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Brenda wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Our 8 year old grandson received the Best and Fairest Award for his efforts this morning, plus kicked a great goal! (soccer) He played like an absolute champion! Very..."I have to go and watch my son's U21 soccer semi final tomorrow. Although's he's played since he was 6 this is the first time ever that his team has finished in the top four, so he's just as excited as he would have been at 8 (but trying to play it cool!)
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I have to go and watch my son's U21 soccer semi final tomorrow. Although's he's played since he was 6 this is the first time ever that his team has finished in the top four, so he's just as excited as he would have been at 8 (but trying to play it cool!) "
Wow that's great Carolyn! Good luck to him and his team:)
Leonie wrote: "Thanks Brenda and Elaine! Am about to make the white chocolate cream cheese icing. I may lick the bowl."I would!!! It would be a sin to put it in the washing up unlicked...
Brenda wrote: "Our 8 year old grandson received the Best and Fairest Award for his efforts this morning, plus kicked a great goal! (soccer) He played like an absolute champion! Very proud grandma and grandpa!"Rightfully proud! Well done grandson :)
Back from our travels folks - had a wonderful time in New Zealand, but glad to be home again :) Still have a week off before we both return to work to start saving up for our next holiday. Would like to go somewhere special for our 60th birthdays in 2016 - but no plans yet other than start saving :)
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Welcome home Sally! I bet the temperature is vastly different than it's been for the past few weeks;) Fabulous that you have another week off before the dreaded work resumes...lots more reading to take place:)
Your 60th birthday plans will have to be huge to beat your NZ holiday too!
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Thanks Sally!
How wonderful for you to be there to see your grandson receive his award. That scores as a special Saturday. :)
Enjoy your son's soccer semi-final tomorrow, Carolyn. Rug up warm!
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Thanks Vicki!
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Most entertaining. :)I didn't realise that some authors were actually reviewing their own books. Conflict of interest springs to mind.
Brenda wrote: "Sally906 wrote: "Back from our travels folks - had a wonderful time in New Zealand, but glad to be home again :) Still have a week off before we both return to work to start saving up for our next ..."Not necessarily huge. We had been saving up for years to do a European river cruise last year - the one that got cancelled while we were in Hungary. So we used the insurance payout money from that to pay for this trip. Took a long time to save for the original trip so may not get I much saved in 2 years. I'd be happy with a week in Margaret River :)
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I didn't realise that some authors were actually reviewing their own books. Conflict of interest springs to mind."
I disagree with it wholeheartedly Vicki and think it should be obvious that they will like their own books! They shouldn't need to rate them...
Brenda wrote: "There has always been discussion on whether an author should review their own work or not, but I came across these couple by a popular and reknown author Patrick Rothfuss that made ..."LOL - love how he did this. What a great sense of humour :)
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That would be nice:) But two would be better!
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Yes I was chuckling as I read it. And see how many "likes" he has for both reviews!
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A very amusing man! It's obvious why he's so popular:)
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I know, people are very strange!
Sally906 wrote: "Back from our travels folks - had a wonderful time in New Zealand, but glad to be home again :) Still have a week off before we both return to work to start saving up for our next holiday. Would li..."Welcome home Sally
Vicki wrote: "Most entertaining. :)I didn't realise that some authors were actually reviewing their own books. Conflict of interest springs to mind."
Vicki, see also https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I loved the reading progress comments. Lotsa fun!
Brenda wrote: "There has always been discussion on whether an author should review their own work or not, but I came across these couple by a popular and reknown author Patrick Rothfuss that made ..."Very entertaining!
Haha... loved the progress comments, Marianne. :)
Oh pooh! I've pressed the 'hide' button by accident on my Homepage where it says 'Readers Also Enjoyed'?, I think? How do I get it back? Anyone?
Is there a setting on this page https://www.goodreads.com/recommendat... somewhere? I could always try hiding mine to see... ;P
Vicki wrote: "Is there a setting on this page https://www.goodreads.com/recommendat... somewhere? I could always try hiding mine to see... ;P"I wouldn't do that, Vicki!! I did that last year, Bette - I think you need to clear your cookies or cache or something... Hold on - let me check...
Bette BookAddict wrote: "Oh pooh! I've pressed the 'hide' button by accident on my Homepage where it says 'Readers Also Enjoyed'?, I think? How do I get it back? Anyone?"Is it the Recommendations section? Where it says "Because you read ____, a few similar books..."
This is what I posted when I figured out what I had to do:
FOR ANYONE WHO ACCIDENTALLY, OR DELIBERATELY, CLICKS [HIDE] ON THEIR LITTLE HOME PAGE RECOMMENDATIONS WIDGET, HERE'S WHAT TO DO.
You need to clear your cookies and/or cache for whichever browser you are using. (I was on my iPad --> Settings --> Safari --> Clear Cookies and Data - this will close all tabs you currently have open and seems to mean you need to log back into websites you are currently logged into, but once you log back into Goodreads, your recommendations are back on the home page!)
I don't know how you clear your cookies or cache in other browsers, but try googling "clear cookies (or cache) in internet explorer" or mozilla firefox, or whatever you're using. Hope that helps!!
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Is it the Recommendati..."
Thanks Kathryn:) I was going to post that as Michael put your helpful tips in the Basic How To thread when you did it last time:)
Brenda wrote: "Thanks Kathryn:) I was going to post that as Michael put your helpful tips in the Basic How To thread when you did it last time:) "No worries! And I thought it was last year when it happened, but it was only about 3 months ago!! It feels like ages ago!
