if you weren't part of the first invitation go-round, please read this because it is important

[Elizabeth]

Hi Karen,

I read your 'Readers Advisory' above. I think that what you've done as a project for grad school is brilliant! I'm someone who doesn't have the time to waste on "yuck" books. I'm a certified "book-aholic and "book nerd" and I couldn't be happier with any other monikers.

I just joined a few minutes ago so I haven't had the chance to get a feel for your site or to digest what and who is on it yet.

Thank you for making this kind of interface possible for all of us out here.

Best,
Elizabeth

YOU ROCK!

[Elizabeth]

Elizabeth Danzig Hi Karen,

I read your 'Readers Advisory' above. I think that what you've done as a project for grad school is brilliant! I'm someone who doesn't have the time to waste on "yuck" books. I'm a certified "book-aholic and "book nerd" and I couldn't be happier with any other monikers.

I just joined a few minutes ago so I haven't had the chance to get a feel for your site or to digest what and who is on it yet.

Thank you for making this kind of interface possible for all of us out here.

Best,
Elizabeth

YOU ROCK!

[karen, future RA queen]

awesome!if you have any questions, feel free to PM me!

[Elizabeth]

Thanks. Happy reading!

[karen, future RA queen]

not too late - it's still going on!

[Cara (Eli)]

Thank you for the invitation. what an honor! I think this will be very useful for me.

[karen, future RA queen]

hooray!

[Arnie]

karen wrote: "this was deemed too long for the stingy group-description field.

I am setting up a readers’ advisory group on goodreads.com. Readers’ advisory is a service that librarians and some booksellers pro..."

I'll gladly participate when I can.

[Nenia]

Hello! I just got invited here by Sam. I know some of you already but some of you are new to me- although I look forward to getting to know the rest of you and helping out with recs if I can!

(There wasn't an introductions thread so I posted here- I hope that's okay. ^.^)

Salutations!

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

Nenia wrote: "Hello! I just got invited here by Sam. I know some of you already but some of you are new to me- although I look forward to getting to know the rest of you and helping out with recs if I can!

(The..."

yay! hey nenia. :D hopefully now this group will be more active since most of its original members have stopped posting.

[Nenia]

>:D

SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM.

Lol jk.

BUT SRSLY.

[Taylor]

You have my permission to be a guinea pig or lab rat or torture victim or what have you.

Thanks to Sam for the invite.

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

Taylor [Falling in love again and again] wrote: "You have my permission to be a guinea pig or lab rat or torture victim or what have you.

Thanks to Sam for the invite."

it makes me so happy that you guys are all joining, haha. :D

[Rose]

Sam~ on sleepless roads the sleepless go~ wrote: "it makes me so happy that you guys are all joining, haha. :D"

I'm glad for the invite. Thank you! :)

*curtsies in greeting to everyone in the group*

[Nenia]

Rose wrote: "Sam~ on sleepless roads the sleepless go~ wrote: "it makes me so happy that you guys are all joining, haha. :D"

I'm glad for the invite. Thank you! :)

*curtsies in greeting to everyone in the group*"

YAYYYYY! PEOPLE!

[Taylor]

So…I'm a little lost. What exactly do I do to help this work? I looked at the different topics explaining this stuff and tried to poke around for examples, but all I see is a buttload of people who ignored the request to not advertise your self-published novels….

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

Taylor [Falling in love again and again] wrote: "So…I'm a little lost. What exactly do I do to help this work? I looked at the different topics explaining this stuff and tried to poke around for examples, but all I see is a buttload of people who..."

there's a section called "so ask already," which is basically people asking for specific kinds of books and other people giving them suggestions of what they might like to read. sort of like what goodreads does on its "recommendations" page, but much more helpful. :)

[Kim Hollstein]

Ok, I'm daft...where do I find that section? I have lots of questions about recommendations...do you have a link handy for the app illiterate? Thanks...

[Taylor]

It's the fourth section underneath "Unread Topics." I'm an app user as well.

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

Kim wrote: "Ok, I'm daft...where do I find that section? I have lots of questions about recommendations...do you have a link handy for the app illiterate? Thanks..."

Ha! I wouldn't be able to maneuver through the goodreads app if I tried. good thing i don't have to with my laptop. ;)

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

[Kim Hollstein]

Sam~ on sleepless roads the sleepless go~ wrote: "Kim wrote: "Ok, I'm daft...where do I find that section? I have lots of questions about recommendations...do you have a link handy for the app illiterate? Thanks..."

Ha! I wouldn't be able to mane..."
Thanks Sam...I appreciate it!!!

