{"id":2991,"date":"2009-07-14T00:00:32","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T04:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shilohwalker.wordpress.com\/?p=2991"},"modified":"2009-07-14T00:00:32","modified_gmt":"2009-07-14T04:00:32","slug":"a-letter-to-ms-corrigan-book-critic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/2009\/07\/a-letter-to-ms-corrigan-book-critic\/","title":{"rendered":"A letter to Ms. Corrigan, book critic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ms. Corrigan<\/p>\n

Caught a link on twitter about the review you wrote for Ms. Roberts’ latest book<\/a>.\u00a0 Obviously you didn’t enjoy.\u00a0 That’s fine.\u00a0 I don’t always like every book I read, although I do tend to enjoy NR’s stuff.<\/p>\n

But to each their own.\u00a0 You didn’t like it.\u00a0 That’s cool.<\/p>\n

Here is what isn’t<\/em> cool.<\/p>\n

Your comment:<\/p>\n

So here I am, caught between a rock and a hard place. Roberts’s feisty heroines are often stuck in this kind of fix at the climax of her tales just before a deus ex machina in the form of Mother Nature or a hunky guy drops in to rescue them. That’s why women read Nora Roberts: to live out vicariously the fantasies that real life doesn’t provide.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Okay, I must say… NOT COOL. Guess what? I’ve got a life. I’ve got a family. I’ve got a career. I’ve got friends. I don’t need to live vicariously thru the pages of a book. Assuming that one reads only because they fantasize about what lies within the pages of a book is pure crap.<\/p>\n

One could assume, by your reasoning, that anybody who reads detective fiction is either fantasizing about being a cop, or even a psycho killer.<\/p>\n

Here’s my theory…one reads detective fiction because they enjoy it.<\/p>\n

I read romance, because I enjoy it. That doesn’t mean I want to get stuck in the middle of one of the books I read.<\/p>\n

Enjoyment doesn’t have to equal vicarious living.\u00a0 But here’s a question for you… if somebody does read a book for the vicarious thrills…so what?\u00a0 It’s their time, their life, so why the need to mock them?<\/p>\n

Perhaps that is why you get angry emails when you give a negative review.\u00a0 If you frequently feel the need to make assumptions on why people read whatever they choose to read, and you frequently dole out snotty, better-than-thou commentary, it’s no wonder you get angry emails.<\/p>\n

It’s a book.\u00a0 If you hate it…fine.\u00a0 Tell us why.\u00a0 If you love it…fine.\u00a0 Tell us why.\u00a0 But don’t assume you know<\/em> why we choose to read romance.\u00a0 Because obviously, you don’t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ms. Corrigan Caught a link on twitter about the review you wrote for Ms. Roberts’ latest book.\u00a0 Obviously you didn’t enjoy.\u00a0 That’s fine.\u00a0 I don’t “A letter to Ms. Corrigan, book critic”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10161045129738658_54762468447":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_bluesky_dont_syndicate":"","_bluesky_syndication_accounts":"","_bluesky_syndication_text":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[42],"tags":[566],"class_list":["post-2991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ponderings","tag-romance"],"yoast_head":"\nA letter to Ms. Corrigan, book critic - 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