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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

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Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 12/10/2009 11:14:39 PM 1280 Views
They can be helpful. ViolentKai - 13/10/2009 01:06:07 AM 1041 Views
Re: They can be helpful. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:09:44 AM 873 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? j-whitt987 - 13/10/2009 01:10:05 AM 877 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:14:55 AM 858 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? j-whitt987 - 13/10/2009 06:58:09 PM 977 Views
We can't do much about that... though... Jacob - 15/10/2009 04:35:32 PM 889 Views
I enjoy the reviews greatly. I wish I could access them all on one page. Tom - 13/10/2009 01:12:25 AM 1030 Views
Ben's working on that. Has to fix background bugs first. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:17:59 AM 937 Views
I don't really see reviews as something to be discussed Wibble - 13/10/2009 01:21:02 AM 1118 Views
Not necessarily discussed, just commented on. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:22:04 AM 986 Views
Yes nossy - 13/10/2009 02:03:02 AM 1026 Views
Re: Yes Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:24:22 AM 879 Views
Well... Larry - 13/10/2009 02:06:59 AM 983 Views
Larry. jh - 13/10/2009 10:37:47 AM 940 Views
Re: Well... Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:25:16 AM 912 Views
Yep Larry - 14/10/2009 03:15:09 AM 884 Views
Special Ed classes? Are you really that behind on your education, young man? *NM* trzaska2000 - 14/10/2009 04:01:45 AM 480 Views
Sadly, I'm older than you Larry - 14/10/2009 04:11:59 AM 849 Views
More degrees? I would make fun of you, but..... trzaska2000 - 14/10/2009 05:06:02 AM 1083 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Animosity - 13/10/2009 02:14:35 AM 963 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:28:45 AM 874 Views
that's a negative, ma'am temeraire - 13/10/2009 04:16:44 AM 1014 Views
Alas. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:31:00 AM 925 Views
Re: Alas. temeraire - 13/10/2009 04:57:48 PM 1002 Views
I am rather idiosyncratic about such things. Craig - 13/10/2009 05:02:32 AM 925 Views
I think you're fairly idiosyncratic about most things. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:32:44 AM 856 Views
You noticed? Craig - 13/10/2009 04:59:35 PM 917 Views
That's why when I get published, it'll be under... Bryce - 13/10/2009 08:43:00 PM 859 Views
Depends who is writing them, really. Camilla - 13/10/2009 10:33:05 AM 843 Views
Re: Depends who is writing them, really. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:35:26 AM 955 Views
I would read that one. nossy - 13/10/2009 06:14:14 PM 956 Views
Yes, but... jh - 13/10/2009 10:46:58 AM 970 Views
Where's the but? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:37:53 AM 978 Views
what if nossy - 13/10/2009 06:20:27 PM 944 Views
Nah. jh - 13/10/2009 08:40:08 PM 1008 Views
heh nossy - 13/10/2009 10:37:06 PM 937 Views
I think we are speaking about totally different things. *NM* jh - 13/10/2009 11:02:13 PM 479 Views
I gobble up reviews, but I ambivalent about them. Ouranid - 13/10/2009 02:41:07 PM 909 Views
We can do both. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:23:14 PM 940 Views
Hell yes I care Bryce - 13/10/2009 04:00:23 PM 1064 Views
Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:27:54 PM 1086 Views
Bien sûr. Legolas - 13/10/2009 04:31:24 PM 1036 Views
I had to ask Tim what that means. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:32:48 PM 923 Views
Wasn't he going to teach you French? Legolas - 13/10/2009 11:41:28 PM 853 Views
Yeah. We kind of stopped doing that. Must get back into it at some point. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 12:05:26 AM 942 Views
another thought... temeraire - 13/10/2009 08:43:16 PM 949 Views
It's ok. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:17:58 PM 900 Views
I have been reading some here, yes. Stephen - 13/10/2009 09:48:05 PM 895 Views
Good man. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:34:15 PM 973 Views
Usually they're tl;dr *NM* rebelaessedai - 14/10/2009 12:50:54 AM 448 Views
I don't know what that means. *NM* Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:39:04 AM 451 Views
Too Long; Didn't Read *NM* Ghavrel - 15/10/2009 06:15:39 PM 429 Views
I pretty much read all of them. Cockatiel of Doom - 14/10/2009 04:51:39 AM 927 Views
Re: I pretty much read all of them. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:41:00 AM 786 Views
Re: I pretty much read all of them. Cockatiel of Doom - 15/10/2009 04:33:44 AM 910 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? mapthis - 14/10/2009 04:38:59 PM 1078 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 14/10/2009 05:59:45 PM 816 Views
Indeed, I do. Vodalus - 14/10/2009 07:30:33 PM 844 Views
Good man. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:40:09 PM 1040 Views
Dafonautley Elaine - 15/10/2009 01:46:15 PM 833 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 1079 Views
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