Category: GR Bully Meltdown


From our four part series Once Upon a Time in the Land of BookLikes, we shared a story about Gavin Hetherington, the author, who befriended the bullies to smear an enemy of his and in turn, was bullied and defamed by the very trolls he thought were his friends.  In the story, a passing peddler left a link to this article on both Evil Queen Shelby’s blog and our blog:

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Because of , which included a screenshot of his birth certificate (that we suggest is in his best interest to remove at this point from the public eye), the trolls have come to the conclusion that Gavin the author is not the same age as Gavin the thief.

But they’re wrong.

If you look at the title and date of the article above, it was written in May of 2010 when the old lady (who was the victim of the theft) was 89 years old.  She was, however, 88 years old when the theft occurred:

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Which means that the theft occurred in 2009.  Also, if you read the screenshot above, Gavin the thief was 17.  Therefore, in 2009, Gavin the thief was 17 years old.  Based on the information Gavin the author gave about his birthdate, he would have been exactly 17 years old in 2009.  So, he and the thief share the same age and coincidentally, the same location.

So, what are the chances there would be two different Gavin Hetheringtons exactly the same age and living in the same area of the world?

At first, we thought the chances would be very slim, but as it turns out after having done some research, the chances are very high.  We found several Gavin Hetheringtons of similar age living in the same area.

Also, and this is VERY IMPORTANT, we looked into the article’s story and contacted the people involved.  After following a long and arduous breadcrumb trail, we found that Gavin Hetherington the author IS NOT the same person as Gavin Hetherington the thief.

So, Shelby and her minions did indeed wrongly accuse Gavin the author of a crime he didn’t commit.

We feel an apology is in order.

Welcome back for the continuing story of Once Upon a Time in the Land of BookLikes.  Below is Part 4, the grand finale!  If you haven’t read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3, we recommend it before continuing.

Enjoy!

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Having been banned from Evil Queen Shelby’s court and from the Kingdom of Goodreads, Gavin returned to his home in the land of BookLikes and :

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And Troll Grim felt bad:

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And rivulets of dissent started trickling in:

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Then, suddenly, a flood erupted and that’s when the fighting began, instigated again by Troll Edward:

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To Sir STGRB’s non-surprise, he was blamed for the whole thing even when he had had nothing to do with it:

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So, SIr STGRB shook his head in wonder and continued to watch Evil Queen Shelby’s minions fight amongst themselves:

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Watching the whole farce play out, Sir STGRB scratched his head and wondered the very same thing as Troll Char, specifically: why were the fake reviews and twitter gaming suddenly not important to readers who used to attack authors for this very thing?

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Very strange.

Meanwhile, Troll Edward returned to his home in the land of BookLikes and made a public announcement that what he had done in the Kingdom of Goodreads, he had done maliciously and on purpose:

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And Spare Ammo called him desperate and icky:

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Then, the trolls and flying monkeys went after Troll Edward:

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Finally, Troll Amanda , acting as if she had never done anything similar in her entire life:

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Fed up with the behavior of her court, Evil Queen Shelby decided to leave the land of BookLikes and claimed she was going to leave the Kingdom of Goodreads as well:

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But when she received several pleas from her fawning sycophants:

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She decided to stay and they all danced in celebration:

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And Gavin?  What happened to poor, bullied and banned Gavin?  How did his story end?

Well, after having been shattered by the evil queen and her minions, he learned a very valuable lesson:

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He returned to his  in the land of BookLikes and continued once more to rebuild his life and his reputation.

The end.

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MORAL OF THE STORY:

NEVER get involved with evil queens, trolls, and flying monkeys because it NEVER ends well.  Stay very far away from them and their lands.

The reason we shared this story with you is because we wanted to show you what happens to a person when they get involved with the bullies.  Gavin originally went to them to smear his enemy, Joe.  In the end, he was the one who got smeared and bullied.

This is perfect example of why it’s best to stay away.  DO NOT associate with the bullies.  They are not your friends.  They will turn on a dime and you will suddenly find yourself the target of their hatred.  You will be guilty until proven innocent and what’s more, for many of them, you won’t be able to say anything to dissuade them from their conviction.  The best thing to do is stay far away from them.  Far, far away.

Welcome back for the continuing story of Once Upon a Time in the Land of BookLikes.  Below is Part 3.  If you haven’t read Part 1 and Part 2, we recommend it before continuing.

Enjoy!

