Grrrrrrr!!!
Hey you!! YES YOU!!! So there’s this dude named Roger. And you know what he said?? He said that kids write terrible, “painful” reviews!! (to read it, which i think you should do, click here.) I mean like if he thought that kids write too much or too little about the summary or opinion or whatever, he could say it politely, but NOOOO. And if you (YES YOU. Don’t you go away, I’m talking to you RIGHT NOW) think that my reviews, and the other Book Blogger’s reviews are NOT in fact terrible and painful, then go and leave a comment on his blog telling him EXACTLY how you feel!!! And what the heck, leave one here too, and tell me what you think!! If he thinks that some kid’s reviews are that bad (and even then he should be muuuuch more polite!!), it may not be like that for all kids!! Some kids write FANTABULOUS reviews!!! SO TELL HIM THAT!!! And you don’t even have to be polite, just give him a taste of his own stinky medicine!!!
December 11th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Hello c16rc, I am 50 years old and I am an acquaintance of your teacher, Ms. Edinger. I really want to know what kids think of books, and as long as they are honest, I really want to read kids’ reviews. It matters what you think and feel about books. There are some books that I hear about only because I ask my kids’ friends what they are reading. I ask them what their favorite books are from the last year, or from last summer. That gives me great ideas for what to recommend to MY kids, or what to read myself. Thanks for reviewing books, and for blogging!
Betty Tisel
P.S. Roger does have his good side, and he is willing to learn, so hopefully he will learn that there are great kid book reviewers!
December 13th, 2009 at 10:50 am
Like I said to one of the other Dalton bloggers, you need to cool it with the exclamation points. Used in excess (as here) they aren’t effective and sound, well, childish.
While being polite has its uses, I think being honest is more important. When I listen to anyone (child or adult) going on and on and ON about the plot of a movie or book or TV show, I get bored out of my skull. Don’t you?
December 13th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
c16rc, in response to Mr. Sutton’s comment, I can’t help but recall our discussion of style when we started Book Bloggers. Always be true to who you are!
December 13th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Looks like you got a bit of a “grrrrr” right back from Mr. Sutton!
Exclamation points are tricky — I used to use far too many too (teachers, in my experience, tend to do so) and am learning to cut back. But as Mr. Sutton said in his second paragraph — be honest. If your style of honesty consists of exclamation points, so be it. After all, it is your blog!
December 13th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
It is your blog and yes, I think a lot of exclamation points do make the review come off as somewhat “childish” — but hey, that might be exactly how you wanted to sound like. However, if you want to appear to be a bit less emotional or jumpy, you may consider cutting down on them. I use quotation marks a lot and sometimes I consciously cut them out of my writing but most of the time, I think to myself, “You sound like you are talking to someone and putting air quotes around the word or phrase. Is that what you want to appear?” If my answer to myself is yes, then I keep the ” ” on. This is all about doing a bit of thinking as we write and publish our posts. After all, a blog is a publication, and we are responsible for each word and to our readers.
January 1st, 2010 at 12:00 pm
I LIKE EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LP
I think that my writing style is to use lots of them– The more it sounds like a pep-rally, the better!! And i LIKE to be childish– sometimes. If you want to hear about children’s books, then you might want to hear it from the kids who read it, so it should sound as childish as it wants to be, because it’s supposed to. And I will not talk about the plot so much if that’s what he’s upset about.