Yeah, pretty much. It's ridiculous. And like I said, the professional reviews in publications like Kirkus and SLJ aren't all accolades either. If what you do is review books, then it's ridiculous to say you shouldn't state a negative reaction.

Then too, I think there's push back against bloggers in a lot of fields right now. People who aren't "professionals" now have forums to state their views and opinions on things and that's not going over well with people who are used to a more rigid hierarchy of Provider, Professional Critic, Consumer.