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7 Reasons I Write Book Reviews

Oct 18th, 2007
by John Ottinger III.

Criticism, that fine flower of personal expression in the garden of letters. ~ Joseph Conrad
I felt that with the growing (an appreciated) success of this blog. That it was about time I did a little explaining about why I do what I do. (Doo-doo. See? I can be funny.) There

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5 Comments

  1. Bill says:
    October 18, 2007 at 8:25 PM

    You forgot reason number 8:
    book reviews translate in many more “search” related hits to your website. More hits, more exposure.

  2. Tia says:
    October 21, 2007 at 9:27 PM

    Looks like the above comment (not Bill’s) doesn’t belong on this blog.
    Nice list. I have a bunch of reasons too, and most of them coincide with yours. Never really expected the free books, thought . . .

  3. Robert says:
    October 22, 2007 at 11:15 AM

    All good reasons, especially the free books ;) Seriously though, I’ll go with #7. It doesn’t get any better than doing something that’s fun!!!

  4. John says:
    October 22, 2007 at 1:57 PM

    Thanks Tia, I deleted it. Sometimes I get spam, which that was.
    For all and sundry. Reason #7 is the best one I think, and my primary reason for doing what I do.

  5. susan says:
    October 26, 2007 at 10:31 AM

    Saw you over at the blog carnival, just stopping in.
    Free books? How does that work? I get free books from the library, but I have to return them…
    I will check out some of your reviews, thanks!
    ~susan
    http://patchworkreflections.blogspot.com/

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