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Suddenly finding himself :

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Gavin was so distraught, he prostrated himself before Evil Queen Shelby and begged for mercy, pleading helplessly for her and her minions to believe him:

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Finally, Evil Queen Shelby had had enough and banished him:

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Then, Evil Queen Shelby wrote a nasty, one-star review of Gavin’s story:

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Afterward, she told all the minions in her court to do the same, so they descended upon it with their dung shelves and one-star carpet bombs:

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But… this wasn’t without warning.  There was, among the members of Evil Queen Shelby’s court, a voice of reason:

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And Sir STGRB thought to himself that maybe those “nutty” authors weren’t so nutty after all.  That this was actually common troll behavior.  Even Troll Edward later declared that he hoped everyone in the land would remain “blissfully unaware of the shit-flinging contest that ensued.”

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He made this declaration for at that moment, something happened among Evil Queen Shelby’s court that hadn’t been seen in the land for a long, long time.  The trolls and flying monkeys began to turn on Evil Queen Shelby, daring to tell her that she was wrong, and then they all started fighting amongst themselves…

End of Part 3.  Stay tuned for the final episode of Once Upon a Time in the Land of BookLikes and the important moral of the story!

Welcome back for the continuing story of Once Upon a Time in the Land of BookLikes.  Below is Part 2.  If you haven’t read Part 1, click here.

Enjoy!

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Despite the evil queen image Shelby wanted so desperately to portray, her conscience got the better of her.  Suddenly and without warning, she turned on her bard and became furious with him.  He, along with everyone in her court, trembled with fear as she raged in a public speech, screaming:

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And then she threatened to destroy Gavin’s happiness:

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Troll Edward, well known in the land of BookLikes for his trolling shenanigans:

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Troll Edward was the first in her court to comment about her speech:

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Troll Bookstooge unfortunately arrived late and asked for Evil Queen Shelby to explain again what was happening:

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Encouraged by Troll Edward, the rest of Evil Queen Shelby’s minions began to speak out in anger, acting surprised and shocked that Gavin was *gasp* actually a liar — that he had lied about his sock-puppetry in the Kingdom of Goodreads and about his fake followers in the land of Twitter — as if they had never heard Sir STGRB’s warning weeks earlier:

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Then, Gavin did something very brave.  He mustered his courage and dared speak out, attempting to defend himself in front of everyone in the court…

End of Part 2.  Stay tuned for Part 3 of the continuing story of Once Upon a Time in the Land of BookLikes.

Once upon a time, in the land of BookLikes, there lived an author, storyteller, and bard named Gavin H.  Although Gavin was good at entertaining the people of the land with his stories, he was jealous of others and wrote a nasty review of a story written by his archenemy, Joe G.  Then, he requested an audience with the ruler of the land, Evil Queen Shelby, and her court of trolls and flying monkeys.  There, he regaled them with tales of Joe’s mischief-making, sock-puppetry, and lies.  Queen Shelby was so enraged, she issued a royal decree:

Go, my trolls, my flying monkeys!  Go seek out this Joe and serve him justice for what he has done.  Go fling your poo at his face and his stories until no one will hire him henceforth.  Go!

And they went.  And they did her bidding.

Meanwhile, a valiant knight named Sir STGRB, who happened to be passing through the land of BookLikes, noticed that not all was right with this Gavin fellow and that he was very talented at telling tall tales.  Sir STGRB noticed that perhaps Gavin, himself, was guilty of the very same mischief as his archenemy, which was sock-puppetry in the Kingdom of Goodreads, and that he was also guilty of acquiring fake followers in the land of Twitter that he claimed was due to charity work he had done.  So, Sir STGRB warned everyone in all the lands, showing them evidence of Gavin’s hypocrisy and lies.  But Evil Queen Shelby didn’t want to hear it, and instead of listening to Sir STGRB, she chose to overlook Gavin’s lies because he was her friend:

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Then, one day, a peddler passed by Evil Queen Shelby’s court and asked her if she knew of a man named Gavin H. who had stolen money from an old lady in the United Kingdom:

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Upon hearing the news, Evil Queen Shelby became angry once again and banished the peddler, while Gavin stood behind her and whispered into her ear, denying that he was the same man:

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But something wasn’t quite right and Evil Queen Shelby knew it.  So, she went to Sir STGRB and looked at his evidence, and then… something changed…

End of Part 1.  Stay tuned for Part 2 of the continuing story of Once Upon a Time in the Land of BookLikes.

