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I'll adress the topic. One - two pages is not enough to give a good review. It would be more of an opinion based on those two pages. I read a book that was self published by a mother and daughter. Based on true events, I became interested in the backpage plot. After reading the first 3 paragraphs I wanted to throw the book out the train window. I didn't. I forced myself to read the rest of the book, painful as it was. I did leave a review on Amazon. The next day I returned to the festival and asked if the women had an editor. They didn't and were still "working on it." (the MS) Over the last few years they have published 3 other books and wanted me to read them. I couldn't. I opened the original book and checked, they hadn't fixed the problem. The word "was" had been used 5 times in one paragraph and numerous times in the following paragraphs as well as in the book. I do understand Whata WackyBrew   feels about reviews that are obviously not from a complete read. My husband built custom homes. We entered one of our homes in a Twin City contest We placed 3rd. Not bad, but my husband asked to see what the scores were based on as we felt the home was a little better than the other two. We were told the deciding factor was one judge said the garage wasn't finished. They never went in the house. It was obvious from their coments. The garage had been insulated, sheetrocked and painted. The ceiling was even taped and sprayed. That low score by a judge too lazy to get out of their car and look at the home cost us a very nice prize. If a person doesn't like the genre don't review it. I was asked today to review a poetry piece. I declined. I don't do poerty. I don't understand it and most of the time don't get it anyway. MY Blog: www.christinamweaver.wordpress.com  |
Re: July Topic ~ Whata you guys think? · 07-05-19 9:47pm 
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