Comments on: >Check for lint http://www.hbook.com/2009/12/blogs/read-roger/check-for-lint/ Publications about books for children and young adults Tue, 14 May 2013 17:58:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Anonymous http://www.hbook.com/2009/12/blogs/read-roger/check-for-lint/#comment-9286 Anonymous Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:41:42 +0000 http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3416#comment-9286 >Ha, nw, I know your pain! I put in a little linguistic joke that I didn't really expect the sixth graders to get. The New York Times reviewer didn't get it. At least one sixth grader did.<br /><br />Awkward. >Ha, nw, I know your pain! I put in a little linguistic joke that I didn't really expect the sixth graders to get. The New York Times reviewer didn't get it. At least one sixth grader did.

Awkward.

]]> By: nw http://www.hbook.com/2009/12/blogs/read-roger/check-for-lint/#comment-9285 nw Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:11:47 +0000 http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3416#comment-9285 >What nobody seems to be mentioning is how poorly written, ill-informed, and, yes, asinine many of the "professional" reviews can be--not just in Kirkus, but also in SLJ and Booklist; and not just the negative ones, but the positive ones, too. I've received at least one starred review that almost made me cry. It seemed to have been written by a near-illiterate who had never encountered the genre before. >What nobody seems to be mentioning is how poorly written, ill-informed, and, yes, asinine many of the "professional" reviews can be–not just in Kirkus, but also in SLJ and Booklist; and not just the negative ones, but the positive ones, too. I've received at least one starred review that almost made me cry. It seemed to have been written by a near-illiterate who had never encountered the genre before.

]]> By: melanie hope greenberg http://www.hbook.com/2009/12/blogs/read-roger/check-for-lint/#comment-9284 melanie hope greenberg Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:26:15 +0000 http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3416#comment-9284 >"But unlike the bedlam of the customer opinions that can pile up on those pages like graffiti on a bathroom wall, Kirkus' reviews were real". <br /><br />I've been tuning out the TMI talkers on FB, they are not so interesting. Kind of like the boy who cried wolf. When/if their news is substantial I might miss it due to their over projecting some phony persona that has become tedious. <br /><br />Kirkus was kind to me. I will miss them. >"But unlike the bedlam of the customer opinions that can pile up on those pages like graffiti on a bathroom wall, Kirkus' reviews were real".

I've been tuning out the TMI talkers on FB, they are not so interesting. Kind of like the boy who cried wolf. When/if their news is substantial I might miss it due to their over projecting some phony persona that has become tedious.

Kirkus was kind to me. I will miss them.

]]> By: Monica Edinger http://www.hbook.com/2009/12/blogs/read-roger/check-for-lint/#comment-9282 Monica Edinger Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:55:44 +0000 http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3416#comment-9282 >"...he not only reviews diffusely and emphatically (showing no fear of the Caps Lock key)..." or, in the case of some of my 6th grade Book Bloggers, no fear of exclamation points. (I will refrain from using one or a smilie, for that matter.) <br /><br />Seriously, thanks for this link. >"…he not only reviews diffusely and emphatically (showing no fear of the Caps Lock key)…" or, in the case of some of my 6th grade Book Bloggers, no fear of exclamation points. (I will refrain from using one or a smilie, for that matter.)

Seriously, thanks for this link.

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