Weekly Geeks #2 and My New Policy Open to All My Fellow Bloggers
The theme for Week 2 is something I borrowed (yes, she said it was ok!) from Darla at Books and Other Thoughts. She says in her sidebar that if she reviews a book that you’ve reviewed, you can email her and she’ll link to it in her review. I love this idea for three reasons.
1. As a blog reader, I like that I can have my review linked in someone else’s blog.
2. As a blog reader, I like that if I’m interested in a book Darla writes about, there will be other reviews linked at the bottom of the page, so I can get other viewpoints. You can see how this works
3. As a blog writer, when I review a book, I often remember that I read someone else’s review at some point, but whose? And when? With Darla’s method, people tell her about their reviews, and she can see what they had to say about a book that is still fresh in her mind.
So here’s your challenge! If you’re willing, adopt Darla’s policy in your own blog. I realize this is a big commitment, so think it over first, but I think it can be really community-building.
1. Write a blog post as soon as possible telling your readers that you’re adopting Darla’s policy.
2. As much as you can with the time available to you during the week, visit other Weekly Geeks who are adopting Darla’s policy and see if you have any reviews of books they’ve reviewed.
3. Later in the week (by Thursday is easiest for me, but by Friday is also ok) write about your experience this week: did people take you up on your offer, did you find reviews you could give to other bloggers, did you enjoy the experience, do you think you want to keep this policy, etc.
4. I would remind people for a while, at the end of your reviews, that you’re doing this. After a while, your regular readers will remember your new policy, but you might want to state it somewhere permanent for new readers.
Attention Fellow Bloggers:
I love Darla's policy and am adopting it for my blog too. Therefore, if you also wrote a review on your blog for the same book I reviewed on my blog, please leave a link to your review in the comments section on my blog for the applicable book. I will add the link to the end of the applicable book review I have written. (this is retroactive, so will also include all previous reviews I have posted on this blog.)
I will also be updating this post at the end of the week to let you know how I like or dis-like this new policy. I reserve the right to cancel it at any time.
May 7, 2008 Update:
Hooray, I finally figured out how to use labels! To find out if I reviewed any of the same books that you did, scroll down to the bottom right hand side of my blog and look in Labels. That should make it much easier. Then, as before, just leave your links to your reviews in my comments here.
May 9th Update:
Summary of my experience with Weekly Geeks #2:
This weeks challenge seemed like a big scavenger hunt to me. I visited every Weekly Geeks # 2 participant's blog and tried to find reviews of books that I also reviewed.
It was time consuming, but worth while. I not only found some reviews of some books that I also review, but in the process also found more incredible blogs! I really like linking reviews, I think it gives my readers more opinions of the same book to help them decide if a particular book is for them or not.
Thanks for this awesome challenge!
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I know that we have quite a few books in common! I'll be back later with a list for you Teddy!
Marg said... May 5, 2008 at 5:49 AM
Great Marg!
Teddy Rose said... May 5, 2008 at 11:35 AM
Hey Teddy! Thanks for stopping by. I've added your review of Little Children, although I haven't gotten around to updating my actual reviews yet. Regardless, it's up in my review archive. :D
Anonymous said... May 5, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Thanks D!
Teddy Rose said... May 5, 2008 at 5:23 PM
Thanks for adding me to your blogroll. I linked your review too!
This is fun, isn't it!
Anonymous said... May 5, 2008 at 5:49 PM
Hey Teddy I gave you an award on my blog.
Chrisbookarama said... May 6, 2008 at 8:45 AM
Hello, do you have a list or a link to all the books you have reviewed on your blog? I could not find it.
beastmomma said... May 6, 2008 at 7:27 PM
Beastmomma,
Thanks for the push. I just figured out how to use labels last week and now you pushed me to act on it.
Look on the bottom right hand side of my blog under Labels. That should make it easier.
Teddy Rose said... May 7, 2008 at 9:48 PM
Thanks Natasha!
I linked you review to mine. I use google reader, but I didn't know about list view. Thanks for the tip!
Teddy Rose said... May 8, 2008 at 3:29 PM
After all that effort on your part, we do not currently have any reviews in common. I did read some of the books, but it was pre-blog and other books are on my TBR. Hopefully in the future, we will have some reviews in common.
beastmomma said... May 8, 2008 at 9:21 PM
Beastmomma,
There are a lot of pre-blog books that I saw on a lot of blogs. I've only been blogging since October.
I'm glad I did the labels! I've been wanting to do it for the longest time, but didn't know how. Then after visiting all those blogs these last two weeks for Geeks, I figured it out. LOL! I can't believe how easy it was. The only thing I would like to do different is put the authors last name first, but then that requires a coma before the first name,, so that wouldn't work. LOL!
Teddy Rose said... May 8, 2008 at 9:38 PM
I'm glad you're enjoying the experience so much!
Dewey said... May 10, 2008 at 7:43 PM
Thanks Dewey!
Teddy Rose said... May 10, 2008 at 9:53 PM
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