EVER BOUGHT A BOOK ON THE STRENGTH OF THE REVIEWS ON THE BACK???

If you are like us (and probably one of the many thousands of book lovers across the globe) and have had the misfortune of spending your hard-earned cash on an apparent "best-seller"; you will probably also have experienced the dull thud as you bang your head against the wall, thinking "Why did I listen to the reviews on the back?!" The truth is: reviews found on books are usually self-promoting, PR stunt-type hype and not necessarily a true reflection of the books' quality at all.

It is our aim to tell the truth about books, but don't for one second assume that that is synonymous with us creating a blog to 'diss' authors' work - to the contrary - our intention is to provide an honest appraisal of each and every book we read. If the book is any good - it'll get a good review. If it's awful and a tragedy to the literary world - then it won't. It's that simple.

Tuesday 2 October 2007

Katie Price's Perfect Ponies - My Pony Care Book (ISBN 978-1-862-30365-2)

Now, let's not be prejudiced here... this is actually quite a cutesy book for any horse-mad girl (it is a predominately pink book). It offers some commonsensical guidelines on how to look after your pony or horse, but in addition it gives advice on what to do if you're not lucky enough to own your pony - all of which are completely viable and useful. It's actually a rather good book.
If this were written by anyone else and didn't include the shameless self-promoting photos plastered everywhere, I would be able to forget that the author is Katie Price, aka Jordon. For some reason, the very notion of a brazen 'glamour model' spouting pony care to impressionable children just doesn't sit right. Katie - if you're serious about imparting your clear love and wisdom on equestrianism - please leave the publicity angle out of it, then we can allow ourselves to dislodge the many images of your bare chest from our minds long enough for us to focus on the actual book.

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