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Wednesday, 26 March 2014
I'm sure this will excite some people. The cover is very pretty, but I don't think that's enough to make me read it. Unless it includes more Uriah. Yes, I will read this just for him. He's hilarious.
Excelsior, fellow book lovers!
Prepare yourselves for the ridiculousness of this blog. I love books and reviewing them, but I'm also a fan of awesome things that make me laugh—including my rabbit, Loki.
I used to be super active on here, but I'm working at a book store part-time, while interning at a publishing company. Let's not even talk about how many books I bring home a week.
When I am not wasting my time on tumblr, I'm attempting to write novels I will never finish. And possibly dreaming bigger than a triple-threat minority should.
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I'm sure this will excite some people. The cover is very pretty, but I don't think that's enough to make me read it. Unless it includes more Uriah. Yes, I will read this just for him. He's hilarious.
Original post here. Wendy blogs at The Midnight Garden.
I've been thinking about what I want to say since this announcement went live, and I almost said nothing—because at this point, it seems obvious this Feedback thread, like countless others before it, is pretty futile anyway.
I want…
Dear Readers,
It's time we got into the gritty subject of censorship. This is an open letter to all readers (authors, Goodreads staff, and members are obviously included). I say all readers, because do even mean those of you unfamiliar with Goodreads and its drama, for lack of a better term.
Readers, I don't mean to teach you some of the facts of life, but I just want to briefly (this didn't end up being as brief as initially planned) mention a) censorship, b) freedom of speech and its limitations, c) Banned Books Week and d) hypocrisy.
a) Censor — v. [with object] examine (a book, film, etc.) officially and suppress unacceptable parts of it. (Oxford Dictionary)
Filter — v. [with object] a fancy web-based term for partial censorship. (Me)
Quality Control — n. the activity of checking goods as they are produced to make sure that the final products are good. (Merriam Webster)
The essential point to take away from these terms is that while censoring is synonymous with filtering, quality control is neither of those, unless we view Goodreads as a product, rather than just a social media platform.
Okay, so let's say Goodreads is this free "product." What is the target market? It's for reviewers and literary lovers to discuss books (and authors), so I'd wager all readers. However, "quality control" via the review guidelines suggests a specific group within those readers. SOME authors, the compliant (they may not know what's happening at all), and offended fans of authors.
b) Freedom of speech is an international human right. Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) states that "e]veryone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference" and "everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice."
However, in any country, the freedom of speech has its limitations and restrictions, especially in regards to "respect of the rights or reputation of others" or "[f]or the protection of national security or of public order (order public), or of public health or morals." (UN General Assembly, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 16 December 1966, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 999, p. 171, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b3aa0.html.)
All of that being said, my personal opinion is that I should not judge a book by its author. I don't like to get personal about authors within my reviews, but I will use some blatant shelving labels as I see fit. This is my opinion regarding MY OWN REVIEWS AND NO ONE ELSE'S. It is none of my business what another reviewers methods are, just as it is none of my business what their sexual orientation is. Maybe I think it's blatant and I can identify it right off the bat, but that doesn't mean I should criticize them for it. The only difference is that reviews are OPINION pieces, while sexuality is something you are born with (though I'm sure I could argue nature versus nurture here, but that's completely off topic).
Another issue is that Goodreads staff really want us to stay on the topic of the book, rather than the author. I have written a number of reviews that sort of go off on a tangent. Will GR make its way around to removing these reviews? The greatest part about this is that GR's Customer (Don't) Care director has made it appear a lot worse than I initially thought (other than the deleting without notifying bit):
"We recognize that not everyone is going to agree with our approach. People have different - and often quite strongly held - viewpoints about what should and should not be allowed in a review. We've had suggestions that no GIFs should be allowed, reviews should be limited to 300 words only, reviews should only be allowed if you have read the book to the very last page, etc."
