Comments on: Review: Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, Alexandra Fuller

By: Anastasia

Anastasia — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 21:17:03 +0000

Yay for reading so many awesome books so close together! I’ve just finished two 4-ish star books in a row and it’s very exciting.

Although I am also wondering if I’m being a little over-generous with ratings because I’m rating them right after finishing them, when I’m still high off the fumes of OMG That Was An Amazing Story. Sometimes when I rate books a few days after reading them, I have time to think over the flaws more and thus rate them lower than I might have done if I’d rated them right away. (Sometimes I go back and rerate books, too.)

But at the same time, what’s so bad about giving books a high rating, right? I enjoyed the story, I had a fun time reading it, and if it gives me a book-high then maybe it deserves a higher rating just for giving me a good reading experience.

By: NWK (@MumsyNancy)

NWK (@MumsyNancy) — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 11:31:47 +0000

In reply to Gin Jenny. Don't know. I Googled it, but clearly I have the quote wrong.

By: Christy

Christy — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 23:46:23 +0000

I read this almost nine years ago, but remember very little about it, which seems a shame, as your review makes it sound so good! But I don’t know if that is enough to re-read it when I rarely make time to re-read anything.

By: Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness)

Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness) — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 23:14:48 +0000

This has been on my TBR forever too. I keep wanting to read it, but then worry that it’s going to be entirely too grim. I’m glad to hear it’s now, and that it mostly just sticks to the facts, so to speak, in telling these stories.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 15:07:24 +0000

In reply to james b chester. Maybe I'm being overgenerous with my star ratings. I have found myself going back sometimes to look at old posts, and feeling I dramatically overrated some of the books I read.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 15:06:48 +0000

In reply to Jeanne. Hahaha, I think you will like it too. It's because it's very very funny.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 15:05:26 +0000

In reply to aartichapati. Hahaha, you should read it soon! What was the last book you read by a Zimbabwean author, eh? Eh?

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 15:04:35 +0000

In reply to priscilla. Yes, do! It's very good.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 15:03:37 +0000

In reply to Care. Yeah, I know very very very little about this place and time. I know that apartheid was instituted across what was then Rhodesia, and a bunch of people were really angry about it and formed rebel groups to combat it. And that's about it.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 15:03:00 +0000

In reply to Jeane. Bump it up! It's awfully good.