Blogging Confession -- Social Media with Authors

Social networking with authors: Do you interact on Twitter/Facebook etc. with authors? Does it affect how you review their work or do you look at their books differently because you are on friendly terms with them?


Yes I interact with authors on Facebook , and on Twitter. I have become good friends with some authors but since I haven't met them in real life then its okay. 


I live in area where there are some local authors , and I did become friends with Brenda Pandos . I have read and reviewed two books of hers on the blog. I also got to know through MOPS, an organization for moms to hang out. I also became a member of her street team. So I reviewed her 2nd book on the blog and she sent me an email that I gave something away in my review. So I deleted that offending little line. I had to make choice of what was important so I decided not be apart of street team. I think being apart of street team is great way to help an author out. 


But it got me thinking about relationships and authors. I am a friend to her , and with that email crossed a line  because I wasn't being HONEST in my reviews. But  I made a point to friend her and just read her books, and no reviews up on the blog because I had a personal relationship the author. 


Yes I do think friending them does affect reviews whether good or bad because sometimes with the Internet or good reads their actions become known to all. I have friended some authors through Facebook and I think I follow a decent amount of authors on Twitter. I enjoy when they interact with their fellow fans, but if they are just doing the same thing , I not follow them. I have also stopped friending authors through Good Reads , to be a objective reviewer of their body of work. 


I am also a friend to Gini Koch and  love to read her series...in fact I want to clean her home to read the next book. But I also know if I do meet her and get personal ...my blogging relationship might change. I think that why I want to meet authors but not have close relationships with them. 


I do love the authors and the world that they create , but there is a fine line with reviewer/ author and what lines do get crossed with those friendships. That's what I have chosen to do for me. 


1/17/12 -- I wanted to add with all the hoopla and good reads with what authors are saying or not saying about book reviewers.I do think that with the book blogging community is wonderful but I also think that some of the authors comments are unbecoming or even doing blog post against a negative review is stirring the pot . 


Not all books are created the same just as my reviews don't always reflect how I connected with the characters because MY life experiences either make the book more enjoyable or not. 

I want to love every book  but I don't. 
I want to love every author but I don't .
I want to read all the books in my reading pile but I won't 
I want to get the coveted ARC's but I don't 


Thanks Karen and Tiger for letting me talk about this topic 

Scary School Book Review

Charles Nukid and his adventures into this scary school. He meets all sorts of freaky and scary friends. He has dragon teacher and all the characters he meets through out his year at school.

He is one of the only normal kids there and there differences are celebrated. They have a games at the end of the year.There are so many different scary characters. I think my favorite was Jason with the Hockey Mask who used a chainsaw.

I thought my older kids would want to read this book , but sadly it didn't interest them in reading it.

Cute story and would  recommend this book to kids

Book Review=B

Thanks to the author for this book and this is my Honest Review

Overbite Book Review

Meena Harper lives with her brother . She also has a job with the Palatine Guard. She used to be in love with Lucian who is a vampire. They still have their issues. She is attracted to demon hunter Alaric.
Meena also has some special abilities in which she know that somethings are going to happen. She needs to figure out her heart. She is also having weird dreams about a book and an Angel.

This was a cute book and loved the humor. I loved that Meena dog was named Jack Bauer. Even though this was a second book in the series, it was very easy to catch up on the story line.

I do enjoy reading Meg's books

Book Review=B

Thanks to William Morrow for the book and this is my Honest review and this book is already out.

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*** Yes I know that you have all seen this but I accidentally deleted the original post by phone , so I wanted it back up again. Sorry for the mass confusion. I admit it was blogger fail on my part.

Welcomes new followers--Been busy with kid stuff

Angelina Secret & Fever Book Reviews

Angelina spent years in counseling learning that Josie, her imaginary friend, wasn't real, but it turns out her childhood friend wasn't imaginary after all.Now Angelina has to accept she's either (A) crazy or (B) able to see ghosts. Wanting to believe in her sanity, she chooses (B) and welcomes Josie back into her life. But even Josie can't help her deal with Shelly, the spirit of a confused teenager, and things go very, very wrong.When Angelina finds herself in a psychiatric hospital, she faces a choice: she can spend the rest of her life pretending to be someone she isn't, or she can embrace who she is and take a chance that she may never get to go home( good reads)


I read a couple chapters of this book and I couldn't get into it at all. I tried to relate to the character in some way.  Maybe it was the writing but this book wasn't enough for me to even get to page 50.


DNF 


Thanks to spencerhill for the book 


Fever is the second book in the chemical garden series. This book was a drug induced and many characters were sleeping though out it. There wasn't much in the way of the story moving ahead , but this book Rhine and Gabriel did go to the Carnival. There wasn't in the way of a relationship with Gabriel or Rhine. I found with the sleeping or many fevers that I didn't care as much as I should. 

Rhine still wears her wedding ring to Lindon, and has many memories of that time there and also of her sister wives. There was more information and we even see some memories of her life with her parents.  I mentioned on twitter that my mind was blown...I think it was because I kept hoping for something more from this book, and it didn't happen. Usually second books in the series will make or break whether or not I will continue on with it , and with this one I am on the fence.  I do think Housemaster Vaughn has some secrets and trying to solve the epidemic. I also think that the thought of trying to live the day was a good one. 


Book Review= D


Thanks to Mindy and this is my Book 

 

IMM-- Borrowing from Karen

Thanks Karen for sharing the books and many of these are on my wanting to read pile .

The List
A Want so Wicked-- already read this book and loved it . Harlin --swoon
Love Torn
Hemlock
Struck
Bewitching
172 Hours
Wanted
Insignia
Brave new love

Many of these are @harperteen , but there is @FSG @lbkids

Spin Book Review

Kate life is falling apart. She wants this job but arrives to it hungover. She doesn't want to admit to drinking is a problem. When the job requires her to undercover at rehab, she does what any writer will do. She goes for it. This is her dream job to working and talking about music. While in rehab , she isn't liking it in the beginning , but slowly gets with it.

 She also befriends Amber who is the girl next door, but she also has an addiction.  She meets Conner and Henry also in rehab. She also takes up a new hobby. Along the way she is making friends with the other patients. She even gets the story that she has always wanted, but this all comes at a cost to her conscience.

Kate does find some romance and she gets her life back on track. She also realizes her mistakes and that she is a liar. This was a chick lit but it wasn't and so much more. I enjoyed this story much more than I thought I would. I also enjoyed that there was a play list on the back for each chapter.

Book Review=B

This book comes out today

Thanks to William Morrow and this is my Honest Review