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January 31, 2012 - I've archived and cross-linked twelve more reviews.
December 31, 2011 - Nine more reviews have been added. I managed to proofread the L reviews. I also rotated the Random Recommendations page. And, with that, I say a heartfelt goodbye to 2011. Happy new year!
November 29, 2011 - I've archived and cross-linked 22 new reviews, including the final 15 individual Animorphs reviews.
(Expect the new-review numbers to drop to more reasonable levels in the future.)
I rotated the Random Recommendations page, while I was updating.
October 29, 2011 - One last big update before NaNoWriMo and holiday projects devour my free time...
38 new reviews have been archived, including 25 more Animorphs reviews.
Proofreading continues in fits and starts; I'm getting to it between books. I've dealt with the J and K reviews, at least.
October 2, 2011 - I've been on a book binge lateley; between Project Animorph, my new Kindle, NaNoWriMo in November, and holiday projects breathing down my proverbial
neck, I suppose I've been trying to squeeze as much reading in as possible while I can.
I've archived and cross-linked 17 new reviews, including 12 more full Animorphs book reviews.
On the proofreading front, I've hit the G - I and the S and T reviews.
I also rotated the Random Recommendations to a more seasonal theme.
September 16, 2011 - Thirteen more reviews have been archived, including six full reviews in the 58-book Animorphs series
(previously covered in a single mass review.)
I'm also going through my existing reviews to clean up spelling and grammar issues and other nitpicky problems that have been bugging me.
(I doubt I'll find them all; I'm still convinced this computer adds them when I turn my back on it.) So far, I've hit the A - F and V - Z reviews.
I've also moved older updates to the Update Archives, to reduce clutter.
August 13, 2011 - Another lull between updates... it's been a bad summer for reading. I've archived seven new reviews and rotated the Random Recommendations feature.
June 5, 2011 - Six more book reviews have been archived. I also made a slight alteration in the background color of the site, hopefully as a prelude to more upgrades.
May 3, 2011 - A long gap between updates, but family issues made reading a low priority for a while. Anyway, I have seven new book reviews archived and a new featured theme in Random Recommendations. Enjoy!
March 12, 2011 - I archived and cross-linked five more book reviews and rotated the Random Recommendations.
February 15, 2011 - Six new reviews have been archived. I've also added a sidebar feature to the blog, Currently Reading, where I'll be providing a progress report on books I'm actively reading.
January 9, 2011 - Not much of an update considering the long absence, unfortunately. The holidays ate my free time, and I'm still getting back in the reading groove. Anyway, I archived five new reviews and switched the Random Recommendations. Hopefully, February will be a more productive update...
October 26, 2010 - I archived eight new book reviews, which finally puts me over 700 reviews on this site.
September 27, 2010 - Eight more reviews archived. (I had hoped to top 700 reviews for the one-year anniversary of the redesigned site, but I couldn't quite pull it off.) I also rotated the Random Recommendations to reflect the autumn season.
August 17, 2010 - Six more reviews have been archived. With the M, N, and O reviews done, I finally finished the cross-linking project. (Hooray!) I decided to tweak my ratings system, adding a half-star (+) for those books that seem to teeter on the edge between one rating and another. Accordingly, some existing reviews have been tweaked to accommodate the newer, more flexible ratings options. Speaking of tweaks, I added a new feature. Now, in addition to the master list of reviews, you can browse a genre list, which sorts books by subject. Check it out here. (Some books appear in more than one category.) In the process, I tried to make my genre categorization a little more uniform, and I fixed more minor yet irritating errors.
July 21, 2010 - I archived seven more book reviews, and rotated Random Recommendations. The K, L, R, and P reviews are now cross-linked; only three more letters to go... I also finished reformatting existing links, and fixed some other annoying little errors that had been bugging me.
June 22, 2010 - Seven more reviews archived, and more entries (the I, J, and S reviews) cross-linked. I'm also slowly altering the way the cross-links show up, to make them easier to read. And, in case you didn't notice, I installed a free hit counter from Boingdragon.com on the main page.
May 24, 2010 - Five new reviews archived. I rotated the Random Recommendations, as well. Also, the H reviews are now cross-linked. (I had hoped to have more of that done, but real life has been disturbingly distracting lately.)
April 24, 2010 - More reviews archived. The observant may note a few reviews labeled "NEW!" which never appeared on the new review blog.
As I work on cross-linking titles, once in a while I notice that a book review did not survive the upheaval of last September's site overhaul. So, I've been adding
them back in as I run across them; I tend to discover the error when I want to cross-linked a title and realize that the title isn't here to cross-link.
I labeled these reviews NEW! because, although they aren't technically new reviews, they're new to this version of the site.
In other news, I did a little navigation tweaking, more Amazon links are up across the board, and entries in D - G and T - Z on the book list
have been cross-linked. (I find tedious tasks easier to accomplish if I tackle them from both ends.)
April 12, 2010 - Another long lull between updates, but this time I have a reasonable excuse. I've started cross-referencing books, directing visitors to other
things on this site that they might enjoy. This is still, understandably, a work in progress; so far, I have all titles in the A through C sections done. (Where I don't
have recommendations, I couldn't think of another title to recommend - odds are, I'll be adding something there eventually.) I'm also adding more
Amazon links while I'm at it, even on books I normally wouldn't link to (the Okay-and-under rated books.)
Please be patient as I finish up and fine-tune the system...
Oh, I also rotated the Random Recommendations, cleaned up yet more minor errors, and archived more book reviews from the
Brightdreamer Book Reviews blog. Look for the bright red "NEW" tag on the
book list... Enjoy!
February 28, 2010 - My, it's been a while, hasn't it? I have a few more book reviews to show for it, at least. I also cleaned up more errors, and threw in more Amazon links for visual interest. The Random Recommendations page has a new feature, as well. Hopefully, I'll get this place cleaned up and pretty to look at this year.
October 24, 2009 - New book reviews have been archived, and various errors have been fixed with existing reviews. And I added a few more Amazon links, just to keep myself busy.
September 8, 2009 - Well, I finally overhauled Brightdreamer Books. I'm still getting used to using CSS and other behind-the-scenes improvements... Anyway, feel
free to e-mail me or sign the Dreambook to let me know what you think of the place.
In other news, I added two new book reviews. Also, while I was transferring to the new program and format, I went through and tweaked many of my existing reviews, fixing
grammar and spelling errors and generally clarifying things. I'm still rebuilding my Amazon links... bear with me while the dust settles...
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