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1Macumbeira
Bas and Dchaikin Have both a hot review for the moment. They are too shy to pimp them themselves. They are excellent reviews and should be thumbed skywards !
2MeditationesMartini
Done! And done.
3Macumbeira
Thanks Med, you see it helped : place one and two !
6anna_in_pdx
A review of Solla's book The Things that Always Were now up. Hoping others here will read it, it is a wonderful book.
7Macumbeira
And don't forget Bas latest on Camus !
8Macumbeira
and the Freeque of course
10anna_in_pdx
Thanks, Dan.
11Meredy
So is this how people get so many thumbs-ups on their reviews? I've wondered about that for some time now.
14anna_in_pdx
I think we have a long tradition of using the discussion lists to call attention to reviews, but also once a few people have thumbed a review and it is on the "hot review" list, it can start getting attention in general, particularly if it really is good, or funny, or really negative. Then there are the truly great ones like Tanstaafl's review of the Book of Mormon or one of tomcatmurr's o r Brent's, that keep getting rediscovered and acquiring more thumbs.
15anna_in_pdx
Hey everyone, check out Meredy's review of House of Leaves!
16Meredy
Hmm--thanks for answering. I've worked pretty hard on some of my reviews, and I confess that I've wondered what some of the others have that I haven't got--reviews that get eight or a dozen upvotes when most of mine have zero. I didn't know it was cool to call attention to them.
I also don't know anything about a "hot reviews" list. Where can I see that?
I also don't know anything about a "hot reviews" list. Where can I see that?
17anna_in_pdx
It is on the lower right hand corner of your home page above the births and deaths.
19MeditationesMartini
I think the hot reviews list is really the make-or-breaker as far as thumbs goes, right? It seems like everything that gets on there pretty much goes to eight or nine, but the exposure only comes after it's already "hot."
20Meredy
Wow! I just checked, and two of mine are on that list. That could only be you Salon folks. That's a thrill. Thank you! I had no idea how this worked.
21Macumbeira
Here are some guidelines to get thumbs.
1) Make sure you have some friends thumbing you into the hot review list in the first place. Anonymous Lurkers will never have their reviews thumbed
2) Remind everybody you are posting a review. Pimp it on the threads made for pimping. It is not frowned upon in the Salon. If it feels awkward add : " Humbly pimping...". Don't forget to add a link when pimping
3) Make sure that your text which appears when it is on the hot-list is an easy readable and teasing blurb. With some tinkering, you'll get it good : no title - no general impression etc...
4) Make a correct link : there is a chain link symbol at the bottom of your review text. click it, copy the link in the address window. This is the only good link.
5) Keep your review short. The shorter the faster the thumbs flash. not too short either, we will flag it !
6) Do not redirect from your review to your website or your blog. People will forget to thumb your review after reading the blog
7 ) Be emotional ! Laud the ones every one lauds :
"Harry Potter" is the best book ever and it probably saved my life...."
insult the ones everyone insults :
" Ayn Rand's Atlas shrugged is the most stupid book ever. I vomited over it before stuffing it in the WC pot ..."
8 ) Be vulgar ! People like vulgar and it is fun to do !
" I shoved a rolled - up copy of the last Dan Brown paperback in my a-hole to see if it came out any better than when it got in...Alas"
the last one should get you over the 30 thumbs
1) Make sure you have some friends thumbing you into the hot review list in the first place. Anonymous Lurkers will never have their reviews thumbed
2) Remind everybody you are posting a review. Pimp it on the threads made for pimping. It is not frowned upon in the Salon. If it feels awkward add : " Humbly pimping...". Don't forget to add a link when pimping
3) Make sure that your text which appears when it is on the hot-list is an easy readable and teasing blurb. With some tinkering, you'll get it good : no title - no general impression etc...
4) Make a correct link : there is a chain link symbol at the bottom of your review text. click it, copy the link in the address window. This is the only good link.
5) Keep your review short. The shorter the faster the thumbs flash. not too short either, we will flag it !
6) Do not redirect from your review to your website or your blog. People will forget to thumb your review after reading the blog
7 ) Be emotional ! Laud the ones every one lauds :
"Harry Potter" is the best book ever and it probably saved my life...."
insult the ones everyone insults :
" Ayn Rand's Atlas shrugged is the most stupid book ever. I vomited over it before stuffing it in the WC pot ..."
8 ) Be vulgar ! People like vulgar and it is fun to do !
" I shoved a rolled - up copy of the last Dan Brown paperback in my a-hole to see if it came out any better than when it got in...Alas"
the last one should get you over the 30 thumbs
23anna_in_pdx
Oh Mac you kidder.
24A_musing
Meredy, don't believe him. This is the Salon. Nothing better than length, substance, and blogs. Of course, a little profanity doesn't hurt, too.
25A_musing
Love this one from Meredy, on our own Mishima, though not the tetralogy one: http://www.librarything.com/work/39037/reviews/98424829
26anna_in_pdx
Meredy, I had a lot of fun last night reading through your reviews. Seriously. 25: I noticed that and wondered if any of you Mishima fans would pick up on it!
27MeditationesMartini
That would make perfect jacket copy (which sounds like, but of course isn't, a backhanded compliment).