Well, it looks like another person is calling it quits and this time, it’s notorious troll and cyber bully, Shelby, Evil Queen Wannabe:

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If you click on her Booklikes profile, you’ll she’s gone from BL:

And if you check out her , you’ll see she’s calling it quits there, too:

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Why?

Because of one of the biggest bully train wrecks we’ve seen since the original GR Bully Meltdown.  This time between Shelby and our favorite author, I-got-a-hundred-thousand-twitter-followers-in-one-day-because-of-charity-work, Gavin H.

And we screen grabbed the whole thing.

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Post to come.

Stay tuned.

We’re excited to announce that we have good news in this post, so keep reading!  First, Anne Rice just recently came across our post Anne Rice Owns the Bullies and made mention of it on her :

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Athena had already been communicating with Anne via email and meant to tell her about it:

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We are honored that Anne was pleased with it and hope that she continues to give new authors her advice and support.  She is a true superstar!

Now, moving on to other news.  In our last GR Bully Meltdown, we said:

Well, it looks like we’re seeing another GR bully meltdown.  Ever since Angela was kicked off Goodreads, she’s really gone off the deep end.  All you have to do is check her blog.  Scary stuff.  Not only that, Miranda, her partner in crime, has been going crazy on , stalking and attacking anyone who falls within her radar.  And finally, by the “monsters” who reside there.

So… does this remind you of something?  Hmm, maybe the snake fight we all saw between Kat and Ridley back in the day that led to The GR Bully Meltdown, Part 1 and 2?  Or how about the falling out between Jane and Ridley?

And now, it’s happening again.

As we said before, you put a slither of snakes into a pit together and eventually they begin to eat one another.  Quite entertaining for those of you who’ve been abused by them, is it not?

We’re hoping to see more meltdowns coming up this year so that by New Years, we’ll really have something to celebrate!  😀

We got our wish.  To everyone’s great relief, the GR bully network is continuing to crumble into nonexistence.  Since August of 2013 we’ve seen several more GR bullies get the boot from GR: Angela L. , Miranda and Grim, Alethea and Amanda, and finally Derrick the bully who started the attack on Lauren P. that led to her receiving rape and death threats.  Another bit of good news is that GR started to clean up its book pages to rid them of all the nasty shelving left by the trolls.

So what are we cheering about today?  Well, judging by , it appears as if Angela and Miranda, two GR bully exiles who were banned from GR for their behavior, kicked Linda H., Tina, and Grim out of a BBA Booklikes group (or something, it’s a long story) and it created one hell of a ruckus.  It appears to be a very complicated story.  If you wish, you can go to the thread and read to your heart’s content, or you can take a look at some choice screenshots we decided to capture:

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Although all of this may be rather entertaining for our readers, what caught our eye the most were Nenia’s comments:

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Now remember, this is Nenia.  The queen of the GR BBA group before it was removed from the site.  She was notorious for bashing authors and starting hate campaigns against them which almost always turned into full-force attacks.  Now, to remind you of her reaction to GR’s anti-bullying policy when it was announced:

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Major attitude change, huh?  This is the kind of thing we are glad to see.  To witness the trolls actually learning that their hatred and bitterness against others really gets them nowhere in the end.  To see them do a complete 180 and move away from their inner black beast is a very healthy sign.  We just hope this kind of shift continues.  When it does, we will be right here reporting on it.

In the end, all of this is good news for both authors and readers on Goodreads, and hopefully someday Amazon.  Stay tuned.

Well, it looks like we’re seeing another GR bully meltdown.  Ever since Angela was kicked off Goodreads, she’s really gone off the deep end.  All you have to do is check her blog.  Scary stuff.  Not only that, Miranda, her partner in crime, has been going crazy on , stalking and attacking anyone who falls within her radar.  And finally, by the “monsters” who reside there:

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The blog post we are referring to above is here.  It is describing the “people huddled around the light” in the BBA group:

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So… does this remind you of something?  Hmm, maybe the snake fight we all saw between Kat and Ridley back in the day that led to The GR Bully Meltdown, Part 1 and 2?  Or how about the falling out between Jane and Ridley?

And now, it’s happening again.

As we said before, you put a slither of snakes into a pit together and eventually they begin to eat one another.  Quite entertaining for those of you who’ve been abused by them, is it not?

We’re hoping to see more meltdowns coming up this year so that by New Years, we’ll really have something to celebrate!  😀

Johnny out.

