Reading Reviews

A discussion came up on one of my author e-mail groups about reading reviews of your work.  The point was made that positive reviews can lead to a swollen ego.  Negative reviews bring you down.  Neither of these are good things.

It's a valid point.  When I saw the (ahem) starred Publishers Weekly review for Red Hood's Revenge, it certainly pumped my ego up a notch.  "Transcends its predecessors"?  "Worth visiting again and again"?  Oh, heck yes!  On the other hand, Harriet Klausner called the ...