28LolaWalser
" Humbly pimping..."
Lol... this is almost enough to make me write a review. Just so I could shuffle in, eyes downcast: "I'm just a humble pimp..." "Give a thumb to a humble pimp..."
Lol... this is almost enough to make me write a review. Just so I could shuffle in, eyes downcast: "I'm just a humble pimp..." "Give a thumb to a humble pimp..."
29Macumbeira
( sulking ) I am only trying to help.
30tomcatMurr
Mac, you are awesome! Now, where did I put my dan brown.?
31Macumbeira
LOL
32Macumbeira
highly recommended : http://www.librarything.com/work/13577/reviews/98904885
33tomcatMurr
Good job mac! Thumbed! So you gonna reread?
34Macumbeira
yup, or switch to the icon and the axe, to have another perspective
and thanks for the thumb
In the meantime I go on a surfing / kiting trip to Morocco. I have Dosto's crime and punishment in the backpack
and thanks for the thumb
In the meantime I go on a surfing / kiting trip to Morocco. I have Dosto's crime and punishment in the backpack
35RickHarsch
just posted my review of Goddard C. Graves' (HarryMacDonald, our fellow member) Harmony Junction: A Polyphony of Love and Ideas in the Fullness of Time
36anna_in_pdx
Oh good, I have not made it that far into the book yet, will read your review for some impetus.
37RickHarsch
or maybe impyness?
38Meredy
Along with several things in the mystery-thriller category, I recently posted a review of Aarseth's Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature, which was a fair challenge to read. I don't think my review does it justice, but at least it shows that you can read the book without a Ph.D.
I've set the goal of reviewing every book I read (and some that I abandon, explaining why), even if it's only six words. So my reviews all begin with a six-word encapsulation. Writing those is good mental exercise.
I've set the goal of reviewing every book I read (and some that I abandon, explaining why), even if it's only six words. So my reviews all begin with a six-word encapsulation. Writing those is good mental exercise.
39anna_in_pdx
I love your reviews, Meredy.
41tomcatMurr
indeed it does. Pimping my review of Pynchon's Against the Day
43RickHarsch
What does the guy have to do to get a 5 from you, TC?
44tomcatMurr
Thanks Meredy.
Good question Rick, I was thinking about that. 5 stars puts the book in my category of Really Great Book, a designation I use for life changing books. I gave Gravity's Rainbow 5 stars because it really did change my life to the extent that it radically altered the parameters of how I think (or thought at the time I read it) about literature. ATD seems to be "more of the same from Pynchon" and not much of a life changer for me. It's still a great book, though. Make sense?
Good question Rick, I was thinking about that. 5 stars puts the book in my category of Really Great Book, a designation I use for life changing books. I gave Gravity's Rainbow 5 stars because it really did change my life to the extent that it radically altered the parameters of how I think (or thought at the time I read it) about literature. ATD seems to be "more of the same from Pynchon" and not much of a life changer for me. It's still a great book, though. Make sense?
45RickHarsch
Yes...but inevitably I imagine you writing 'This book really fucked up my life...5 stars...'
46tomcatMurr
lol
48Meredy
I was surprised to be the first reviewer of Donald Richie's A Hundred Years of Japanese Film. I'm sure there are others here who are better-qualified reviewers than I am.
49Macumbeira
Who needs another review after this perfect one?
Thumbed !
Thumbed !
51anna_in_pdx
Hello guys,
This person is not a salonista but the review was great.
http://www.librarything.com/work/3371/reviews/101833259
This person is not a salonista but the review was great.
http://www.librarything.com/work/3371/reviews/101833259
52RickHarsch
thanks
54RickHarsch
Note to SD: five stars from TCM are typos
55RickHarsch
Review of The Book of Matt...
http://www.librarything.com/work/14263625/reviews/102492251
http://www.librarything.com/work/14263625/reviews/102492251
56Macumbeira
Thumbed Rick !
57RickHarsch
Thumbed? Did it deserve a thumb? Did you grind it into the desk with your thumb?
58anna_in_pdx
Wow, rick. Very thought provoking. Being from a small town myself I have been sort of taken aback at the ravages that meth has wrought on the rural life in the US. Not that it was idyllic before...
59MeditationesMartini
people like so much to read about heinous crimes that they can no longer really know what they feel/think about cases like that of Byrd and Shepard. Probably there is some mixture of titillation and repulsion, but the soup likely has even more ingredients.
that should be the first thing they teach kids in kindergarten.
that should be the first thing they teach kids in kindergarten.
60RickHarsch
http://www.librarything.com/work/203502/reviews/102661990_144738397?fb_action_id...
Maybe that didn't work out, but Anna has a short review of The Big Sky posted, a book I also like very much (it begins a tetralogy and I like all the books, though this is probabyl the best.
(it does work, my link)
Maybe that didn't work out, but Anna has a short review of The Big Sky posted, a book I also like very much (it begins a tetralogy and I like all the books, though this is probabyl the best.
(it does work, my link)
61tomcatMurr
humbly pimping a very long essay in two parts about a fascinating book: Decadence Mandchoue
http://www.librarything.com/work/11136538
http://www.librarything.com/work/11136538