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Most books reviews aren't very well-written. They tend to be more about the reviewer than the book. — Tibor Fischer

Sometimes writing about a TV show, or a movie, or a book, is the most honest way to write about yourself. — Aaron Burch

My book sales are way down today. Also, I've received two scathing reviews. One of them calls me a purveyor of insipid wet-dreams. — Nenia Campbell

I will only start taking book reviews seriously from the day that books are able to review readers. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Reviewing a book written by someone you're living with and sleeping with is, needless to say, wrong. — Jill Lepore

One cannot review a bad book without showing off. — W. H. Auden

On a book by Henry James: Once you put it down, you simply can't pick it up. — Mark Twain

Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it. — Mark Twain

Thank you for sending me a copy of your book. I'll waste no time reading it. — Moses Hadas

Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their work has been a waste of time. — Manuel Puig

If you have the indecency to steal my book, at least have the decency to write a review. — Grea Alexander

Shorter work - personal essays and book reviews - allow me to take a break from working on a book, which is good for the book and for its author. — Kathryn Harrison

It is always dishonest for a reviewer to review the author instead of the author's book. — Edward Abbey

I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the book won't change. It is written. — Jeanette Winterson

A writer hopes never to offend, but if he must, pray let him offend the gods before the reviewers. — Chila Woychik

I have turned off Google Alerts and don't Google my name or my pen names. I don't go on message boards. I don't read my book reviews. — J.A. Konrath

great characters, a real escape, such a fun and exciting read. Really enjoyed this book, cant wait for the next.

LOVE GREAT REVIEWS . — Genevieve Smith

Material Witness - book 1 (**Named one of Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2012) Nothing But Trouble (Contemporary Western Romance) — Lisa Mondello

I look upon book reviews as an infantile disease which new-born books are subject to. — Georg C. Lichtenberg

If a book isn't at least somewhat polarizing, it didn't say anything of value.
[Blog entry - November 1, 2014] — Ilona Andrews

We sometimes reveal how ignorant or bored we were when we read a book by giving it 5-stars. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

There is nothing like a good negative review to sell a book. — Hugh Barbour

If you like a book you read, tell someone. If you hate it, tell em harder. — J.D. Mader

I have a confession to make. For years, I earned a living - or a sort of living - writing negative book reviews. — Lee Siegel

Why do I do this every Sunday? Even the book reviews seem to be the same as last week's. Different books same reviews. — John Osborne

Reading book reviews is like asking other people to chew your food for you. — Ron Brackin

I mean, when you're tired of book reviews, you're tired of life. — Lev Grossman

I am honored and humbled by the fine reviews my new book "Why We Lover Serial Killers" is receiving. — Scott A. Bonn

Of all reviews, the crushing review is the most popular, as being the most readable. — Anthony Trollope

Just remember: it's worth all the negative reviews to get your book in the hands of those who'll love it. — Kira Hawke

The authors of book reviews would consider themselves dishonored were they to mention, as they should, the subject of the book. — Louis Aragon

I've never yet read a review of one of my own books that I couldn't have written much better myself. — Edward Abbey

Envy isn't always green; it's often black and white!" (On book reviews - from an article written in 2013) — Eric J. Gates

I don't read my reviews, I measure them. — Arnold Bennett

Children read books, not reviews. They don't give a hoot about critics. — Isaac Bashevis Singer

I have had a lot of readers of my book tell me that they like it, but so far only two reviews have been listed. Could you help? — Rollis Fontenot Jr