tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10823538.post113867747081315994..comments2023-10-23T15:19:19.921-05:00Comments on Unicorns Are in the World Again: Three Things that Bug Me OnlineBeverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01807907890205963102noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10823538.post-1139704794961222302006-02-11T18:39:00.000-06:002006-02-11T18:39:00.000-06:00Number one I have no comment other than if it is f...Number one I have no comment other than if it is fiction sell it as fiction. I would be pissed if I had bought the book.<BR/><BR/>number two - check out her blog, really it would be a stupid thing for her to say and to have meant. Since she herself would never be able to crit anything. Her snarky writing didn't transmit to mb well. Well I think ;)<BR/><BR/>number three just amused me...sybilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342302708116383329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10823538.post-1138820719192993962006-02-01T13:05:00.000-06:002006-02-01T13:05:00.000-06:00Okay, I've eyed this one for long enough and just ...Okay, I've eyed this one for long enough and just have to comment on the second and third issue. Why I don't know. (G)<BR/><BR/>On the second, I gave up on reviews discussions long ago, mostly, but usually do get hooked into whating the train wrecks when they happen. What always strikes me is that people invariably seem to be talking about two different audiences - readers & authors - and treating them as if the same "thing" meets both needs. And they don't. Period. <BR/><BR/>Then they complicate matters by calling everything that gets posted about a book a review, from simple offhand comments to long introspective analysis. And they're simply not all reviews. <BR/><BR/>So is it any wonder that there's never any agreement on the issue? What amazes me is that every time it comes up maybe one person will actually bring up either of those points with any clarity. <BR/><BR/>And so the march goes on. Give it a couple of months and the exact same points will be made all over again somewhere. <BR/><BR/>As to the third issue, I too was rather stumped when I actually had time to go check out the discussion that it had even been brought up as an issue in the first place. Even if the picture is simply a marketing tool, why wouldn't an author do it and conversely why would it bother an author, any author, if readers noticed it and commented on it? That one definitely struck me as a tempest in a teacup for no reason whatsoever on BOTH sides. Seriously, I kept going back and reading different posts trying to figure out what I'd missed and what was so bad either way and I still don't get it.Bev (BB)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18212453718195511035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10823538.post-1138728600527638292006-01-31T11:30:00.000-06:002006-01-31T11:30:00.000-06:00I'm with you on number 1. And you know what? If Fr...I'm with you on number 1. And you know what? If Frey's memoir had been about what he ate last month, I'd expect him to be fairly accurate, even if I can't remember what I ate two days ago. If I don't remember, I don't write a memoir.<BR/><BR/>It's one thing to forget about the time you ordered pizza; it's another to write that you ordered 100 pizzas when you really ordered one. Kinda like that hour-long jail stint . . .<BR/><BR/>I interpreted number 2 differently. The author in question stated it badly, but I read the "peer review" issue not as saying only writers should review. I read it as saying that anyone can write an Amazon review. You don't have to state whether you're the author's best friend (or enemy), you don't have to state whether you have a vendetta against the author (Keishon didn't; I'm just using this as an example). You don't even have to have read the book to write a review.<BR/><BR/>So, I interpreted this as more a statement that anybody can post a review at Amazon without needing to establish credibility. But that's just my perception, and I can see why people came to the same conclusion you did.<BR/><BR/>I did think she was funny, but I didn't follow her around the blog circuit and read all the discussions, so I can't say I would have felt that way about everything she said.<BR/><BR/>Number 3 . . . well, I'm about to be very vocal despite the fact that I haven't read the entire thread. But I have to say that I just don't get how a reader takes one look at a picture like that and jumps immediately to, "She's trying to look exactly like Eve, so she must think that she IS Eve." To me, that's a <I>huge</I> non sequitur.<BR/><BR/>So, you've got an author wearing an outfit that includes jeans, boots, and a black leather coat. To me, that doesn't say, "Gee, this author must want us to think she's the character" or "This author must think she embodies the character, and how dare she do that when I have my own image of how the character looks."<BR/><BR/>To me, that says, "Welcome to the world of marketing." It's a look reminiscent of the world in the book. Period.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, this is probably the longest comment I've ever made. Obviously I have strong feelings on the subject (especially #3).Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07336947764683939123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10823538.post-1138724217345761532006-01-31T10:16:00.000-06:002006-01-31T10:16:00.000-06:00Well if you want to check it out, it's all still t...Well if you want to check it out, it's all still there for the world to read (at least it is today). On the Reviews Board, just scroll down to the post thread starting with "Memory in Death--excellent review" on 1/25 and "Photo" on 1/26.<BR/><BR/>And I find myself entertained with these flaps as well. It's just some of the behavior that arises out of the discussions that irritates me.Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01807907890205963102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10823538.post-1138716479616328562006-01-31T08:07:00.000-06:002006-01-31T08:07:00.000-06:00I need to get on AAR more often--LOL. I missed th...I need to get on AAR more often--LOL. I missed this one.<BR/><BR/>I'm always left puzzled by authors who 1. sic fangirls, and 2. then claim they don't do this. <BR/><BR/>I found the whole review flap rather entertaining--it did seem to show some people/authors in an interesting light?!?!!Tara Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963704767440694312noreply@blogger.com