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FROM: Vicki Nesting <vnestin@bellsouth.net>
REC'D: 2/11/01, 4:40 PM

I seem to be running into this problem more and more lately and I'm
hoping some of you can help me. In our library system when patrons
request books, the fiction requests are routed to me, nonfiction to
another librarian, etc. But before I can order a requested book, I need
to find a review of it (unless it's a new Danielle Steel or John Grisham
which we know we'll order no matter how bad the review is!).

BIP online is wonderful for helping me find where these books have been
reviewed in the standard review sources (PW, LJ, Booklist), but many of
the books by African-American authors that patrons are finding at
CushCity.com are not being reviewed in the standard sources (and
CushCity doesn't include reviews that I've been able to find). Can
anyone suggest alternate review sources for these -- preferably online?

I'm having the same problem finding alternate review sources for romance
titles. I use The Romance Reader and Romantic Times web sites, but can
anyone suggest additional web sites where I can find reviews for new romances?

TIA,
Vicki

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Vicki Nesting, Regional Branch Librarian
St. Charles Parish
East Regional Library
Destrehan, Louisiana
vnesting@stcharles.lib.la.us
vnestin@bellsouth.net

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

FROM: Melissa Norton <dragynsnap@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 2/11/01, 6:43 PM

Try Black Issues Book Review, the online version of
which can be found at http://www.bibookreview.com

Melissa


--- Vicki Nesting <vnestin@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> I seem to be running into this problem more and more
> lately and I'm
> hoping some of you can help me. In our library
> system when patrons
> request books, the fiction requests are routed to
> me, nonfiction to
> another librarian, etc. But before I can order a
> requested book, I need
> to find a review of it (unless it's a new Danielle
> Steel or John Grisham
> which we know we'll order no matter how bad the
> review is!).
>
> BIP online is wonderful for helping me find where
> these books have been
> reviewed in the standard review sources (PW, LJ,
> Booklist), but many of
> the books by African-American authors that patrons
> are finding at
> CushCity.com are not being reviewed in the standard
> sources (and
> CushCity doesn't include reviews that I've been able
> to find). Can
> anyone suggest alternate review sources for these --
> preferably online?
>
> I'm having the same problem finding alternate review
> sources for romance
> titles. I use The Romance Reader and Romantic Times
> web sites, but can
> anyone suggest additional web sites where I can find
> reviews for new romances?
>
> TIA,
> Vicki
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Vicki Nesting, Regional Branch Librarian
> St. Charles Parish
> East Regional Library
> Destrehan, Louisiana
> vnesting@stcharles.lib.la.us
> vnestin@bellsouth.net
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
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FROM: "Nora M. Armstrong" <narmstro@clsn1269.cumberland.lib.nc.us>
REC'D: 2/12/01, 8:42 AM

On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, Vicki Nesting wrote:
>
> I'm having the same problem finding alternate review sources for romance
> titles. I use The Romance Reader and Romantic Times web sites, but can
> anyone suggest additional web sites where I can find reviews for new romances?
>
Vicki--

May I suggest All About Romance (www.likesbooks.com)? Tons of reviews,
many of them pre-pub, and loads of other kinds of information about
romance. The thing I appreciated about TRR and AAR (even before I became
affiliated with AAR) is that each site offers a wealth of information not
just about specific books but also about the romance genre in general.

Cordially,
Nora Armstrong, librarian and AAR reviewer/editor

FROM: Sherri Lazenby <sllazenby@dallaslibrary.org>
REC'D: 2/12/01, 4:31 PM

I tried this site and couldn't get to it. Is the address correct?

Thanks,

Sherri L. Lazenby
sllazenby@dallaslibrary.org <mailto:Sllazenby@dallaslibrary.org>
Branch Manager
Audelia Road Branch Library
Dallas Public Library System
10045 Audelia Road
Dallas, TX 75238
(214) 670-1350
(214) 670-0790 FAX

-----Original Message-----
From: Nora M. Armstrong
[SMTP:narmstro@clsn1269.cumberland.lib.nc.us]
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 8:29 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Alternate review sources for African American
and romance books

On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, Vicki Nesting wrote:
>
> I'm having the same problem finding alternate review sources for
romance
> titles. I use The Romance Reader and Romantic Times web sites,
but can
> anyone suggest additional web sites where I can find reviews for
new romances?
>
Vicki--

May I suggest All About Romance (www.likesbooks.com)? Tons of
reviews,
many of them pre-pub, and loads of other kinds of information about
romance. The thing I appreciated about TRR and AAR (even before I
became
affiliated with AAR) is that each site offers a wealth of
information not
just about specific books but also about the romance genre in
general.

Cordially,
Nora Armstrong, librarian and AAR reviewer/editor



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FROM: "Lisa Colcord" <LColcord@ci.glendale.az.us>
REC'D: 2/12/01, 4:41 PM

Try:

http://www.likesbooks.com/home.html

Lisa

Lisa Colcord
Librarian
Glendale Public library
Glendale, AZ

....my views are my own....

-The secret to life is enjoying the passage of time- James Taylor

>>> sllazenby@dallaslibrary.org 02/12/01 03:32PM >>>
I tried this site and couldn't get to it. Is the address correct?

Thanks,

Sherri L. Lazenby
sllazenby@dallaslibrary.org <mailto:Sllazenby@dallaslibrary.org>
Branch Manager
Audelia Road Branch Library
Dallas Public Library System
10045 Audelia Road
Dallas, TX 75238
(214) 670-1350
(214) 670-0790 FAX

-----Original Message-----
From: Nora M. Armstrong
[SMTP:narmstro@clsn1269.cumberland.lib.nc.us]
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 8:29 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Alternate review sources for African American
and romance books

On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, Vicki Nesting wrote:
>
> I'm having the same problem finding alternate review sources for
romance
> titles. I use The Romance Reader and Romantic Times web sites,
but can
> anyone suggest additional web sites where I can find reviews for
new romances?
>
Vicki--

May I suggest All About Romance (www.likesbooks.com)? Tons of
reviews,
many of them pre-pub, and loads of other kinds of information about
romance. The thing I appreciated about TRR and AAR (even before I
became
affiliated with AAR) is that each site offers a wealth of
information not
just about specific books but also about the romance genre in
general.

Cordially,
Nora Armstrong, librarian and AAR reviewer/editor



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FROM: "Nora M. Armstrong" <narmstro@clsn1269.cumberland.lib.nc.us>
REC'D: 2/13/01, 4:51 AM

Sherry--

http://www.likesbooks.com

Nora Armstrong
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
Fayetteville, NC
(910)483-7878, FAX (910)486-6661
narmstro@cumberland.lib.nc.us

FROM: Bsbgc@aol.com
REC'D: 2/13/01, 7:15 AM

In a message dated 2/12/2001 5:24:19 PM Eastern Standard Time,
sllazenby@dallaslibrary.org writes:

<<
I tried this site and couldn't get to it. Is the address correct?

Thanks,

Sherri L. Lazenby
sllazenby@dallaslibrary.org <mailto:Sllazenby@dallaslibrary.org>
Branch Manager
Audelia Road Branch Library
Dallas Public Library System
10045 Audelia Road
Dallas, TX 75238
(214) 670-1350
(214) 670-0790 FAX
>>

If you're talking about the All About Romance site - I just tried it with the
URL <www.likesbooks.com> and it definitely works. In fact, it's been on my
bookmark for a very long time.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian

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