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Confession time about my books reviews: I will only ever review books, TV shows, and movies that I like. There are plenty that I don’t like, but I’ll never review another person’s work with a negative review, because a substantial part of what we like comes down to a matter of personal taste. Plus, all of us work so hard and pour our hearts and souls into our creative efforts that I couldn’t publicly put down another writer. Book reviews should be the last thing we have to worry about.

Obviously, not everyone agrees. Just do a search for “Goodreads bullies” or “authors behaving badly,” and you’ll see what I mean. On second thought, don’t do it. You don’t want to see what happens when angry people leave scathing book reviews.

And that’s the reason you will only see 4 & 5 star reviews on my Facebook page and blog. Does that make me disingenuous? Of course not. There are plenty of things I didn’t enjoy. Actually, I’m kind of picky about my mystery stories, so more often than not, I’m left a little underwhelmed. It’s just that I refuse to spread a negative opinion when it’s just that… an opinion.

To better understand it, here’s an article I loved from the NY Times, because Sittenfeld’s “most gratifying” review was from an anonymous Amazon reviewer!