tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post2414294219859572977..comments2024-03-28T02:54:32.745-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Why I Review BooksTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-70727750458788791832008-06-14T11:20:00.000-04:002008-06-14T11:20:00.000-04:00Thanks to all who have commented. I agree that I d...Thanks to all who have commented. I agree that I do this to share a love for books that I want others to know about. Sometimes I feel like I'm preaching to the choir, and wonder if I'm really helping folks find new books. One thing I know for sure is that I love being a part of this community.Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-47892235382313825052008-06-14T08:07:00.000-04:002008-06-14T08:07:00.000-04:00I guess I am a professional reviewer in the sense ...I guess I am a professional reviewer in the sense that my profession allows me the credentials to review for journals like School Library Journal. I'm not a paid reviewer except that I keep the book. Why do I do it? I learn a lot from spending time with each book. I will spend several hours with a picture book thinking about its language and images; I may need to look at other work by the same tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14651702526007175517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-48654925092207800152008-06-13T01:01:00.000-04:002008-06-13T01:01:00.000-04:00I'm fairly new at blog reviews (started our blog i...I'm fairly new at blog reviews (started our blog in mid-February), but I blog because I love being part of the children's lit blogging community. This is a community that loves children's books, can't wait for the new releases (ARCS are the best!), want to make a difference for children, parents, teachers, and librarians. We love to comment on posts that really get us excited about a book we Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06549453373381775445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-47440182357281486222008-06-12T10:58:00.000-04:002008-06-12T10:58:00.000-04:00Hmm. There's a little square in my comment that w...Hmm. There's a little square in my comment that was meant to be a smiley face. It is so tricky convaying wry-ness/irony with written words.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-27279768410790796182008-06-12T10:57:00.000-04:002008-06-12T10:57:00.000-04:00I second Jules' mention of blogging for intellect...I second Jules' mention of blogging for intellectual stimulation -- my professional life has nothing to do with books, and although archaeology isn't so bad, I really like reading and talking about books more....<BR/><BR/>Here’s why I blog, with my reasons arranged in order of selfishness: I like talking about books, and I like reading books before their release dates. I like having email Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-77995078758899272922008-06-11T16:50:00.000-04:002008-06-11T16:50:00.000-04:00Word, Adrienne! It's a lot like a part-time job. S...Word, Adrienne! It's a lot like a part-time job. Sometimes I question my sanity. It's a lot of work for no pay. Well, traditional pay, I should say, 'cause it pays off in the ways Jen is talking about. I truly do feel like more books (for children) than NOT are kinda craptacular (how's that for professional-sounding?), and so I feel like those of us who blog about the ones that don't talk down toJules at 7-Imphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439756778611468303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-80960302014754004302008-06-11T14:20:00.000-04:002008-06-11T14:20:00.000-04:00True enough, Adrienne! And I hope to be able to ta...True enough, Adrienne! And I hope to be able to talk with you about things like this more at the next Kidlitosphere conference.Jen Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10343476550309656223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-85338131694267464922008-06-11T14:12:00.000-04:002008-06-11T14:12:00.000-04:00I think we all have a lot to say about it because ...I think we all have a lot to say about it because when you put the kind of time into blogging that we do (and I must take a moment to acknowledge that you guys all do WAY more reviews than I do), you have to spend some time asking yourself why you're doing it. It's one of the things I wound up talking to a lot of people about at the Kidlitosphere Conference last year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-44274242517649758792008-06-11T13:58:00.000-04:002008-06-11T13:58:00.000-04:00Excellent discussion, Tricia! I started reviewing ...Excellent discussion, Tricia! I started reviewing because I was reading books I loved, and wanted to talk with other people who loved these kinds of books. What keeps me reviewing, however, is the occasional feedback that I get from parents or teachers or librarians that they find my reviews helpful in discovering books to recommend to kids. That makes me feel like, in my own small way, I'm Jen Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10343476550309656223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-75072985000455693742008-06-11T13:28:00.000-04:002008-06-11T13:28:00.000-04:00You talk about reviewing for teachers, but you als...You talk about reviewing for teachers, but you also provide a GREAT service to us librarians (though I'm currently not a working one).<BR/><BR/>I just wanted to add that it's so interesting to me that any of us need to stop and say, 'we don't get paid to do this.' I mean, what blogger does? Aren't we all just book nerds doing this for free? Running our mouths about books we love, 'cause we can't Jules at 7-Imphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439756778611468303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-16558421406677314322008-06-11T12:35:00.000-04:002008-06-11T12:35:00.000-04:00I started out in professional reviewing, which I r...I started out in professional reviewing, which I really enjoyed for a lot of reasons, but I also found it frustrating. Most of the time, you review what you're given, whether you have anything particularly interesting to say about it or not. You also work within the confines of the publication you're writing for in terms of what you can discuss, word count, etc. While I understand the importance Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com