http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/04/18/back-to-work/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:07:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/04/18/back-to-work/#comment-120541 Book Blog - Likely Stories, by Keir Graff - Booklist Online » Blog Archive » The "Right" Opinion Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:44:30 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/04/18/back-to-work/#comment-120541 [...] I rarely read other reviews of books I’ve reviewed. (This is one of Keir Graff’s Rules of ReviewingTM, soon to be immortalized on a sticky note somewhere in my office.) Just as I’ve said that I never read the publicity material before I start reading the book - I don’t want some PR flack to frame how I see the work, or, worse, to have one of their cheerful phrases creep into my review - reading other reviews poses its own problems. [...] […] I rarely read other reviews of books I’ve reviewed. (This is one of Keir Graff’s Rules of ReviewingTM, soon to be immortalized on a sticky note somewhere in my office.) Just as I’ve said that I never read the publicity material before I start reading the book - I don’t want some PR flack to frame how I see the work, or, worse, to have one of their cheerful phrases creep into my review - reading other reviews poses its own problems. […]

]]> http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/04/18/back-to-work/#comment-450 Likely Stories » Blog Archive » Spoilers Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:19:56 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/04/18/back-to-work/#comment-450 [...] I’ve written before about how I try to avoid reading any promotional material whatsoever before I read a book, but because I’ve filed my review already, I now give myself permission to look at the back cover of The God of Animals. [...] […] I’ve written before about how I try to avoid reading any promotional material whatsoever before I read a book, but because I’ve filed my review already, I now give myself permission to look at the back cover of The God of Animals. […]

]]> http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/04/18/back-to-work/#comment-207 Likely Stories » Blog Archive » The "Right" Opinion Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:30:43 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/04/18/back-to-work/#comment-207 [...] I rarely read other reviews of books I’ve reviewed. (This is one of Keir Graff’s Rules of ReviewingTM, soon to be immortalized on a sticky note somewhere in my office.) Just as I’ve said that I never read the publicity material before I start reading the book - I don’t want some PR flack to frame how I see the work, or, worse, to have one of their cheerful phrases creep into my review - reading other reviews poses its own problems. [...] […] I rarely read other reviews of books I’ve reviewed. (This is one of Keir Graff’s Rules of ReviewingTM, soon to be immortalized on a sticky note somewhere in my office.) Just as I’ve said that I never read the publicity material before I start reading the book - I don’t want some PR flack to frame how I see the work, or, worse, to have one of their cheerful phrases creep into my review - reading other reviews poses its own problems. […]

]]>