Booknook

Basically; we'd pick a month (I was thinking September or October but can be talked around to something else) and folks would sign up to post a review to the comm on a day of that month. This would not mean that folks not signed up can't post reviews that month! booknook is open to reviews 24/7 and that would not change---but if you like Fake Internet Deadlines and making things feel a Bit More Official and that you're Doing Things Together, it might be fun!

So there would be a sign-up post. There wouldn't be any minimum requirements for the Reviews For The Event aside from 'needs to have a header with clear information regarding the book's title, author and any applicable content warning' and 'spoilers needs to be behind a cut or an accordion' as well as any other applicable Posting Guideline. Those are already the guidelines for all reviews, so nothing new.

You do need to be a member to post to the comm.

If you don't post a review on the day you signed up for, nothing will happen :D This is intended to be a low-pressure, fun event, and not meant to put undue pressure on you. Again, booknook is always open to reviews! You can post it later, or not at all. You also would not be required to mention in your sign-up which book you're intending to review so you can change your mind until the very last second.

Potentially, you could sign up for, say, a max of posting 3-5 reviews, and pick a different day for each review to spread them out. And days could be double/triple claimed depending on how many people sign up.

Again, you would still be allowed to post a review during this month (even on a claimed day) without signing up! You would not be punished for not posting anything on your claimed day!

So is this something you would like here?

Welcome to booknook, made because a lot of the reading comms on DW seem pretty dead and/or focused on getting you to read.

This is made to be a general reading community. Hopefully there'll be a few regular posts:

• RIP (Read In Progress) Wednesday
• Monthly themed rec post (to be clear, inviting other people to rec books that fit the theme in the comments, not me reccing books)

(If you realize I've missed a regular post, you're more than welcome to post it in my place! My memory can at times not be relied upon.)

Members of the comm are able to post whenever they want. A few suggestions are things like reviews, discussions about a particular book/author/series, reading challenges, reading memes, asking for recs, recomending books, news about upcoming books you're excited about (or dread; there can be a lot of feels about books!).

While you need to be a member to post, you do not need to be one to comment.

General Posting Guidelines

• The subject line should always make it clear what kind of post it is; IE, it should state if it's a review, recommendation, request for recommendations, discussion post etc.
• All posts should be tagged. If the tag you need doesn't exist, use the tag [!] non-existent tag. If the amount of tags is overwhelming (I know it can be), then use the tag browsing feature on the post creation page, at which point there will be an option to search for tags. Use that to search for the tags you need and ignore the rest. And don't worry; as the admin, I can add/remove tags as needed!
• If your posts includes NSFW material, whatever that may be, adjust the post's age restriction. The default is no restriction. There's also NSFW and SFW tags; these are voluntary.
• Review posts should include headers with all necessary information; title, author, genres, content warnings etc.
• Crossposting is allowed! But if you're crossposting a post here, do please post it in its entirety, don't just go "and you can continue reading at..."
• All spoilers (no matter how old the book is!) should be behind a cut or an accordion. These are both HTML functions.

HTML Code for a read more cut:

<cut>this is where the text behind the cut goes</cut>

HTML Code for a read more cut with a custom 'read more' text:

<cut text="you can write whatever here and it'll replace the generic 'read more' bit">this is where the text behind the cut goes</cut>

HTML Code for accordions:

<details><summary>This is where you say/warn for what's inside: you can think of it like a subject line</summary>This text is hidden until you click it open!</details>

This is not a self-promo community for authors, but in the interest of there being clear rules about that, here are those:

• One (1) promotion post per title OR one (1) promotion post per series. It should be clearly tagged as self-promotion, and the subject line should go like this: [Self-Promo] your books title (Genre, Sub-Genre)
• You are not allowed to rec your books unless a person is asking for recs that your book specifically fits.