Book Reviewers are Brave and They Shouldn’t Have to be

I really hope this post doesn’t sound self-righteous. I’m not perfect. I slipped up once in an interview and said that I disagreed with something a reviewer had said (without naming the reviewer or saying exactly what they said.) That aside, I think this post is very important for the reading and writing communities.

First off, we NEED each other. Without readers, authors would have no reason to publish books. Write books? Sure. But publish them? It just wouldn’t happen. And without autho...