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Post by Lee on Aug 18, 2011 16:48:48 GMT -5
So when I was trying to figure out the best way to redo the reviews and stories pages, Devogirl encouraged me to use a blog format. I thought I could do it with a forum, but I recently tried to update the forum and the whole thing crashed, which finally convinced me that it was an epic fail.
My punishment for not listening to Devogirl in the first place is that I'm currently transferring over all the book/movie reviews as well as a few of the newer stories to a blog. So far, it's looking much better and easier to use. Whew.
I'm hoping to get the whole thing to go live sometime next week. At that point, maybe I could add a few of you who want to be contributors either for stories or reviews. (Ruth, I'm looking at you.)
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Post by Inigo Montoya on Aug 18, 2011 21:47:13 GMT -5
So, does that mean that the stories will move from where they currently are?
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Post by ruthmadison on Aug 18, 2011 21:52:04 GMT -5
Oh no! Well, I guess it will turn out better in the end. Yes, look at me! I would definitely like to put up more stories and hope to put up some reviews too. Once I find some movies or books that Devogirl hasn't already done  |
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Post by Emma on Aug 18, 2011 23:15:30 GMT -5
Ruth I think you should review the same books as DG. Everyone has different opinions.
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Post by ruthmadison on Aug 19, 2011 8:42:55 GMT -5
Ruth I think you should review the same books as DG. Everyone has different opinions. That is a good point. I will do that. And I have a bunch of books I'm reading now that indie authors have sent me, as I put a call out for anyone who had disabled characters in their books! |
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Post by Inigo Montoya on Aug 19, 2011 9:52:57 GMT -5
Ruth I think you should review the same books as DG. Everyone has different opinions. That is a good point. I will do that. And I have a bunch of books I'm reading now that indie authors have sent me, as I put a call out for anyone who had disabled characters in their books! You are going to share authors and titles, right?  |
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Post by devogirl on Aug 19, 2011 9:55:27 GMT -5
Haha, great thread! ;D
Go ahead and post your own reviews of the same books or start up discussions on this board, that's fine with me. However, I think of the reviews section as a way to introduce people to new titles they may not have heard of before. Personally I think the reviews of those indie authors who sent books to you would be much more helpful.
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Post by ruthmadison on Aug 19, 2011 9:56:12 GMT -5
That is a good point. I will do that. And I have a bunch of books I'm reading now that indie authors have sent me, as I put a call out for anyone who had disabled characters in their books! You are going to share authors and titles, right? Definitely. I'm going to do reviews at Amazon and Goodreads for them and for the good ones, attempt author interviews at my website (I've done two so far!) And I'm going to come over here and let everyone know. ;D |
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Post by ruthmadison on Aug 19, 2011 9:58:33 GMT -5
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Post by ~Z28gal~ on Aug 19, 2011 11:37:27 GMT -5
I have a five page list of "dev books" I've read... one of these days, I'll get around to reviewing them, but I can at least post the list with my very brief and occasionally non-existant notes.
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Post by ruthmadison on Aug 19, 2011 11:41:34 GMT -5
You should do that! Just the list will be helpful too.
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Post by ruthmadison on Aug 19, 2011 12:09:24 GMT -5
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Post by ruthmadison on Aug 19, 2011 12:17:39 GMT -5
These are two lists I came across online that I'm going to look through and pick out the ones that seem interesting to me. The first is a list of romances and the second is a list that includes almost any kind of disability you could think of.
Exposure - By Susan Andersen
Paradise Found - By Mary Campisi
Left at the Altar - By Justine Davis
Taste of Love - By Elizabeth Glenn
Beauty and the Boss - By Lucy Gordon
A Pirate at Heart - By Marcy Gray
Rainbow's Promise - By Marcy Gray
One Tough Hombre - By Joan Hohl
The Return of Slade Garner - By Dee Holmes
Come Lie with Me - By Linda Howard
One Tough Texan - By Jan Hudson
A Stranger Called Adam - By B.J. James
Tears of the Rose - By B.J. James
Absolute Trouble - By Michelle Jerott
Snowbound - By Janice Kay Johnson
What She Wants for Christmas - By Janice Kay Johnson
Born to Protect - By Virginia Kantra
Family Matters - By Joan Kilby
A Rose for Maggie - By Kathleen Korbel
A Soldier's Heart - By Kathleen Korbel
Blindsided - By Leslie LaFoy
Exile's End - By Rachel Lee
Lost Warriors - By Rachel Lee
Miss Emmaline and The Archangel - By Rachel Lee
A Marriage to Fight For - By Raina Lynn
Dakota Home - By Debbie Macomber
Wife in Disguise - by Susan Mallery
To Give a Heart Wings - by Mary Kay McComas
One Man's War - by Lindsay McKenna
Ride the Tiger - by Lindsay McKenna
One Stubborn Cowboy - by Barbara McMahon
Moonlight and Shadows - by Glenna McReynolds
Cassidy's Courtship - by Sharon Mignerey .
An Uncommon Hero - by Modeen Moon
Of Dolls and Angels - by Virginia Nielsen
Blind Promises - by Katy Currie
Wedding in White - by Diana Palmer
1. What Katy Did by Susan Cooleridge
2. Carol Lane series by Mary May
3. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
4. Deenie by Judy Blume
5. Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult
6. A Trip To The Stars by Nicholas Christopher
7. Gridlock by Ben Elton
8. The Speed of The Dark by Elizabeth Moon
9. A Different Life by Lois Keith
10. Tuppence to Cross The Mersey Trilogy by Helen Forrester
11. The Girls by Lori Lansens
12. Wild Life by Molly Gloss
13. Kerlew in Reindeer People by Megan Lindholm
14. Wolf's Brother by Megan Lindholm
15. Thick in the Tawny Man trilogy by Robin Hobb
16. The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
17. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
18. Skallagrigg by William Horwood
19. The Losers by David Eddings
20. Palomino by Danielle Steel
21. Accidents of Nature by Harriet McBride Johnson
22. The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffeneger
23. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon
24. Pollyanna
25. Heidi
26. Easter Island by Jennifer Vanderbes
27. The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
28. Veteran by Gavin Smith
29. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Attwood
30. With The Light (manga)
31. Jimmy by Robert Whitlow
32. Icy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman Rubio
33. The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue
34. Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
35. Lady Chatterley’s Lover
36. The State of Me by Nasim Marie Jafry
37. Black Sea Twilight
38. Jimmy First series by Ian O’Neill
39. A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell
40. Lottery by Patricia Wood
41. Zoo Station by David Downing
42. A Prayer for Owen Meaney by John Irving
43. Trials for the Chalet School by Elinor M Brent Dyer
44. My Precious Bane
45. The Ship Who Searched Anne McCaffrey
46. Hotel World
47. Tell Me How The Wind Sounds
48. Izzy, Willy Nilly by Cynthia Voigt
49. The Rapture by Liz Jensen
50. Making Out Series by KA Applegate
51. An Equal Music by Vikram Seth
52. The Illustrated Mum by Jacqueline Wilson
53. Angel Blood by John Singleton
54. The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon
55. The Burning Wire by Jeffery Deaver
56. The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
57. House Rules by Jodi Picoult
58. Deaf Sentence by David Lodge
59. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
60. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
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Post by ruthmadison on Aug 19, 2011 12:18:26 GMT -5
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Post by ruthmadison on Aug 19, 2011 14:28:52 GMT -5
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