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

Kim wrote: "Sam~ on sleepless roads the sleepless go~ wrote: "Kim wrote: "Ok, I'm daft...where do I find that section? I have lots of questions about recommendations...do you have a link handy for the app illi..."

no problem. :)

[karen, future RA queen]

after a while, i decided to make a thread for authors to promote, because it seemed to be useful. so, we do have the one thread now. the project part is long over, so the purpose of the group has evolved somewhat.

[Halah]

Hello Hallee here, also one of Sam's invitees :]

This group seems interesting so far, glad to be a part!

[Nenia]

Me too! So excited!

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

so glad you guys joined. :D

[Nenia]

[karen, future RA queen]

actually, there is an introductions thread:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

[Nenia]

karen wrote: "actually, there is an introductions thread:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5..."

Oops! Sorry.

*goes to correct thread*

[karen, future RA queen]

oh, no - i was just letting you know, in case you wanted to revive it!

[Nenia]

karen wrote: "oh, no - i was just letting you know, in case you wanted to revive it!"

Oh okay! For a moment there I thought I had one of those glowing neon "noob" signs over my head.

You know the one.

[Rosalin]

Hai everyone!!! I am new here :D

[karen, future RA queen]

welcome to group!! hopefully it will be useful to you!

[Lorena]

I have no idea what this is about, but it sounds interesting. My cause célèbre is to be part of an author jailbreak out of the dungeon of limited genre categories. I, for instance, both write and am eager to read books in the picaresque style. The picaresque is probably one of the oldest genre's, and yet it isn't on Goodread's or Amazon's radar. Therefore my readers will not be able to associate my book with the tradition it came out of. Am I making sense? Is this related at all to your purposes?

[Lorena]

Oh dear…I should have read the date. Am I in an empty room? Halloooo!

[karen, future RA queen]

hahaha no, we're still here, but most of the activity takes place in this thread:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

the project part is over, but this part lives on

[scherzo♫]

Lorena wrote: "I have no idea what this is about, but it sounds interesting. My cause célèbre is to be part of an author jailbreak out of the dungeon of limited genre categories. I, for instance, both write and..."

Goodreads genres are based on the names of the shelves readers use for their books. To register picaresque on Goodreads radar, several readers need to each create a shelf named picaresque and add books to that shelf. The more readers with that shelf name and the more books on those shelves will lead to more visibility on the genre radar.

[scherzo♫]

Picaresque is one of Goodreads genres:
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/pica...

There are also some listopias for picaresque:
https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8...

[Susan]

This is a great idea. Sometimes you don't need algorithms, you just want a human being (or a post from a human being) to say, here read this great book. Love the idea. And love Good Reads, now I've finally worked this enormous universe out.

[karen, future RA queen]

hhahahaha glad to help! i didn't invent readers' advisory or anything, but i'm pleased to practice it in my free time!

[Carson]

I just invited myself. Karen graciously lets me stay and write discussion topics.

[karen, future RA queen]

and good ones!

[Carson]

karen wrote: "and good ones!"

Aw shucks, Karen! :p

[karen, future RA queen]

sorry - i'm just seeing this now - yes, RA is shorthand for readers' advisory. i'm not here as much as i used to be, but i'm grateful the group is still reasonably active and i hope to be able to return to this wonderful group when my life calms down a bit. but i do love that people are still here. it's really uplifting.

[Carolyn]

I am presently a Grad student hoping when I graduate next year to work in RA at a library. And will use this as part of my Grad projects as well. I hope to learn more about RA with you.

[Melliott]

I am an adjunct professor at UCLA's library school, and I teach readers' advisory as a quarter-long course (there's a lot to it!). I would be happy to answer questions. I also do consulting work at libraries, teaching workshops on readers' advisory and book-talking. My website is bookadept.com, and there is an attached blog where I review books and occasionally put a readers' advisory spin on them. http://bookadept.com/blog would be happy to have more followers!

[Carolyn]

Thank you I appreciate that,

[Maggie_qwerty]

Hi Karen and all the book lovers :) I really hope this group is still alive and kicking. I've decided to join after reading your comment on Kevin Wilson's Perfect Little World, and this place seems perfect. Perfect is always suspicious, so.... anyone alive and active here, still, after all those years?

[Betsy]

It's alive, but maybe not kicking. People still come by occasionally asking for recommendations so I find it interesting. But it's not a daily occurrence.

[karen, future RA queen]

my 2021 resolution is to be a better steward of this place. i have been an absentee mom for years.