Pals, I got my third kirkus review.  I liked it but they were hard on me again.  But their choices of what to highlight were really funny and clever. I mean it is really funny what they did. It was kind of like that with donut novel too.  I don't know what to think about the sparkity bonkins book except that I was mostly happy with it and that was the most positive.  And yet something is wrong because these other two books were better and I know it and I think they know it.  

Weirdly I had a dream right before I checked email for the actual review, and I dreamt that I was in my room in Greenville where I wrote this book, and I had a hardcover small copy with small print, jsut the kind of books I like, and I got a video where they told me I got a star.  And I called my friend Liz Leverton and told her I missed Catherine and then I emailed my teacher named Ellen.

But about that, I feel that Nance and Trinie should also hear about the review if I tell people about it.  But I am not rushing.  I mean maybe I could still send Ellen an email first because she was me thesis advisor.

Anyway I am happy because they treated the book as a children's book. I just think they are thoughtful people who care about how the review can come across and help sell the book. And yet I just think a more positive approach would be appropriate when the authors pay and this is their main professional reading.

I get how it is kind of a compliment to hold it to a standard of classics and then say how it really does fall short.  I mean I can see the value of it. It reminds me of how I felt in English classese in high school, where I did see the elements of major works that were just philosophically off, and I loved being a critic. But I also am aware of the positives of my books that could have been highlighted instead of the worst that can be said. I mean why pay 400 dollars for the worst that can be said.