You know what this says to me? Goodreads has actually considered these suggestions.
c) Banned Books Week was founded in in 1982 by Judith Krug and is most notably sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA). Many people recognize Judith as an advocate for uncensored literature, free speech, and confidentiality of personal library records. You, reader, may not know that while she also fought for our right to read whatever we may choose, she also fought against the Children's Internet Protection Act, as web filters often blocked educational material on healthcare, sexual education and social matters (Krug, Judith F. (2000). "Internet and Filtering in Libraries: The American Experience". IFLA journal (München : Verlag Dokumentation; British Library Serials) 26 (4): 284.).
Judith Krug was a fucking star.
Goodreads has incredibly poor timing to deliver their amended guidelines to patrons of the site in time for Banned Books Week. This is especially a travesty in the face of Judith Krug's lifelong fight. And for that alone, Goodreads has lost so much credibility as actually being for BOOK PEOPLE. It's almost as if it's being run by staff that have no idea what matters to people passionate about reading. They are slowly becoming just another social media site I can live without.
d) Hypocrisy — n. the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense. (Oxford Dictionary)
Double standard— n. a rule or principle which is unfairly applied in different ways to different people or groups. (Oxford Dictionary)
Goodreads has deleted reviews that detail the author or the author's behaviour, unless within a review for a memoir or biography (or, I suppose, book that features an author). They did not follow through on reviews with positive remarks about an author's behaviour or complimentary shelves about authors. I also mentioned above that part of GR's argument for deleting author-centric reviews is that it's not on the topic of the actual book being reviewed, yet they will not delete off-topic reviews that mention very little about the book or writing at all. This is GR's double standard.
Do you remember that minute group of authors, offended fans and the compliant I mentioned at the beginning? This is to appease them.
You may be wondering, reader, what the point of this extremely tl;dr rant was.
It should offend you to learn that you have the right to read what you want, but you do not have the right to express what you want; to write what you want.
What has Goodreads done for its patrons other than exist for us to manipulate?
1. Bring the reading community together to discuss all things literary or AUTHORS. This is something you can do on any other site or blog. And we do.
2. A source of ARCs! But let's not be melodramatic about this. I get the majority of my ARCs directly from those amazing authors and publishers we very much love when they're not trying to convince us our opinions are incorrect. Quite a few blogs now host a slew of giveaways.
3. E-book exchanges and sources. There are literally thousands of sites for this. I understand some authors cannot shift from Goodreads as easily, but neither should GR be the sole source for these things.
4. Organizing everything you've read or want to read. Hundreds of sites free and with a cost exist for this very purpose.
Unfortunately for GR, amazing book-related projects such as Oyster (Netflix for books) and BookLikes are picking up the slack in, what feels like, a intermediary format period for books (digital publications and alternatives).
Finally, dear reader, taking a stand against Goodreads and their poor choices is not about "sticking it to the man," it's about making sure your basic human rights are not slighted. It's about fighting compliance and taking the moral stance, even when you cannot see yourself physically being affected. Your community is affected. If you can actively practice Banned Books Week, you can certainly take a closer look at websites like Goodreads. I'm not saying give up on Goodreads, I'm just asking "what have they really done for readers?"#goodreads #gr #stgrb #bullies #harassment #drama #tos #terms #guidelines #rules #reviews #books #ya #fiction #literature #literacy #readers #read #shelves #censor #hypocrisy #double standard #oyster #netflix #judith krug #ala #american library association #cipa #library #freedom of speech
So a long time ago in a galaxy of shitty university times, I was studying science education and pretty much had resigned myself to become a math or science teacher (if not an archaeologist). But no longer! Anyway, in my editing course we've been looking at the Flesch-Kincaid readability scoring system for passages/books. I used to use this on every freaking thing I could lay my eyes on. It was brilliant. It's not the most accurate equation for adult fiction, especially if the work has run-on sentences or falls under the genre of "chick-lit". In any case, I decided I wanted to use it for the rest of my book reviews from this point on—allons-y!
