Comments on: 2009 – Statistics and Year-End Favorites

By: Tia Nevitt

Tia Nevitt — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:18:37 +0000

You’re welcome, and thanks for putting this into perspective! Sometimes my fellow reviewers have me daunted by their output. Especially when they can manage quantity AND quality!

By: Justin Allen

Justin Allen — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:48:00 +0000

Also, Thanks Tia for including Slaves of the Shinar in your list. I am humbled.

And by the way, writing 32 reviews in a year is not a small number. If you were a full-time reviewer for the New York Times Book Review you would be unlikely to do too many more. And you have more to do than just to read and write reviews! So be proud of all your work.

By: Tia Nevitt

Tia Nevitt — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:00:56 +0000

WooHoo Jennifer!

By: Justin Allen

Justin Allen — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:35:13 +0000

I agree. A list that includes books we haven’t heard of is a boon to readers. For instance, I discovered a writer named Jennifer Estep on this blog, and gave a book called Karma Girl to my wife for some event a couple of years back.

By: Jennifer Estep

Jennifer Estep — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:43:04 +0000

Thanks for the list. You always give me ideas for new fantasy authors to try.

By: Tia Nevitt

Tia Nevitt — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:56:23 +0000

Isaac was great. I’m reading the next book, but upcoming debuts keep crowding themselves ahead of it. Too many good books is a good thing!

Thanks, Anne and Deborah! I think, Deborah, it’s because my favorite genre is epic fantasy, which is currently male-dominated, at least as far as debuts go. Wasn’t always the case, and perhaps things are already changing because I just received a review copy of an upcoming epic by a female author, and it looks QUITE exciting!

By: edifanob

edifanob — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:41:59 +0000

I loved Isaac the mechoservitor too. I still remember the first sentence that Isaac spoke to Rudolfo,the Lord of the Ninefold Forest: “Lla meht dellik ev’I”

By: Anne Elizabeth Baldwin

Anne Elizabeth Baldwin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:19:08 +0000

I think your stats are fine. Not everyone reads at the same speed, or writes at the same speed, for that matter. {Smile}

Anne Elizabeth Baldwin

By: Deborah Blake

Deborah Blake — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:27:26 +0000

I think the stats are great. Quality vs quantity! And I have just written down a bunch of names from your “best of” list

Did you notice almost all the authors are male? I wonder why…