Comments on: Biography: Sweet, Spicy and Saucy

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:18:00 +0000

It makes perfect sense, Claire. And the thing is what I do here is less “review” books (which to me means detailed plot summary and in depth critiques of style, plotting, etc, etc, etc) as “Present” a few books each day that hopefully will be new and interesting to some of my readers.

(sometimes I feel like a cheating faux critic when I post about a book I only skimmed and other times I feel I am doing it just right…shrugs profoundly)

By: Claire

Claire — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:00:00 +0000

I always read before i go to sleep, so thats when i catch up on my reading. Although when blogging i find it hard to actually get into bed.

I also voted ‘it depends’. When i am reading a book, i decide whether i like it or not fairly quickly, whether its well written, love one of the characters or some other reason. If i don’t like a book, i still tend to finish it, to confirm my suspicions that i was right and it was rubbish. So if you have a good ‘feel’ of the book then you can review it. Does that make sense?

By: Chef Tom

Chef Tom — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:47:00 +0000

I know what you mean….the internet eats up too much time! I think its acceptable to blog about books you haven’t finished as long as you are sharing your original thoughts and opinions based on what you have already read.

By: Keli

Keli — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:08:00 +0000

I love the library! And no, I don’t think it necessary to read an entire book to get a proper feel for it. Especially if it’s one you don’t seem to care for. Why waste your time? However, I don’t believe reading only one or two chapters is enough to judge. I once read two chapters of “The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency” and didn’t like it. At a friend’s behest, I gave it another try, and it’s since become one of my favs.
Thanks for the reviews – I’m forever on the lookout for good reads!

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:30:00 +0000

cardiogirl,

If you are on Blogger, go to your template and add a new page element. Poll is the very first choice at the top of the New Page Element screen. Type in your question and the answers you will accept and click done. You can then drag it to change it's location like any other page element.

Thanks for your vote.

By: cardiogirl

cardiogirl — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:25:00 +0000

Agreed. I don't read nearly as much as I used to, but I also have three small children. These days I scan.

I said it depends on your survey. If you got a feel for the book and can tell me the beginning, middle and end you qualify to write a review.

If you scanned 20 pages out of 250 to get the plot line down, no, don't write a review.

p.s. How do you set up a survey like that (the coding, etc.?) That's cool!

By: clairec23

clairec23 — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:05:00 +0000

I read quite quickly too, people never seem to believe me when they hear how much I get through. Online time has really impinged on my reading time too unfortunately. I don’t think you need to read a book in it’s entirety to share it with others and have an opinion about it. You don’t tell people how it ends after all. I’m sure some people review books by reading the back cover so don’t feel like you’re doing a bad job!!