Feel Good Review of the Summer
August 29th, 2005 | Posted by Shannon
An interesting review of Chow! Venice
I am glad to know about the “hordes” of people carrying Chow! around Venice, but as we only printed 3500 copies, I am kind of wondering how many of the 3500 people who have a copy were in Venice when this guy was. Twelve? That would be AWESOME.
Anyhow he still gave us four stars while complaining at the same time, mostly about other Americans. A very odd review. It’s not so much that it is a bad feeling about a bad review, but more that it was a good review with a bad feeling. Or something like that. You’ll get the idea. Sorry that I’ve created a bunch of screaming, obnoxious American tourists and sent them to all your favorite places.
August 29th, 2005 at 1:57 pm
Shannon: I gave one to Lillian Vernon (yes, she is a real person) and she loved it. Used it on her last trip.
August 29th, 2005 at 4:52 pm
Shannon,
I’ve used your book in Venice and found the reviews, in general, to be fair and honest. Sure, I’ve disagreed with you and Ruth on a few–but my taste buds may be different from yours.
As for that review, I read it and it’s dumb. I’ve had 5 books published and learned that you need to spit on the dumb reviews and cherish the good ones!
Chow Venice!
Sharon