I have to say this is a first for me. Though I've written countless diaries over the years, I've never put out my thoughts for all the world to see like this. It makes me feel nervous and trembly. Silver and Shana assure me I'll get over it quickly, once I'm used to blogging. We'll see.
I'm risk averse, meaning, I'm not so adventurous in all things in my life, books included. I tend to read authors I loved, hence anthologies are good for me. I can discover new authors that way. Jill Shalvis is one of the authors whose novella I loved, which made me seek out her single title works. Of course, I also trust Silver's and Shana's recommendations, though sometimes, they love certain books which didn't agree with me at all. Like one of David Eddings' series. I don't even remember the series title, that's how bad I want to forget I've ever read it. No, it's not the Belgariad nor the Malloreon series. It's the other one.
In all, I'm excited about this blog because my good friends are here. So, here's hoping I'll make more good friends through this blog in the days to come.
Yay! Welcome to The Raving Readers! Silver here, and I hope this blog will have a longer life span than my previous blog. LOL As you might have noticed, I've only transferred over the reviews I've done on books I've acquired myself.
In a way, I was happy when Shana finally decided to go into blogging. I've been trying to convince her to do it before I even started Silver's Book Reviews, but she was resistant. She has lots of excuses reasons--work, family, worldwide calamities. But once she was a shoo in, it wasn't that hard to get Carole to join in as well.
One good thing about group blogging is that there are two other people to help me do the reviews. But our focus for The Raving Readers isn't merely reviews. There are other stuff as well, as you'll see in the coming days, because we've done our homework beforehand. Essentially, we've brainstormed and were able to come up with some good ideas for posts. Can't wait to execute them!
Another thing we want to do in this blog is to integrate ourselves into the greater blogging community! That means reaching out to fellow bloggers by visiting their blogs and by inviting them to come over to ours! There are exciting times ahead, that's for sure!
Stay tuned!
Hello, I'm Shana, one of the three musketeers of this blog, and have we got a lot in store for you
The Raving Readers is a collaboration of three friends who share a love for books. Back in our younger days, we'd swap books and introduce each other to the authors we'd discovered, and we'd even discuss and argue about the books we've read. Without knowing it, we created our own mini book club!
So when I learned about Silver's blog, I cajoled and persuaded and (finally!) convinced her to um, start over and work on a new blog together. (She did import her old reviews over, so we've got a few to start with.) Hence, The Raving Readers!
Where we'll provide nothing but our honest, unadulterated opinions on books, delivered with much tact and grace. We hope that with our review, we can provide constructive criticism to help authors grow in their writing (we hope we can help, as we're basically making critiques from the reader's POV), because we all know the importance of good books. They cure our blues and boredom, and give us a way to escape the dreariness of our lives, even for a few hours. They are also a great topic of conversation. Many a romance have started by conversing about books, don't ya know? ;)
As readers ourselves, we value the importance of fair reviews, which is also one of our objectives. We want to help others, as we have been helped, find good books to read and enjoy, especially with the hundreds and thousands of books being churned out each day. The oft-repeated refrain "too many books, so little time" is never truer than now.
Aside from which, there is nothing we readers enjoy more than discussing the books we've read. There are as many opinions as there are people, so we welcome disagreements and comments to the review, and wouldn't it be so much fun if the author can join us, too? It goes, without saying, of course, that the discussion be limited to the book and no disparagement of the author is allowed.
That said, we can only improve when we see outside the box, or when other people see into our box and provide us with feedback. Hence, we appreciate all comments and suggestions. Please write to me at shanareatrr @ gmail.com
As to what kind of books we cover, ALL FICTION! Those that we can get our greedy hands on, anyway. LOL We'll first focus on romance and its sub-genres, before we branch out to other areas. Or as our mood takes us.
I'm foreseeing exciting times ahead. See ya!
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