Here is the formula:
0.39*(number of words/number of sentences) + 11.8*(number of syllables/number of words) — 15.59 = readability score, as a grade level
number of words/number of sentences is the Average Sentence Length (ASL): I usually choose about three to five sentences and do a word count for those. I do this three or four times before I'm satisfied by a mode number. I do not average out the numbers.
number of syllables/number of words is the Average Syllables per Word (ASW): I choose about two sentences for this, especially if they are excessively lengthy. I like keep it around 20-35 words. Keep in mind, you could even just use two and a half sentences or something. You're counting words here, not sentences. I also take three or four of these calculations before I find an appropriate mode I can use.
Also, before trying this at home, please remember your BEDMAS/PEMDAS rules. Brackets/Parentheses, Exponents, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction.
As an example, here are my calculations for Fifty Shades of Grey, based on various passages throughout the book.
0.39*14 + 11.8*1.3 = 5.21
So what does this mean? Simply put, the reading score for Fifty Shades of Grey is at a grade five reading level. This puts it on par with books such as The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan or Coraline by Neil Gaiman. It is important to note that the F-K score does not account for content and stylistic details of a book. While E.L. James's masterpiece may be of a simplistic reading level, it is certainly not suitable for those of that level.
I have many calculations for middle school books that are actually at a level much higher than FSoG, but let's not get into that…today.
Instead, please waste your time on this extensive review of FSoG.
Adieu.#5 #anti-feminist #books #caveman #fifty #five #flesch #fuckyeah #goodreads #grade #grey #intelligence #kincaid #lacking #level #literacy #middle #obtuse #of #offensive #on #poor #readability #reviews #school #sex #shades #simple #whatever #writing
Note: I'll keep this short, unlike this book (not as bad as Insurgent though).
Spoilers are highly likely.
Title: Reached
Author: Condie, Ally
Keywords: Deserts, rebels, government, adventure, YA, teen, dystopia, love, friendship, disease, cure, society, rising, disappointment, betrayal, science, fish.
Recommended For: 12+
Sentence: I sentence Ally Condie to the same mundane existence as the Pilot.
I can't say I disliked this book, but I also cannot say I liked it. While I had high hopes after the first installment, I came to realize very soon after that the books are drier than a pile of old bones…in a desert. There's no humour in times of disease; no light at the end of this transition; no passion, though there's art, its creation and appreciation.
I can't feel for the characters because I barely like them. Xander and Indie might be the only two characters I felt comfortable enough to feel for. Everything about this book is nostalgic and annoyingly stuck on how people have failed.
So the Society is the Rising? Isn't that the story with any extreme forms of government? They are both the same, even if they try not to be. (Although in this case the Society actually literally inserts itself into the Rising so it seems like a different government, but it isn't.)
The sad part is that Condie has so much to say that I can really appreciate. Choices; good, bad and the grey bits in between; rebellion, but also knowing when it should be about people rather than the war. It's great in that sense, but things are not laid out completely. These are all half-baked ideas that could've been so much more passionate.
On top of all that, the reader will remember bits and pieces of what Cassia has lost and can already conclude things for her even before she has, which is super annoying. Even without the full story, it's easy to see that Cassia is focused on the wrong questions, and when she does get the answers, how do they help anything?
And I have to complain, how is Cassia not pissed at being used so much? She seems indifferent to me, and I don't trust that. I do not trust a head Archivist that punishes their own trader for stealing, but gets away with it herself. I don't trust a pilot that is not the Pilot everyone needs.
I liked the introduction of voting and Anna being a person for the people. But there was not much expansion. I think I'd be more interested in an expanded story/look at the people struggling to the Otherlands. I want to see the Otherlands. I want to read about the vanishings. I want more from Indie's perspective. And Caleb. And the Pilot (as annoyingly unimportant as he was, in the end). These seem like interesting stories, while Cassia's is all about her curing Ky and remembering.
