tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post8839780219078716579..comments2024-03-29T00:34:36.786-05:00Comments on Book Chase: It's the Walk of Shame for R.J. EllorySam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-5220610652015073472012-09-07T13:03:22.459-05:002012-09-07T13:03:22.459-05:00The arrogance and stupidity of that ass is frustra...The arrogance and stupidity of that ass is frustrating for sure, Susan. He's exactly the kind of enabler who needs to be weeded right out of the picture.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-42037942301114792512012-09-06T18:17:07.250-05:002012-09-06T18:17:07.250-05:00Oh goodness, the Telegraph's apologist's a...Oh goodness, the Telegraph's apologist's article makes me as mad as Ellory and those like him. That just sounds like sour grapes to me. The idea that only a paid reviewer can have a valid opinion on a book is insulting. <br /><br />Blogs like yours and people who take the time to write and post their opinions and reactions help get the word out about good authors. I have found so many Susan Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589508071251558063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-33425319738427183122012-09-06T15:52:43.657-05:002012-09-06T15:52:43.657-05:00Thanks, so much for the linking, Yvette. See my c...Thanks, so much for the linking, Yvette. See my comment directly below this one (to Susan) in which I address my further frustration with these kind of people, including the misguided moron who defends it all in The Telegraph.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-51181429230180924472012-09-06T15:51:39.450-05:002012-09-06T15:51:39.450-05:00Susan, the discouraging thing about all of this is...Susan, the discouraging thing about all of this is that the same newspaper, The Telegraph, posted a column by another guy defending the practice and finding it all rather humorous except for the sneak attacks on other authors. This jerk's whole tone is that online reviews are basically worthless anyway and that readers deserve what they get because print reviewers are being hurt so badly by Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-47188916186305325322012-09-05T12:43:32.446-05:002012-09-05T12:43:32.446-05:00Thanks for this, Sam. I've linked it to my Fac...Thanks for this, Sam. I've linked it to my Facebook page and tweeted it as well.<br /><br />I thought Ellory was a halfway decent writer - only read a couple of things of his in the past. Won't be reading him anymore.<br /><br />Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-31902016179165199752012-09-05T01:26:05.176-05:002012-09-05T01:26:05.176-05:00I agree that the one thing those of us who value h...I agree that the one thing those of us who value honest reviews and dialog can do is to put up our own thought-out reviews. Not just how many stars and if we liked it, but why, and in what way.<br /><br />I adore talking to fellow book lovers, getting their impressions of reading a particular book. If reviews online are like that, then other book lovers will recognize a genuine reaction that willSusan Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589508071251558063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-39088629666492973462012-09-04T18:54:32.630-05:002012-09-04T18:54:32.630-05:00Mr. Parker, thanks for reposting from your blog to...Mr. Parker, thanks for reposting from your blog to the comment section here. I appreciate your thoughts.<br /><br />As for posting under a "real name," I think you are definitely onto something there. I used to post as "Sam Houston" but decided that using my actual surname gave my reviews more of an authentic feel, an awareness by the reader that they were written by a real Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-15976425882368472222012-09-04T16:43:03.264-05:002012-09-04T16:43:03.264-05:00In August 2011 I wanted information about the book...<br /><br /><br />In August 2011 I wanted information about the book Higher Education? and was pleased to see a review on Amazon by Richard A. Schwartz, the author of After the Death of Literature. I posted a comment, slightly trimmed here: "Hurrah for Amazon for allowing real scholarly academic critics a place where they can have a large audience for a review and not have to wait a year or Hershel Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03919613095448470289noreply@blogger.com