http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/04/27/getting-it-right/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:10:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/04/27/getting-it-right/#comment-120542 Book Blog - Likely Stories, by Keir Graff - Booklist Online » Blog Archive » The "Right" Opinion Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:44:33 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/04/27/getting-it-right/#comment-120542 [...] I recently mused ad nauseam about how hard it can be to decide how to judge a book, even a book I liked. Reading other reviews adds a completely unnecessary complication, making me wonder: if everybody else liked it, and I didn’t, did I miss something? [...] […] I recently mused ad nauseam about how hard it can be to decide how to judge a book, even a book I liked. Reading other reviews adds a completely unnecessary complication, making me wonder: if everybody else liked it, and I didn’t, did I miss something? […]

]]> http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/04/27/getting-it-right/#comment-29283 Likely Stories » Blog Archive » Seeing Stars Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:22:19 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/04/27/getting-it-right/#comment-29283 [...] Anyway, I don’t want to revisit my past hand-wringing. My new guiding policy is this: don’t get jaded. Discriminating, always, but I don’t want to penalize a worthy book by withholding a star just because I starred a review the day before and I want to maintain my self-image as someone who’s hard to please. [...] […] Anyway, I don’t want to revisit my past hand-wringing. My new guiding policy is this: don’t get jaded. Discriminating, always, but I don’t want to penalize a worthy book by withholding a star just because I starred a review the day before and I want to maintain my self-image as someone who’s hard to please. […]

]]> http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/04/27/getting-it-right/#comment-14713 Likely Stories » Blog Archive » A Return to Form Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:57:49 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/04/27/getting-it-right/#comment-14713 [...] In April I wrote at length about In Plain Sight (2006) and my feeling that it wasn’t up to Box’s usual stellar standards (see Out of Range [2005]). So when I picked up Free Fire I was hoping that it would be a return to form. Much as it seems unfair to hold Box to his own high standards–it hardly seems possible that a series can get better indefinitely–I want each new book to be as terrific as the last. [...] […] In April I wrote at length about In Plain Sight (2006) and my feeling that it wasn’t up to Box’s usual stellar standards (see Out of Range [2005]). So when I picked up Free Fire I was hoping that it would be a return to form. Much as it seems unfair to hold Box to his own high standards–it hardly seems possible that a series can get better indefinitely–I want each new book to be as terrific as the last. […]

]]> http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/04/27/getting-it-right/#comment-208 Likely Stories » Blog Archive » The "Right" Opinion Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:31:36 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/04/27/getting-it-right/#comment-208 [...] I recently mused ad nauseam about how hard it can be to decide how to judge a book, even a book I liked. Reading other reviews adds a completely unnecessary complication, making me wonder: if everybody else liked it, and I didn’t, did I miss something? [...] […] I recently mused ad nauseam about how hard it can be to decide how to judge a book, even a book I liked. Reading other reviews adds a completely unnecessary complication, making me wonder: if everybody else liked it, and I didn’t, did I miss something? […]

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