A lot of my readers here are book bloggers as well and as we know, book blogging isn’t all roses and sunshine.  There are disputes with authors, jealousy within the community, pressure to write good reviews for publishers, etc.  But overall, in my personal experience, I’d say that authors are the best and worst part of book blogging.

I have met some absolutely incredible people through my book blog that I never would have otherwise.  You guys know who you are.  At the same time, I have been subjected to nasty comments, author meltdowns (only in private emails so far) and generic emails by authors who think they’re entitled to a review without remembering basic courtesy.  So yes, authors are the reason why I’m doing this and the reason why sometimes I feel like saying “screw it!” and not accepting review requests at all.  (It’s very tempting at the moment, believe me.)

My question for my fellow bloggers is this: what’s the worst part of book blogging?  What about the best part?  Did you ever have an incident so nasty you almost considered giving up book blogging?