The author's words felt as empty as Xander, when he as faced by the judgement of Oker's people. It feels like she was tired and so over this. But at least it's sort of over. It was like the biggest okay guy moment ever.
#reached #ally #condie #book #on #trial #gr #goodreads
I am going to let you in on a little secret…I have more books in my room than I safely have space for. Whenever I find my room is getting cluttered, packed, and stuffy, I try to clear off my floor and create a more efficient shelving system.
If you are using every flat surface in your room for books, including your floor, here is what I do in my time of desperation. Besides, your floor is for clothes (but actually not, because I am such a neat freak despite my pack-rat habits)!
What you will need:
2. As you are stacking/shelving, keep the larger books at the bottom of the pile, but also keep the ones you are most likely to read first towards the front. Try to keep all sagas, series, trilogies together. You may see that I have not because the others are lost to the depths of my other shelving units.
3. It seems strange that I started the stacking on top, but most of the books I have are in hardcover format. To protect the ones I like best (because I'm apparently a really pessimistic realist and recognize that something at some point might get damaged), I place them on the top of this extension.
4. I'm not saying the ones at the bottom are less important, just less pretty or new. :D But anyway, I stack them the same because I like to make the most of the space given to me (I gave it to myself). I push everything bigger to the back of the shelf, and make room for small hardcovers and paperbacks up front.
5. Ta-da! All full of the leftover books. You can even see the mass market paperbacks I placed at the bottom. On the side, where I had a little extra room, I added thinner books with their spines vertical.
6. I thought I was done, but then I uncovered more books on a chair. I think these are all my ARCs and giveaways. Time to squeeze them in!
7. Alright, so I added books in, rearranged them even, and placed my most immediate ones near the top and front. Three of the books in this photo aren't even mine! I'm either borrowing and need to return it or I bought it for someone else. In between the front and second stack I have vertically shelved two books and placed three dust jackets. I remove the dust jackets out of habit when I'm reading or messing about with a naked book (sexy times). I usually just place them on my desk, but since I am always using my desk, I've got the books to hold them for me!
Don't have enough room for even this little guy on your floor? Have you tried your closet?
Top shelf:
More of top shelf:
And I used to use this fold-able hanging shelf for books, but it's now being used for DVDs/Blu-rays. Keep in mind that though this shelf is strong, it won't properly hold heavy hardcovers (on the inside the shelves dip down too much). I used it mostly for lighter paperbacks.
Happy shelving!#too #many #books #no #more #space #reading #writing #gr #goodreads #love #dictionary #heavy #shelf #extension #ikea #show #rack #paper #protective #diy #do #it #yourself #cloud #atlas #edgar #allan #poe #diana
Note: I've decided I do not have enough time for the book on trial layout for this really, really quick review I did on GR. I am working 45 hours per week and am back in school. Although it is online, it is decidedly time-consuming. So it's lucky when I even post once a week.
There are sort of spoilers. Though the book spoils things from the beginning. Things we haven't even seen yet! :D
I know many people love Stiefvater's Mercy Falls trilogy, but I have to say that I am glad she has come out with these brilliant plot-focused teen books. They stray away from the wishy-washy (and lovey-dovey) nature of the Mercy Falls trilogy and become more about the characters and the story that needs to be told. I am a huge fan of The Scorpio Races, and now The Raven Boys. Seriously, Maggie, this shit is golden.
The funny thing about this first installment is that it actually is about its namesake. Four raven boys, all tousled, scarred and touched in different ways by a girl named Blue and this quest for something magical, and bigger than them.
In some ways, Maggie's storytelling reminds me of the late DWJ, which I highly recommended she take as a compliment (don't even ask how much money I have spent gathering up her original UK firsts). DWJ would include romance, to be sure, but it wasn't straightforward, and it wasn't about creating a love triangle. It was a story that flowed out from somewhere deep. And my literary-god, do I love my damaged characters. Especially when I am so unfamiliar with their situation, but somehow the writing makes me feel enough compassion to actually be hurt when those characters are hurt.