Brenda wrote: "There has always been discussion on whether an author should review their own work or not, but I came across these couple by a popular and reknown author Patrick Rothfuss that made ..."He's a funny man! I sometimes dip into his blog to see if there is news of his long awaited third book and he 's always up to something amusing. Could be why the book is taking so long.....
Still his fans won't mind if it's as good as his first two ;)
Vicki wrote: "Most entertaining. :)I didn't realise that some authors were actually reviewing their own books. Conflict of interest springs to mind."
I've seen a few here and there. It's a bit weird, because you'd have to assume that if you wrote it, you like it.
Speaking as someone on the author side of the fence, it's even a bit weird reading reviews about your own work, and wanting to 'like' them, but not wanting to be overstepping the mark, versus not wanting to read them in case they hate your work, but realising that it's useful so that you can learn what readers do and don't like and where your writing hasn't worked.
And then there's the issue of authors commenting on reviews of their own work. That gets even weirder.
There's a whole realm about author etiquette out there that's very undefined. And now I'm wondering if I should have even said all that ;)
The Patrick Rothfuss stuff is hilarious, though! Poor bloke - hadn't even finished writing the book and people were already starring and reviewing...
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I didn't realise that some authors were actually reviewing their own books. Conflict of interest springs to mind."
I've seen a few here and there. It's a bit w..."
It must be hard Leonie:) I know as a reader and reviewer though, that I am thrilled when an author "likes" my review. Comments are good too I think, as long as they are not derogatory to the writer of the review. In the same way, the writer of the review shouldn't attack the author either...
Leonie wrote: "Vicki wrote: "Most entertaining. :)I didn't realise that some authors were actually reviewing their own books. Conflict of interest springs to mind."
I've seen a few here and there. It's a bit w..."
I think it must be really difficult as an author to read negative comments people make about your work after you have sweated long and hard over your writing. There aren't many other professions where you have to put so much of yourself out there in the public domain. But I guess you can never please everyone and you must have to grow very thick skins to ignore some of the comments people make.
I'm in awe of what writers do and I think Brenda is right in that respect is the most important thing. I also love it when an author 'likes' or comments on my review.
Carolyn wrote: "Leonie wrote: "Vicki wrote: "Most entertaining. :)I didn't realise that some authors were actually reviewing their own books. Conflict of interest springs to mind."
I've seen a few here and ther..."
It can be difficult to read negative comments, but we (as authors) have placed our work in a public forum deliberately, and we'd be silly to expect that everyone will like it. Reviews have an enticing, yet horribly scary fascination for me, because I like to know whether people like my book, but at the same time I need to recognise that the reader has just as valid a viewpoint as the writer and that if they say something I don't like I just have to suck it up and deal with it. (And not comment!)
I understand that there are some authors who've taken issue with reviews and then argued (publicly!) with the reviewer. That's just unprofessional and reflects poorly on the writer.
It's nice to hear that people seem to generally like to have an author 'like' their review.
Oh Leonie do press like if you like someone's review of your book - as a reviewer I get thrilled to bits when an author responds to my review of their book.
Sally906 wrote: "Oh Leonie do press like if you like someone's review of your book - as a reviewer I get thrilled to bits when an author responds to my review of their book."I shall henceforth remember to do so, Sally :)
Leonie wrote: "Vicki wrote: "Most entertaining. :)I didn't realise that some authors were actually reviewing their own books. Conflict of interest springs to mind."
I've seen a few here and there. It's a bit w..."
Ugh, there's one author I used to (very past-tense) follow on social media. Literally every second thing he would post would be a review of one of his books or someone talking about how great his books were - or a negative review, and how stupid was this person that they didn't get his brilliance? Or someone talking about pirating his books and how wow he's such a poor tortured artist aren't these book-pirates really mean?
I got so incredibly sick of it. There's checking reader reviews and then there's being obsessed with yourself.
Sally906 wrote: "Oh Leonie do press like if you like someone's review of your book - as a reviewer I get thrilled to bits when an author responds to my review of their book."I agree. Whenever the author"likes"my review, I'm on a high for ages!! Doesn't happen that often but still..
Good Morning EB's!! Still dark and quite cold this morning...only 2.4C here this morning Brrrrrrrrr! :[
Tweet, tweet, Early Birds:) Startlingly cold here too, 4C. Heater is ON.@Kathryn, thanks for your help!
Morning Bette, Julie! -0.2 when I woke. Has now skyrocketed to 0.6! Dogs are outside, but still wearing their jackets - I don't blame them! The cup of tea has been a good starter, but I should really stop browsing Goodreads and get ready for work. :)
Morning Bette and Leonie, it's actually dropped to 2.3C here now! ⊙_⊙ my little doggie ain't budging from her bed and I don't blame her either.So I'm getting another cuppa.
Freezing this morning waiting at the bus stop. I think it must be the coldest morning so far this winter. At least the train is warm :)
Carolyn wrote: "Freezing this morning waiting at the bus stop. I think it must be the coldest morning so far this winter. At least the train is warm :)"I think you are right Carolyn as they said that yesterday was the coldest day so far, and today is decidedly Ffffresher! Stay warm.
Oh, my, that's cold. When I got up it was 8.4oC but that was well before sunrise, so the min will be lower..... but never below freezing here on the coast.
It's definitely very cold for Sydney suburbs Marianne...were not not quite used to it getting this fresh :{
1 degree here and I will only get out of bed when I am convinced that someone has put the heater on.
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