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Shameless

4/22/2013

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So I joined Goodreads and gave my book a five star rating. I did some research and discovered this  is the first time an author has ever used the Internet to give a laudatory review to his own work. It is, in fact, a practice that in future will be known as Henrying. (This according to Kneologisms, a  website that predicts imminent word coinages.)

In my own defense, it was the only one of the five Goodreads ratings that fit. Here are the meanings, as per Goodreads, of each of their star ratings:

                                             ★ = it made me puke.

                                             ★★ = it was okay.

                                             ★★★ = liked it.

                                             ★★★★ = really liked it.

                                             ★★★★★ = it was amazing.

Since it was amazing that my book ever got published (at least, I find it so), obviously, five stars was the only honest rating I could give it.

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Elsewhere on Goodreads, two people who are not related to me in any way and whom I do not even know, said positive things about What We Found in the Sofa and How It Saved the World, without me giving them any money or promotional considerations whatsoever.

These erudite and astute individuals are:

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and
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And I thank them here for taking the time and being so kind.
2 Comments
Bookworm
6/28/2015 09:33:06 pm

I would give both of your books a TEN star rating!!!!!!

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Henry Clark
6/29/2015 01:39:59 am

Hi Bookworm - that's very kind of you! And it was thoughtful of you to let me know. Oh, and don't hesitate to go to Goodreads and give the two books five-star ratings - they need all the help they can get!
Very Sincerely Yours -

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