Reviews . . . by Me.

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I tend to review the books I like, and/or the books that I think have succeeded exceptionally well at doing what they clearly intended to do. So far I have posted 21 (I think?) book reviews on Amazon, and they tend to be favorable. (Click the link above if you're interested.)

I discussed in this post why I don't generally review books I don't like. One point I did not address, however, is the practical fact that if I really despise a book — I mean if it makes my skin crawl and my gorge rise — I will probably not finish it. It's simply not fair to critique a book you didn't finish.

That having been said, you can probably judge pretty accurately whether you want to read a person's own work based on the reviews he or she puts out. My only proviso is to read at least three different reviews before making a decision; we all have at least that many paradoxical yet symbiotic reader-writer dichotomies residing within us.