One of Many Reasons to Avoid Goodreads

Readers, knock yourselves out. There are free books to be had at Goodreads, a website that invites people to post "reviews" on books. But for authors, it's best to stay away. And here's why (from Lauren DeStefano - and thanks to Lisa for pointing this out):

... One of my favorite lines is "gets in our heads like a morbidly obese bumblebee with a venomous stinger."



To close, I'll quote one of the few Goodreads reviews I've read about my novel: "I assumed this book would be amateurish because I got it in a giveaway on Goodreads." After that, yep, I knew to stay away.