Young Bard he/him Posted May 22, 2016 Posted May 22, 2016 (edited) OK, a while ago, I made a post about how Sharders making book reviews about various books they enjoyed for other Sharders would be interesting (it's in the Bands of Mourning Review news page, if you want to track it down). Anyway, Rubix said he'd considered doing something like that with the other Sharder staff, so that we learn their tastes in comparison with ours and are able to guess what we'd like, etc. I haven't really heard anything about it since. So, I've decided to take a proactive step. Building on Rubix's and my ideas, I'd like to organize a group to create reviews. My aim is to have a weekly review, published alternately between about a dozen Sharders, so that each of us only have to write a review once every 3 months or so, which shouldn't take up too much of our time. If you're interested in signing up, or have any questions, or just want to voice support, here's the place to do that. I have a tentative date to start posting reviews at the beginning of July, but that's subject to change. List of Interested Sharder Reviewers so far: 1. The Young Bard 2. Jondesu (maybe) 3. Sunbird 4. Chasmfiend 5. Master Elodin 6. Slowswift 7. Nashan'Elin 8. Delightful 9. Orlion Edited May 28, 2016 by The Young Bard
Jondesu he/him Posted May 22, 2016 Posted May 22, 2016 I'd consider it, though I haven't done a book review in years. jW
Sunbird she/her Posted May 22, 2016 Posted May 22, 2016 I'm interested in participating. We get to choose what books to review, though, right, so long as they fall under the scifi/fantasy umbrella? Also, I have lots of reviews already written on GoodReads. Would it be frowned upon for me to post my old reviews of SFF books in lieu of writing new ones every time my turn comes around?
Young Bard he/him Posted May 22, 2016 Author Posted May 22, 2016 I'm interested in participating. We get to choose what books to review, though, right, so long as they fall under the scifi/fantasy umbrella? Also, I have lots of reviews already written on GoodReads. Would it be frowned upon for me to post my old reviews of SFF books in lieu of writing new ones every time my turn comes around? You do get to choose your own books to review, yes. I see no problem with that. 1
Orlion Blight he/him Posted May 22, 2016 Posted May 22, 2016 Only scifi/fantasy? Expand your horizons, man! 1
Clockwork he/him Posted May 23, 2016 Posted May 23, 2016 Interested. And I only really read scifi/fantasy, so...
Delightful Posted May 23, 2016 Posted May 23, 2016 Sounds cool. I don't think I've ever actually written a book review.
Young Bard he/him Posted May 23, 2016 Author Posted May 23, 2016 (edited) Only scifi/fantasy? Expand your horizons, man! You're right. I just automatically assumed that most Sharders would be interested in sf/f. If you have suggestions that aren't in that genre, but think that Sharders would be interested, then by all means they can be reviewed as well. I'll fix up the OP now. Edited May 23, 2016 by The Young Bard 1
The Honor Spren she/her Posted May 26, 2016 Posted May 26, 2016 This sounds fun, though I don't think I would be a good person for reviewing books. I'm very accepting and noncritical when it comes to stories.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted May 26, 2016 Posted May 26, 2016 Same as Honor Spren. My book reviews tend to be a few lines of gushing if I liked it, or fourteen paragraphs of sarcasm if I hated it. 4
Sunbird she/her Posted May 27, 2016 Posted May 27, 2016 Same as Honor Spren. My book reviews tend to be a few lines of gushing if I liked it, or fourteen paragraphs of sarcasm if I hated it. Most of the time I only go to the trouble to write an in-depth review if I really liked the book. Three times I have been approached by authors asking me to review their books (That experience always gives me a warm fuzzy feeling), with mixed results. Two of them I liked pretty well and gave mostly positive reviews (4 stars out of GoodReads's allowed 5), but the third was really awful and I was brutally honest but felt bad about it because the author was a nice guy. A few other times I have read books I was really disappointed with and just wrote a few lines about why I didn't like them because I didn't feel they deserved any more effort than that.
Orlion Blight he/him Posted May 27, 2016 Posted May 27, 2016 You're right. I just automatically assumed that most Sharders would be interested in sf/f. If you have suggestions that aren't in that genre, but think that Sharders would be interested, then by all means they can be reviewed as well. I'll fix up the OP now. Then I'll be interested to add some culture to the Shard (honestly, the ones I'm thinking of doing are fantasy anyway, so there's much ado, perhaps, over nothing )
Young Bard he/him Posted May 28, 2016 Author Posted May 28, 2016 Alright, I've added you to the PM. Twi and Honor, if you change your mind and want to take part, post here and I'll add you as well.
Delightful Posted May 28, 2016 Posted May 28, 2016 Same as Honor Spren. My book reviews tend to be a few lines of gushing if I liked it, or fourteen paragraphs of sarcasm if I hated it.Me too. I intend to give it a shot anyway. Hopefully it'll at least be entertaining
Quiver he/him Posted May 28, 2016 Posted May 28, 2016 I actually tried writing reviews once. It ended poorly. Still, if I read something I want to gush about, I'd be willing to give it a try. If people are interested.
Young Bard he/him Posted May 29, 2016 Author Posted May 29, 2016 I actually tried writing reviews once. It ended poorly. Still, if I read something I want to gush about, I'd be willing to give it a try. If people are interested. Just to clarify, that's a yes?
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