There are many myths surrounding Italian wine, particularly the best types of Italian wines that are available. Perhaps one of the most notorious myths is that a bottle of Italian should only be an accompaniment to an Italian dish. The truth is that Italian wine can be enjoyed with many other Mediterranean dishes, such as Spanish Paella, a French carbonara or a classic Greek moussaka. Italian wine compliments a wide variety of dishes and just not be limited to the cuisine of its country of origin.
Sometimes I like to spend a little time by myself, enjoy a glass of wine and to read a book. I am very much into both, but it does seem as if sometimes my love for each seems to cause people to judge me and treat me in a certain way. Its almost as if they think I must have problems if I am choosing to sit by myself and drink a glass of wine, or read a book.
As a lover of both books and wine, I am in my element at Christmas: I get gifts of both in equal measures, seeing as you can get a decent bottle of wine for a reasonable price, and the same goes with books. Much as I love getting the books, there is one thing I am wary of: books which have 5 star reviews on Amazon.
Now, don’t get me wrong, if I enjoy a book and think it couldn’t have been better I will give it a 5 star review. But 5 star, to me, signifies complete perfection. It means that it couldn’t have been written better, plotted better, or had a better ending. Do I think that about most books? In all honesty, no. There is nearly always a potential for improvement, and that goes for the biggest selling authors out there.
Take the book I recently bought from Amazon, as a fine example. The book was about how to fix an Apple Mac, and got stunning reviews (I mean they were ALL stunning, and at no point did any of them say anything negative, or even remotely negative). But when I read the book I found that actually it was missing a lot of information and felt very rushed; as if it had been put together by someone in a serious hurry. So I gave it a 3 star review on Amazon, which I believed to be fair enough, only to have people moan at me in other reviews. My opinion? It’s just that, my opinion.
5 star reviews can be misleading, and that is certainly something to keep an eye on when buying
Without pointing a finger at the author of the book, I found out all the answers I needed and more at the following web address: http://www.coretechnicalsolutions.co.uk
The company seem to have their finger on the pulse of everything Apple Mac related and provided me with a completely fool-proof service (which was really what I was after when I bought the book).
So the lesson here is that 5 star reviews can be misleading, and that is certainly something to keep an eye on when buying any product. Me, personally, I look for a good range of reviews spanning various different stars. I don’t always expect perfection, but I do want honesty!
(Update: I did recently purchase a book which had an absolutely horrendous cover. I expected it to be hopeless and guess what? It wasn’t, it was really good. How’s that for complete and utter confusion?)
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