Active Users:2052 Time:02/05/2026 11:35:11 AM
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules
Not necessarily discussed, just commented on. Rebekah Send a noteboard - 13/10/2009 11:22:04 AM
I read them if it was a book I was interested in and haven't bought yet, or maybe one i've read to see what other people are saying.

Hokay.

Not really. I mostly use reviews to check out a book i may be interested in, because I haven't read it, then how can I comment on it? By the time I do get around to reading, assuming I do, then the review is ancient history.

Not even a little "Thanks for the review/heads up?letting me know that I shouldn't touch this book with a 10-foot pole"?

This changes in 2 circumstances that I can see a) You have 2 people who have read it and have disagreeing views, or b) You have a fanatical following clustered in one area around a specific series/author. Case in point, the WOT board, which will disect any review pre-release to an inch of it's life.

Yeah.

See my commenst above, it's hard for reviews to kickstart discussion. Indeed it's hard for such a widespread genre specific board to kickstart discussions about books outside the big titles, because most people simply haven't read the lesser known ones. Solving that conundrum is the holy grail of genre rather than author/series book sites, in my opinion anyway.

That makes sense. Maybe the book clubs can help with the lesser-known authors thing.

Not really. It's just one of those things. I'm so helpful :P

Yes, yes you are. ><img class=' />
*MySmiley*

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
Reply to message
Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 12/10/2009 11:14:39 PM 1394 Views
They can be helpful. ViolentKai - 13/10/2009 01:06:07 AM 1169 Views
Re: They can be helpful. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:09:44 AM 988 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? j-whitt987 - 13/10/2009 01:10:05 AM 1003 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:14:55 AM 969 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? j-whitt987 - 13/10/2009 06:58:09 PM 1126 Views
We can't do much about that... though... Jacob - 15/10/2009 04:35:32 PM 1038 Views
I enjoy the reviews greatly. I wish I could access them all on one page. Tom - 13/10/2009 01:12:25 AM 1166 Views
Ben's working on that. Has to fix background bugs first. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:17:59 AM 1048 Views
I don't really see reviews as something to be discussed Wibble - 13/10/2009 01:21:02 AM 1266 Views
Not necessarily discussed, just commented on. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:22:04 AM 1148 Views
Yes nossy - 13/10/2009 02:03:02 AM 1139 Views
Re: Yes Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:24:22 AM 1000 Views
Well... Larry - 13/10/2009 02:06:59 AM 1092 Views
Larry. jh - 13/10/2009 10:37:47 AM 1063 Views
Re: Well... Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:25:16 AM 1019 Views
Yep Larry - 14/10/2009 03:15:09 AM 1001 Views
Special Ed classes? Are you really that behind on your education, young man? *NM* trzaska2000 - 14/10/2009 04:01:45 AM 531 Views
Sadly, I'm older than you Larry - 14/10/2009 04:11:59 AM 962 Views
More degrees? I would make fun of you, but..... trzaska2000 - 14/10/2009 05:06:02 AM 1211 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Animosity - 13/10/2009 02:14:35 AM 1088 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:28:45 AM 986 Views
that's a negative, ma'am temeraire - 13/10/2009 04:16:44 AM 1165 Views
Alas. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:31:00 AM 1044 Views
Re: Alas. temeraire - 13/10/2009 04:57:48 PM 1126 Views
I am rather idiosyncratic about such things. Craig - 13/10/2009 05:02:32 AM 1035 Views
I think you're fairly idiosyncratic about most things. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:32:44 AM 988 Views
You noticed? Craig - 13/10/2009 04:59:35 PM 1029 Views
That's why when I get published, it'll be under... Bryce - 13/10/2009 08:43:00 PM 979 Views
Depends who is writing them, really. Camilla - 13/10/2009 10:33:05 AM 964 Views
Re: Depends who is writing them, really. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:35:26 AM 1073 Views
I would read that one. nossy - 13/10/2009 06:14:14 PM 1090 Views
Yes, but... jh - 13/10/2009 10:46:58 AM 1115 Views
Where's the but? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:37:53 AM 1095 Views
what if nossy - 13/10/2009 06:20:27 PM 1059 Views
Nah. jh - 13/10/2009 08:40:08 PM 1116 Views
heh nossy - 13/10/2009 10:37:06 PM 1064 Views
I think we are speaking about totally different things. *NM* jh - 13/10/2009 11:02:13 PM 537 Views
I gobble up reviews, but I ambivalent about them. Ouranid - 13/10/2009 02:41:07 PM 1021 Views
We can do both. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:23:14 PM 1063 Views
Hell yes I care Bryce - 13/10/2009 04:00:23 PM 1211 Views
Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:27:54 PM 1218 Views
Bien sûr. Legolas - 13/10/2009 04:31:24 PM 1155 Views
I had to ask Tim what that means. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:32:48 PM 1041 Views
Wasn't he going to teach you French? Legolas - 13/10/2009 11:41:28 PM 977 Views
Yeah. We kind of stopped doing that. Must get back into it at some point. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 12:05:26 AM 1059 Views
another thought... temeraire - 13/10/2009 08:43:16 PM 1059 Views
It's ok. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:17:58 PM 1030 Views
I have been reading some here, yes. Stephen - 13/10/2009 09:48:05 PM 1001 Views
Good man. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:34:15 PM 1080 Views
Usually they're tl;dr *NM* rebelaessedai - 14/10/2009 12:50:54 AM 509 Views
I don't know what that means. *NM* Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:39:04 AM 500 Views
Too Long; Didn't Read *NM* Ghavrel - 15/10/2009 06:15:39 PM 474 Views
I pretty much read all of them. Cockatiel of Doom - 14/10/2009 04:51:39 AM 1063 Views
Re: I pretty much read all of them. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:41:00 AM 915 Views
Re: I pretty much read all of them. Cockatiel of Doom - 15/10/2009 04:33:44 AM 1017 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? mapthis - 14/10/2009 04:38:59 PM 1199 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 14/10/2009 05:59:45 PM 931 Views
Indeed, I do. Vodalus - 14/10/2009 07:30:33 PM 951 Views
Good man. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:40:09 PM 1156 Views
Dafonautley Elaine - 15/10/2009 01:46:15 PM 954 Views
Speaking as a reviewer, it's just nice to get an affirmation once and a while... Jacob - 15/10/2009 04:42:56 PM 1184 Views
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules

Reply to Message

Block Quote Paragraph Quote
Formatting
Smiley Codes