
Open letter to Maggie Stiefvater
Friday, January 20, 2012Posted in: Authors behaving like twits, Azteclady Speaks, Review sites behaving badly?
Tags:Maggie Siefvater
Ms Stiefvater, you may have not consciously intended to, but you most definitely belittled book bloggers with your comments–just as you have in the past belittled romance readers (many of whom read you despite your attitude towards what they read¹).
“A review is an unbiased, careful look at a book — basically it is a little academic paper. It involves an itty-bitty thesis on your opinion of the book, surrounded by tiny supporting sentences describing the strengths and weaknesses of said book.”
Says you–and I disagree with you in the most absolute, unequivocal manner possible. (more…)