I know that is a lot of emotion, but I just feel like there is something about Maggie's writing (mostly) that gets me and what I want to read. I don't think this will be true of most people. I just think that everyone has some author's writing that they connect with instantly, especially at a certain point in their life. Mine has always been DWJ and Neil Gaiman, but occasionally someone else will come along, and practically have me on a lead.
Now it sounds like a raving review (haha) for ONLY a four-star rating, but that's only because I like to be honest (not usually, lol). I really, really love Maggie's writing and the idea of this story, but I was not entirely satisfied with this book. But that's okay, I suspect this trilogy will wow me in ways those damn wolves couldn't. Ravens, ftw!
Also the ending was very reminiscent of Nevermore by Kelly Creagh with the whole creating Chainsaw bsns.
Note: I can finally post this as the book is coming out this week! :)
Title: Stormdancer
Author: Kristoff, Jay
Keywords: Telepathy, animal-speak, griffins, stormdancing, storms, teens, Japanese, steampunk, fantasy, girl power, tattoos, drunken mess, bar fights, emperor, Asian-influenced, samurai, anime, science, powers, clans, fox, thunderbirds.
Recommended For: 12+, fans of Harry Potter, steampunk, and commonly seen anime, ninja/samurai stories.
Sentence: I sentence Jay Kristoff to a stormdance-off. I suspect he will win.
Initial reaction: "I was reminded of Atlantis, Eon, Avatar: The Last Airbender, How to Train Your Dragon, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Gladiator, and The Hunger Games, over the course of this entire book (in varying degrees). But only in the best ways, which I'll elaborate later."
Let me start off by saying that this book is not perfect, nor do I demand everyone read it. I really enjoyed this book and you, whoever you may be, will likely read much about this book after it has been released. That does not mean you will like it. I really enjoy steampunk, but I don't think all steampunk was really meant for me. Most YA steampunk actually sucks or isn't what I'd consider steampunk (yes, my nose is all up in the air rejecting YA, even though I love it too) and it certainly is not meant for everyone to enjoy.
Stormdancer is just the right amount of dark steampunk that I can get and nod at without argument. But Stormdancer is also many other things that I can easily get sick of; I do not normally read; and I watch and read too much of already so it's overkill. That's why I was impressed by how much I could stand some of the themes and aspects I had seen time and time again.
Kristoff takes things that are sorely overdone and then kicks them altogether into some sort of crazy-ass contraption of symbiosis. All the elements feed off each other and they make beautiful, stormy music; the conductor being Kristoff.
I will admit that the beginning was pretty slow until about eight or so chapters in. It's the first book in a trilogy so I always allow this sort of lag for world-building and character development. But that does not mean the plot had not already rooted itself into the reader's mind.
I think what killed it for me was the complexity of Yukiko's relationship with the green-eyed samurai. On the one hand, he is fucking gorgeous and he likes her. On the other, he is an awful, back-stabbing asshole (but there is probably more to it than that). Sure, there's that almost love triangle that is so typical of YA these days, but there's also sex. So fuck all y'all. Finally, something as realistic and impulsive as teens can be. And don't you dare try to deny that. I'm not trying to generalize, I am just saying…okay, fuck it. I am generalizing. I used to be an impulsive teen, so I think I still (sort of) know.
Also, that last fight was pretty damn awesome.
Anyway, I do not want to really spoil this book as it is more enjoyable reading all of it play out. This would probably make a pretty decent anime movie or show, by the way. Just sayin'. There was Howl's Moving Castle, yes, but there is also this (nudge, nudge Miyazaki).#stormdancer #kristoff #jay #teen #ya #steampunk #griffins #harry #potter #yukiko #burou #book #gr #goodreads
Note: I find my standards slowly decreasing and my like for these low standards increasing. It is the sad state of literature today. Who am I kidding? I read YA novel for the immediate satisfaction and lack of effect on the state of my thinking about my current life. I like that it is simple, dumb and fanciful. Idealistic about the future of the human race, even. I even like when it is dark, negative and tears are shed over the depressing nature of it all. I like teen books because they are unrealistic, much like Disney movies, and do not require me to think. On the rare occasions that they do, I am pleasantly surprised (or mightily displeased). So heed my warning, readers, though I gave this book a low rating, I still enjoyed reading it.