Ridley Goes Nuts

After receiving this comment from torqueen on our post, Jane Spanks Ridley:

Wow, Ridley is still going on about Jane on Twitter.  RIP DA 2006-2012

We went over to  and practically died laughing.  Wow!  She’s really going crazy!  She seems to be taking this change in DA commenting policy rather personally, saying that it’s all targeted at her and what she did during the NA book giveaway.

Yes, Ridley, you are the center of the universe, aren’t you?

Not surprising for her.  On her twitter, she goes on and on about how DA has lost their minds, that they’re just as bad as Cuddleboogery, that she’s so victimized, blah, blah, blah.  It’s hilarious!

So now, that makes two blogs that have banned her: both DA and Cuddleboogery.

Hmm, are you starting to notice a pattern here, Ridley?  Ya know, maybe just a small one?

After this latest episode, does she do any self-reflecting, admitting that maybe, just maybe, she crossed the line?  That MAYBE she should say sorry and change her behavior?

Nope.  It doesn’t even cross her mind.  What does she do instead?  She starts asking around for other book blogs to troll.

Watch out bloggers!

And… and… wait for it…  she’s surprised that no one has any recommendations for her.

LMAO!  You can’t make this shit up!  It’s just too good.

We should all put out an internet alert to online bloggers everywhere:

Beware!  Ridley on the loose!  Your blog may be next!

If anyone wants to make a banner for that, we’ll post it here.  😀

Anyhow, we barely had time to put this post together because we’re all over here still laughing our rear ends off.  But after wiping away our tears of hilarity and massaging the stitches out of our sides, we managed to grab a few choice screenshots.

Better get your popcorn ready, because these are hysterical.

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But here’s the irony of all this, she doesn’t read what DA reviews anyway:

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And apparently, she doesn’t even read books in general.  One commenter on our blog said the last time she saw Ridley reading and reviewing a book was 8 years ago:

Yes.  I found a review of a book she claimed to have read and ENJOYED with a high star rating from… umm, at least 7 or 8 years ago.  I sent a screenshot to Athena some time ago before I realized how old it was.  Last I heard (close to 9 months ago) she “hasn’t cracked a book in 6 months”.

Uh, okay?  Why the hell does she want to know of any new book blogs then?  Doesn’t make any sense and yet, she keeps asking around for blogs and insists that “good places for frank book discussion are getting harder to find”:

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Here’s one where Looney is calling Jane a “fucking bitch”:

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And Ridley calls her a “master of pseudo civility”:

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Here’s a shot where one of her twitter friends equates Jane’s new commenting policy to the “negative reviews are mean!” way of thinking:

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And then, in another conversation, another of her twitter friends whines about one-star flybys on GR:

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Oh, the irony abounds!

But wait!  There’s more!  Here’s where she says that it’s all aimed at her.  Such a martyr!

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And that she needs a blog that’s run by northeasterners:

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And here a few more shots of Ridley whining about DA:

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And here’s where Shiloh tries to talk some sense into her:

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So, there you go, folks!  We hope you’ve enjoyed your daily blog entertainment on this episode of Ridley Goes Nuts.

Stay tuned.  There may be a part II.  😀

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Well, well.  The bullies are turning on each other again.  You all remember the GR Bully Meltdown, Part 2, when camp Cuddleboogery and camp Ridley (which included Jane Litte) went neck and neck.  Guess who it is this time!  That’s right!  Jane Litte and Ridley.

Jane published a post yesterday about her blog’s new commenting policy:

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Sorry Jane, but I think you meant disrespectful.  Unrespectful isn’t a word.  Just thought you should know.

Anyhow, see where she says: “A distinct lack of respect”?  I almost choked on my Madrigal Barberis Petit Syrah when I read that.

A lack of respect, huh?  Ya think, Jane?  And you’re just now noticing this?

Well, better late than never, I suppose.

So… can you all guess who chimed in first?  That’s right!  Good ‘ol Ridley and boy did she get spanked:

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And for those thinking that this is an April Fool’s joke, it’s not:

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Now, why would Jane do this?  Some of our visitors think she has an ulterior motive and others think she’s finally learning how to grow up (not going to hold our breath on that one.)

And yet, there are still others *cough cough* who think it has something to do with us:

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That’s right, Iola, you all are mentioned here on occasion and EVERYONE knows why.  And people believe us because we write the truth and we back that truth up with proof.  Ya’all might try doing that from time to time.  Ya know, providing proof for your claims.  It builds credibility, but then again, that’s something you’ll probably never have.

As for Jane, taming down the vitriol on her site is probably a good move for her and if she really is doing it for a good reason, then we wish her luck.  With that lot, she’s going to need it.

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