I was too busy trying to figure out what I was going to say.
Roger Sutton at the Horn Book gives his two cents worth about blogs and reviews: I worry that Internet 2.0 is turning us all into better talkers than listeners--that's what will kill criticism from wherever its source.
© Elizabeth Burns of A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy
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Oh my god what ROT! Us bloggers only review as we know that we have an audience!
Also, does he not realise that the Hornbook, while a fabulous literary magazine, is aimed at parents and librarians and such, whereas many YA and children's lit blogs are accessible (in language and cost--ie. free) to teenagers and older children, the very people whom the books are written for?? Not only that, some are authored by children and teenagers for their peers.
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