Interesting discussion on Harriet and her reviews on the Amazon Romance Forums, it's always refreshing to read comments from those who haven't been jaded by the whole Harriet reviewing machine. I did see one comment that gave me a few good chuckles,
"I have trusted Harriet's reviews for years and I have seen lots of negative reviews from her." Now, if I'm not mistaken we've only seen one three star review from Harriet and nothing lower.
"If she gives a book a great review especially if it is a new author I have never heard of I buy it and she is usually hits it right on the nail." Really and truly?
"I find her reviews accurate and compelling and not a copy of the back cover........ " I'm not even touching that one.
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Oh, this is astroturf, 100% pure.
Btw, the author of the excerpts you quoted, "Betsy Lord", goes on to say (among other things), "[a]nd as far as reading books, I am retired and probably read anywhere from 75 to 100 books a month". Yeah, Betsy, I'm sure you do, we believe you... have you seen any flying pigs lately?
Btw, "Betsy" wrote some reviews too (www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A29EHXC7NHP4PD/) , but only a small number of them; she's no Harriet (good for her).
"I am retired and probably read anywhere from 75 to 100 books a month"
I was tempted to go there but I decided to behave myself. BTW, our stellar reviewer from the UK has been receiving some interesting comments on Amazon US, especially this interesting "oops", http://www.amazon.com/review/RZW5VLFCD0NB6/ref=cm_aya_cmt?%5Fencoding=UTF8&ASIN=6305558167#wasThisHelpful
I don't think I've even seen Harriet post a review for a book on a DVD. Wrong review for wrong book, but we're getting into new territory here.
Heh, not bad :-) . But now, didn't our dear old Hattie once post a review for a wrong book too?
Yes, she's done that on more than one occasion. What's funny is how many people find that kind of review helpful :o
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