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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Blog Help???

Okay, I am trying to set up a system for my reviews.  Alot of sites use hearts, tombstones and coffee cups.  I was thinking of diamonds or clovers/shamrock or maybe a small angel or fairy.  maybe roses/daisies or a owl even...   It is a booky theme on my page so I would like it to go with it but I don't think 4 out of 5 A's sound right or even apples (thinking of a school teacher for some reason on that one, lol)

Here are a few more we are thinking about... (girls) goats, unicorns, wands, dragons, fangs, swords, frogs, crosses, books (magical books) or gems a opal, ruby, diamond, sapphire, turquoise(?) etc...  there are more but I will spare you lol

I also am going to come up with a link that you can use so that when you want to link your page to my review, the graphic will always show up.  Any suggestions???  I like my book theme but I would like something original and that will stand out and be noticed.  Thank you for helping...

-Brandy
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18 comments:

  1. XakaraJanuary 16, 2011 at 1:52 AM

    What about eye-glasses? They could look like the half-lenses on reading glasses or be perfectly round like the Harry Potter glasses, but books, reading, glasses come to mind.

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  2. UnknownJanuary 16, 2011 at 4:06 AM

    Stars ??? for numbers out of 5

    Pencils ??

    OOOHHHH bookmarks ???

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2011 at 11:31 AM

    I would much rather read a thoughtful review that explores what the reviewer did and didn't like about a book than rely on symbols that are so subjective they're really meaningless. All apples or oranges or unicorns tell me is how much someone liked a book--and even then, one person's three is another person's five.

    So many reviews are little more than a synopsis of the book followed by a paragraph or two that boils down to "I liked/hated this book" Little pictures don't really help me, either as author or publisher, understand what it was that prompted that reaction.

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  4. hotcha12January 16, 2011 at 3:18 PM

    I LIKE DIAMONDS BRANDY

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  5. Gracen MillerJanuary 16, 2011 at 5:02 PM

    I love the idea of dragons, but I also love the idea of using gemstones. If you used gemstones, you could rate them according to the value of the stone. For example, a book you disliked and would receive a 1 out of 5 on another site, would get an opal. If you loved it and would have given it 5 out of 5, then they get a diamond. You see what I'm saying? Color code with gemstones rather than the numbering system. I did like your "book" suggestion too, one where it's got magic spewing out of it because that could mean a host of different things...like reading itself is magical.

    These are just suggestions. I'll keep giving this some thought and get back with you.

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2011 at 1:37 AM

    How are you looking at this? Are you talking levels of "spice" like some of the romance novel review sites use or just an "I give this 5 _x_ out of 5 for being excellent"?

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  7. Historical Writer/EditorJanuary 19, 2011 at 12:55 AM

    Those are great ideas. What if you changed the symbol for every upcoming holiday? I don't think anyone has done that. -laur

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  8. Chicks of CharacterizationJanuary 19, 2011 at 6:44 PM

    I like the idea of the magical, mystical book!

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  9. Brandy B aka BrandlwyneJanuary 19, 2011 at 10:31 PM

    Xakara that is a good idea... I will think about it :)

    -Brandy

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  10. Brandy B aka BrandlwyneJanuary 19, 2011 at 10:32 PM

    Katrina bookmarks are a good thought...

    -Brandy

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  11. Brandy B aka BrandlwyneJanuary 19, 2011 at 10:36 PM

    Thank you Liz. I understand what you are saying. I was just trying to spice it up alittle. I tend to do my reviews in the way that you don't like... so can you tell me what it is you look for in a review...

    Thanks for the imput...

    -Brandy

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  12. Brandy B aka BrandlwyneJanuary 19, 2011 at 10:38 PM

    Deanna how do I do a blog hop link??? I would love to do that.

    Thanks
    -Brandy

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  13. Brandy B aka BrandlwyneJanuary 19, 2011 at 10:38 PM

    @Hotcha I like the gem theme too!!! :)

    -Brandy

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  14. Brandy B aka BrandlwyneJanuary 19, 2011 at 10:45 PM

    Hi Gracen thank you for stoping by. I like the dragons and gems aswell. The # of dragons could be the spice level and I could do 5 gems and each gem could be a 1 to 5 so instead of all diamonds a one could be a turquoise then if it a 2 turquoise and a opal and for 3 a turquoise opal and a sapphire and sooo on. I will have to make a legend for what everything means and come up with graphics.... Anyone know where I can do that at???

    -Brandy

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  15. Brandy B aka BrandlwyneJanuary 19, 2011 at 10:58 PM

    Tympest I am looking at spice and a scoring range, for exscelence, for the books I review

    -Brandy

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  16. Brandy B aka BrandlwyneJanuary 19, 2011 at 10:59 PM

    @laur that is a great idea, change it for the seasons.... Thanks

    -Brandy

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  17. Brandy B aka BrandlwyneJanuary 19, 2011 at 11:01 PM

    Andrea thanks for stopping by. I really like it as well. Maybe a different symbol for each genre.. paranormal- fangs, scifi- alien, western- cowboy hat, contemps- lipstick etcccc...

    Let me know what you think...

    -Brandy

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  18. Fiona McGierJanuary 26, 2011 at 10:21 PM

    I really like that last idea: different symbols for the different genres...I've never seen that on any other review blog. A thermometer could be used to show heat level, with the number of symbols indicating not only how high of a rating you give it, but what it's genre is. Good thinking!

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