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.

Wednesday, 21 July 2010

CLOSED FOR HOLIDAYS UNTIL SEPTEMBER

As we're sure you are aware, it is that time of year again when schools are out and everyone dashes off to hotter climates and we're no exception!

The TTAB main website will not be updated from 22 July until 1st September 2010.
What this means to you is:
  • The winner of our current (July) Readers' Choice will not be notified until September and therefore will have a delay in getting their book,
  • No new reviews will be loaded onto the website,
  • The August Readers' Choice competition will go ahead as usual,
  • There will be NO Readers' Choice comp for September
And that's it really...

Wishing everyone and our members a happy summer!  Oh, and remember, we have left you with our selection of tasty summer reads - because we're considerate like that!

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous22 July 2010 at 21:00

    Sad sad day. The Truth about Books should not be allowed to go on holiday. :P

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