arnoldi
Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity by Kerry Cohen
The Rest of Her Life by Laura Moriarty
Simon Says: A True Story of Boys, Guns, and Murder by Kathryn Eastburn
Notably, in more than four years of Rebel Reviews, there has been one exception to this policy: BOOKS: Oprah & A MILLION LITTLE PIECES, but I was an early harbinger on that one, before the big made-up-memoir scandal broke. It was a terribly icky book, regardless of fact or subsequently revealed fiction, and I said so.
I am fortunate to receive many, many books for advance and review consideration from several large publishers, individual authors and PR/Marketing/Book Promo contacts, and I am so grateful for them. I love the opportunity to read, feature, share and promo great books and authors. That's what Rebel Reviews is all about.
In many cases, I have the opportunity to accept or reject a proposed title, which helps keep my TBR* pile manage-able. (*To Be Read) Even with preview and prior approval/enthusiasm for a title, it sometimes happens that I don't connect well with the book and I can't review it as highly-recommended. I am still not going to publish negative reviews or read-to-the-end books that don't fully engage me, but I do feel an obligation to the publishers, authors and people who send books for Rebel Review consideration, and, Lord knows, just because I don't LOVE a certain book, doesn't mean other people might not respond very differently.
Having said all that, you might occasionally see a Rebel Review that is something less than love, Love, LOVE, beginning this week, with five reviews from The B List -- Books I read, books I liked, Honorable Mentions of books you might, indeed, love, Love, LOVE...
The B List -- Books I Like Format:
What it's about:
What I liked:
Why I didn't LOVE it:
You might like this book, if you liked:
The Rebel Housewife B List (June 2008):
The Wentworths: A Novel by Katie Arnoldi
Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity by Kerry Cohen
The Rest of Her Life by Laura Moriarty
Simon Says: A True Story of Boys, Guns, and Murder by Kathryn Eastburn
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