A YEAR IN REVIEW
The first year of The Crow’s Caw has almost come to a successful end. How do you measure a book review website’s success. Number of hits? Number of comments?
Not me. I judge this site’s success on the quality of the reviews that are submitted. My hope is that each reader that visits the site comes away with a new author to check out. I hope the authors find fair and honest reviews that are both balanced and insightful. I believe we accomplished this.
I’d like to thank everyone who contributed a review this past year. Tremendous thanks to: Nick Cato, Lee Thompson, Sheri White, Jordan Norton, The Bag, Neal Hock, Sheldon Higdon, and David Holdredge. You all did a wonderful job! Together we completed 58 reviews!!
Each of us made a list of our own top 5 books published in 2011. Enjoy!
Jassen’s Top 5
- Every Shallow Cut by Tom Piccirilli
- (tie) Nursery Rhymes 4 Dead Children / Iron Butterflies Rust by Lee Thompson
- Southern Gods by John Hornor Jacobs
- Bleed For You by Michael Louis Calvillo
- Nowhere Hall by Cate Gardner
Jordan’s Top 5
- Floating Staircase - Ronald Malfi
- Rough Cut – Brian Pinkerton
- Fear Me – Tim Curran
- Death and Desire in the Age of Women - Michael Louis Calvillo
- Sacrifice – Wrath James White
Nick’s Top 5
- Eutopia by David Nickle
- Kin by Keanan Patrick Burke
- Return to Darkness by Michael Laimo
- Rule 34 by Charles Stross
- Engines of Desire by Livia Llewellyn
Lee’s Top 5
- Every Shallow Cut by Tom Piccirilli
- Willy by Robert Dunbar
- Gardens of Night by Greg Gifune
- Beyond the Door by Jeffrey Thomas
- Theatre of Curious Acts by Cate Gardner
Sheri’s Top 5
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Machine of Death (Edited by Ryan North)
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Unnatural Disasters (Edited by Daniel Pyle)
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Baby’s First Book of Seriously Fucked-Up Shit (Robert Devereaux)
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Waiting Out Winter (Kelli Owen)
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Margaret’s Ark (Dan Keohane)
Thanks to all of you who frequent, support, and spread the word about this site! Happy Holidays to all of you!
December 22nd, 2011 at 11:40 pm
Honored to take part, Jassen! And doubly honored you’ve enjoyed my work and been such a great friend and supporter, dude.
December 23rd, 2011 at 4:39 am
Oh wow, thanks for the mention :O
December 23rd, 2011 at 1:20 pm
[...] #1: Jassen did his Year in Review for The Crow’s Caw. I, Jassen, Jordan Norton, Sheri White, Nick Cato, and Sheldon Higdon turned in our choices for the Top Five books we read this year. Check ‘em out! [...]
December 23rd, 2011 at 1:21 pm
You earn any credit you get with the quality of your work (the way it should be, I think).
December 23rd, 2011 at 3:11 pm
Okay, my wish list just had a growth spurt. What I haven’t already read or have on my shelves, just got added–assuming it wasn’t already on the wish list.
I see I’m in tune most with Lee, by virtue of having read three of the five he listed and placed them on my own faves list. A great year for reading, that’s for damned sure.
December 23rd, 2011 at 7:05 pm
Great list! Well done
December 30th, 2011 at 10:32 pm
[...] #4- Both my first novel and novella made Jassen Bailey’s top five list on The Crow’s Caw. [...]
January 4th, 2012 at 5:32 am
Proud to have made Lee Thompson’s list!