I thought i would move the discussion a bit:

http://greekchat.com/gcforums/showth...threadid=50220

FWIW, the book got a positive review ("recommended for purchase") in Library Journal, which is used by nearly every public library in the country for selecting books.

The reviewers are librarians; since I didn't make a copy of the review and I've already sent that issue of LJ to the next person on the list, I don't remember who did the review. (I could look it up, though.)

AGDAlum
who is a librarian, and who does review for LJ (I wish they'd sent me the Robbins book, but they didn't), and who has requested the book via interlibrary loan

Question: do they ever give negative or neutral reviews, out of curiousity?

And in addition to kddani's question: is this based on quality of the book or how likely it is to circulate?

Just as some clarification (because a lot of people seem to be confused):

A. She follows 3 girls from "Alpha Rho" and 1 girl from "Beta Pi" - two rival sororities at "State U" - I believe all of these girls were Sophomores.

B. She was never initiated. The 4 girls pretended that she was a close friend.

C. THE BOOK IS NOT ALL ABOUT EXPOSING SECRETS. It is about the life of the girls she follows, and incorporated into that some explinations of sorority related things (chapter meetings, exec, hazing - YES SORORITIES DO HAZE, etc.).

I would love to give my rare positive opinion on the book, but I am not. I would only speak it from my individual prespective. But as in my sig, I am represented as a DG from USM on this board, and I will not talk about weaknesses within my chapter.

Guys, it's not that bad. I was more tore up about snapping a nail trying to open the darned box they shipped it in than what was actually written in the book. ;)

People on GC overreact to something??

that's unpossible!!

Kitso
KS 361