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Linda Caroll's avatar

I sure will, and will make sure you have contact info, too :)

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Gah - silly me. If you have this in your email, just hit reply and you can email me directly. :)

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Mikayla Callison's avatar

I’m in! I love to talk about books. Thank you for creating a platform for this.

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Oh you're welcome - and thanks for jumping in so I don't have to start alone. :)

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Margie Peterson's avatar

Sign me up. I’m love talking about book and I’m not a genre snob. @margiepearl on Medium

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Awesome, Margie - I'll make sure to message you the info when it's ready. :)

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Margie Peterson's avatar

Fabulous

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Margie Peterson's avatar

I've not been added yet, but am writing about Sidney Poitier's memoir "The Measure of A Man." I usually fail the Title test. Mine sound like film, book or play titles or famous quotes.

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Linda Caroll's avatar

I just added you, Margie. Welcome! :)

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John's avatar

Name suggestions? "Booked" | "BookLook" | "Booksies" |

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Those are fun, thanks for getting the name ideas started! :)

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Vanessa Gunter's avatar

I would be interested. Thanks for doing this :)

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Awesome. When It's ready, I'll come back and share the signup link. :)

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Vanessa Gunter's avatar

Looks great - thanks so much Linda!

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Kathryn A. LeRoy's avatar

Linda, I absolutely love the idea and have been thinking about focusing on writing more intentionally about the books I'm reading. No joke, it has been top of mind for the past several weeks. I would welcome the opportunity to participate. A name? Nothing cutesy, maybe just something straightforward like Books for Life/Living, Reading Life...maybe I'll think of something better later, but those are my first thoughts. Your idea has me excited and fired up to get started!

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Oh, Kathryn, I'm so happy to have you along for the ride. I'm excited about getting this going now. I'll come back and post the link when I have it ready.

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Kathryn's avatar

Awesome. What can I do to help?

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Oh, I am SO going to take you up on that. lol. I just need to dive into the 5 wordpress support tickets I have open for a client and will set this up over the weekend. I will be in touch, that's a promise. :)

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Kathryn's avatar

I’ll be waiting and picking the first book I’ll write about :)

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Me, too. I was having a rough day, but the feedback to this idea has restored my spirits. Trust books to come to the rescue.

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Denise Shelton's avatar

I'm interested. Possible names: Ripping Reads, ReadWriteRepeat, Read This

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Denise, those are great names, thank you so much! I will send you info as soon as it's ready and happy to have you along for the ride. :)

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Denise, I already added you, but here's the info: Tada! https://medium.com/the-book-cafe/write-for-the-book-caf%C3%A9-9f14f1be3790

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Denise Shelton's avatar

I know you did. I'm asking you to remove me. I keep getting notices of submissions and I'm not able to work on those.

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Andrew S. Chatwood's avatar

Count me in. Booked Up, Spines Out, Odd Volumes.

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Those are great names, too. I will make sure to come send you the join page. :)

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RAFFAELLA FERRETTI's avatar

Hi dear Linda!

When I read your newsletter, I wish I could also meet you in person. It would be lovely to chat over a cup of warm tea and a slice of apple & cinnamon cake.

I like your idea and I'd love to be added as an editor/writer.

What about this name that, maybe, someone else may have already suggested?--Peek-a-Book!

Thank you!

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Linda Caroll's avatar

You won my heart at apple and cinnamon cake. I will come back and send you the info to join us. It's going to be fun! That's a fun name, too. So many good suggestions, now the hard part is picking. lol

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Marie A Bailey's avatar

Hi, Linda, I am interested in a book review publication. Would published reviews be acceptable? I have a number of reviews that I've published on my blog (not Medium) that I had been thinking of putting on Medium. There are some great name suggestions in the comments. Good luck picking one :-)

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Linda Caroll's avatar

You bet they're welcome - if it's about a book and you wrote it, it is very welcome! Looking forward to getting this going.

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Marie A Bailey's avatar

I went, I read, I loved it! Please count me in. I responded to your call for writers :-)

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Harry Augustine's avatar

The first name that comes to mind is "More than a Cover." Your writers write book reviews in a variety of styles and formats and, of course, you shouldn't just judge a book by its cover...unless you're illiterate.

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Thanks, Harry. So many great suggestions that picking one is hard. lol

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Trevor Fielding's avatar

Hey Linda! I'd love to be added to the publication once you're ready to add writers/editors. I recently finished listening to Picture of Dorian Grey and have SO many thoughts I'd love to share.

I'm assuming that the books need to be fictional? Or are you also open to non-fiction? I have lots of non-fiction books I'd love to write summaries about too.

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Non-fiction is good too, Trevor. I plan to write about both, too. I will be sure you have the join page as soon as it's ready. Glad to have you join us. :)

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Tree Langdon's avatar

oooh, I'm IN! I always write some kind of review/commentary on books I read and haven't yet found a good home for them. Maybe tags by genre to help readers find books they might be interested in? I've been an editor for several publications on Medium so am familiar with the process. It's a great idea to make all writers editors too.

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Yay, Tree. I would be so happy to have you in there. What a great idea to use tags by genre. Now I need to look up popular genres since Medium only gives us a few tags. Any thoughts on tags to not miss?

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Tree Langdon's avatar

I just read a memoir about Françoise Gilot, a 100 year old woman who lived with Picasso for 10 years. She's still alive today. A book by Michael Pollan, This is Your Mind on Plants, about Caffeine, Opium and Mescaline, and my favorite, The Beautiful Possible by Amy Gottlieb, it's fiction, and is a love story within a love story.

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Oh, you have several you can start already. Me, too. I already have picked the first three to write. You can start on the drafts if you want. Then you'll be the early bird when I shout go. lol

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Linda Ann Robinson's avatar

Please consider me as one of the writer/editors of your new publication …since I read a lot!

Let me think about a possible title for this new adventure of yours. Nothing is popping into my aging brain at the moment. If something does pop in, I’ll I’ll be back.

Thanks so much for the invite!

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Linda Caroll's avatar

You are very welcome and I will be happy to include you. I'll come back and let you know when we're ready!

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Sara K.'s avatar

Yes, I'm interested in joining as an editor/writer. As for titles... how about 'How to Scale a TBR List'?

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Sara, lol. You don't want to know how long my TBR list is. I don't think I'll live long enough to get through it. I will be sure you have the info to join when it's ready. :)

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Sara K.'s avatar

How about 'TBR List Inflation.' Because I'm sure that's what the publication will do, it will inflate the size of all our TBR lists ;)

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Linda Caroll's avatar

LMAO. Yes, you're probably right.

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Jerry Dwyer's avatar

Hi, Linda. I would like to participate in your new book review publication. As for names. how about Talking about Books.

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Jerry, I'll be sure to make sure you get the info to join in. I started with no ideas for a name, now I have so many I don't know which to choose. lol. That's a great one, too!

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