I was telling my husband about Brad Meltzer’s hilarious video about his book Book of Lies and the poor reviews it has received. I told him that I thought it was such a gracious way to respond to poor reviews that it made me want to go out and buy the book!
That night, I found the book on one of the to-read stacks next to my bed. I had completely forgotten I owned it!
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I’ve accidentally bought multiple copies of a book before. What is even more embarrassing is getting home and discovering you’ve already READ the book you just bought.
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Twitter: booksandmovies
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Laura – I’ve had that happen, too!
Loved it! Thanks for sharing!
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Sheri – you’re welcome – thought you all would get a chuckle out of it.
That video was hilarious! I think I want to read it too now; I LOVE an author with a sense of humor, especially about bad critiques. Thanks for sharing!
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Kay – I agree – even if the book isn’t that great, I admire the way he responded to the review.
I am not particularly fond of Meltzer’s writing but I agree that he is definitely very gracious about the negative reviews.
As far as your TBR, I have the same problem. At least I used to have. I finally put my books on my iPod app and now when I go to the bookstore and want to get a book I first check if by any chance I already own it.
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Lilly- I need to find a way to keep track of the unread books I own. The main problem is they’re scattered all over the house!
I keep a book log for that exact same reason. I can look it up and know that I have the book and then try to locate it.
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Kathy – I really need to do that.
Bwah ha ha ha! I’ve done that, too! I’ve actually bought duplicates a couple of times. Don’t you feel better for telling, now? It’s like BA, bookaholics anonymous, “Hi, my name is Carrie, and I’m a bookaholic.”
Hi Carrie
I agree, though, the gracious humorous way he’s dealt with the bad reviews is great and makes me want to read it, too. I know he won’t go all Hoffman on me if I don’t like it and write a negative review of it
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Alisha – “Go all Hoffman on me” – love it! Hoffman can be a verb now – Oh, no, I’ve been Hoffmaned!
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Don’t feel bad…we’ve all done it. I love this video, and you are right. It makes me want to buy it just because of his sense of humor!
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Sandy – good to know I’m not alone!
That’s pretty good! I loved that youtube video too and it made me want to buy his book. I don’t have that one, but several others of his on my stacks.
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Stacy – I haven’t read anything by him before, but the premise of his book is intriguing.
too funny! Looking forward to your review.
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Care – Please don’t hold your breath, because it’s going to be a while before I get to it! My review copy/ARC pile is huge right now.
Twitter: lakesidemusing
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LOL! That’s when you know you have too many books!
Twitter: booksandmovies
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JoAnn – exactly!
Ha,ha… I’ve bought multiple copies of books a few times because my stacks are just overwhelming and I forget what I have! Actually I do keep a list of everything I have but I don’t always carry the list – tsk,tsk.
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Iliana – yes, it would only work if I remembered to check the list!
I saw his video response. Pretty funny. I actually finished the book a few weeks ago, but never got around to writing a review.
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Kev – So what did you think of it?
I love that book trailer. Now you’ve got me wanting to see if it’s on my shelf too. LOL I don’t think it is, but you never know . . .
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LF – I know – I’m wondering what other forgotten treasures are hiding amid my stacks!
Twitter: BethFishReads
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That video makes me feel better about having bought the book (I haven’t read it yet!)
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Beth – it was a great way to respond, in my opinion!
Has it gotten negative reviews? That’s kind of sad.
I actually liked the book fairly well (reviewed it in two places, even), though I wasn’t thrilled by the ending. I just felt he reached a little beyond what anyone can plausibly write about, so it wasn’t entirely his “fault.”
By coincidence, I’m reading another of his books now, and to describe it as “suspenseful” is a major understatement.
Perhaps I should add this video to my own reviews of the book, eh?
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Phyl – glad to hear it’s a good read!
Twitter: msbookish
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That is so funny – and yes, it’s happened to me, too! I did read The Book of Lies, and I remember it as being an entertaining read. I thought the Superman angle was interesting.
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Belle – now that I’ve heard some positive things about it, I can’t wait to read it!