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4343 sats \ 21 comments \ @siggy47 1 Apr BooksAndArticles

Book Reviews Directory

This is a directory of all of the Book Reviews posted to the ~BooksAndArticles territory to date. The list is current as of 3/31/24.

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174 sats \ 1 reply \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 1 Apr

Three things:

This is awesome! Thank you!
As this list grows, man, wouldn't it be cool to have in-line sortable tables in SN (to allow sorting by author, reviewer, etc)?
I apologize ahead of time for making this list out-of-date as soon as today or tomorrow (in a "sorry, not sorry" way).

124 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 1 Apr

I'm glad you replied. It gives me a chance to explain my thoughts on where to go with this.

Don't worry about being out of date. One of the reasons I am doing this is to make the newsletter less lengthy and cumbersome. All new book reviews will be posted individually each week as they were in the past. This will give the older ones their own post which is also linked in the newsletter. I might update the directory quarterly.
I want everyone to feel free to write additional reviews of the books, which will be included in the directory.
OP's are of course free to edit, delete, expand upon or completely rewrite their reviews as well.

117 sats \ 2 replies \ @Tef 1 Apr

The list is growing. That's a good thing. I plan to contribute to this list in the future.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 OP 1 Apr

I look forward to it.

75 sats \ 0 replies \ @Tef 1 Apr

I'll finish the book I'm reading first and then try to write a short review.

75 sats \ 1 reply \ @jakoyoh629 1 Apr

Could you please clarify if the list is organized in any particular way? Once again, thank you for your time and effort. The work you have done is excellent.

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 1 Apr

Yes. It's more or less alphabetical now. There are only 22 books. Many stackers tell me they are planning to post book reviews, so I might do an updated directory sooner than I thought. In that case I may categorize by genre. I'm still holding out hope that SN might enable perpetual edits for index posts like these. Then I won't need to post separate revisions and delete outdated versions.

75 sats \ 3 replies \ @astro_penguin 1 Apr

Thanks for the list! I've seen some of the recent ones but it's nice to have a list to scan through. I read a lot of sci-fi, so it's good to see a good bit of representation there! There's some other books that look interesting as well though.

40 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 OP 1 Apr

As the list grows, I plan to divide the directory by genre.

75 sats \ 1 reply \ @astro_penguin 1 Apr

That would be great! Hopefully lots more show up. Maybe I'll finish a review sometime and post it. I have the bad habit of disliking what I've written so far and deleting the whole thing!

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 1 Apr

I'm sure we all can relate to that!

75 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 1 Apr

Great resource. So many books I don't need to read now.

75 sats \ 4 replies \ @riberet19 1 Apr

It is very good that this is compiled in a post and not lost since a lot of old content simply goes into oblivion since we tend to read the new content more often, so it helps a lot, I didnt know the sovereign individual book and he gained my attention.

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 OP 1 Apr

Yes. That is one of my primary goals: keep old content visible. Unfortunately it's not so easy to do

75 sats \ 2 replies \ @riberet19 1 Apr

I understand, I guess it takes time to compile everything and list it again, but it's appreciated.

30 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 OP 1 Apr

I wasn't really referring to the work it takes to compile. That's not a big deal. What I meant was getting people to find, read, and reward old content.

75 sats \ 0 replies \ @riberet19 1 Apr

Ok now I get you :)

75 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 1 Apr

This is great siggy. Can I request my author review go here as well? I doubt there will be a better place for it to live.