Title: Dark Star
Author: Frenette, Bethany
Keywords: Minneapolis, dark star, morning star, single mother, teen drama, best friends, powers, small community, demons.
Recommended For: 12+, fans of The Demon-Trapper's Daughter, Illuminate, and Hemlock.
Sentence: I sentence Bethany Frenette to life as a mime trapped in a real box, because that is what this kind of first-person perspective does to a reader.
Review: I will keep this review short since I read this book in about an hour and a half. This was a fast read because there was not much to it. This uses a recycled plot and recycled "surprises".
For those who liked the feel of The Demon-Trapper's Daughter, this book can provide that. It's a small, close-knit community of people with power called the "Kin" who are likely ruled by some sort of council or elders or someshit I've heard before. They are responsible for the safety of Earth or the large city they reside in and murders be happenin' all over the place (more than usual for the amount of demons they deal with regularly). So hide yo kids, hide yo wives and hide yo husbands, 'cause they cuttin' errybody's ankles out hurr!
Something goes wrong and naturally the "daughter" or MC of this goddamn story must meddle because she is curious as fuck and the only real part of her personality is her incessant questioning, which is also a recycled trait.
The MC gets hurt/learns the grisly details behind her mother's "crime-fighting" and gets ragged on by not only her mother, but her obviously to-be-lover. Daddy issues, much? He follows her around, protects her, annoys her, clearly checks her out and then pretends to be an oppressive jackass (actually, I don't think he was pretending), when everyone should know she's going to do something stupid that'll get her hurt anyway.
Everyone she goddamn knows/has heard about is some sort of "Kin" or part-Kin and pretty much the only surprise is that she isn't the Remnant (this everyone-might-be-Kin bit is very similar to my everybody-might-be-a-lycan complaint about Hemlock).
Now, you're probably wondering why I'm complaining so much if I said I liked it. The answer is simple: I expect more and better from the next book; I expect more romancing; and I expect a Remnant to be found. Also Iris. Let's get this Iris plot twist all untangled.
The reason I was able to stand this book was because the writing wasn't awful, there was a baking-cake-fight scene and possibly the cutest, clumsiest kiss scene. That's it. Now frak off.
I'm exhausted and I'm still goddamn reading The Rise of Nine.#books #review #ya #young #adult #reading #reads #on #trial #mime #wtf #dark #star #bethany #frenette #plums #goodreads
Edit: So it seems some Goodreads members aren't getting that I'm totally biased based on the fact that I support most of these reviewers. If I have not listed proof for each reviewer's "crimes" (against humanity, according to the geniuses at STGRB), it is because their claims suck ass and I can't find shit worthy of analyzing anyway. This is not meant to say these reviewers ("GR Bullies") are guilty of the offenses listed; just to summarize what I think STGRB has against them and why it is invalid.
I'm going to start off by saying that this is an extremely long analysis of the website http://stopthegrbullies.com (I do not in any way support them or their cause; I am just checking out their claims). After reading plenty of horror stories about these fellow GR-ers posting a full profile for those who they deem "GR Bullies" on their website, I had to check it out. I mean, come on, they've got a real live lawyer on their side (who cannot possibly be misinformed or idiotic [/sarcasm]).
Since I've been on their site recently they have removed addresses, full names and phone numbers from the public view, but that doesn't mean what they found is not unofficially passed around their council of "justice". This movement against "GR Bullies" has been founded by GR stalkers and bullies, ironically.
So I decided to review the basis of their judgment and recursive logic to gang-bully back. This will include an in-depth analysis of some of the more negative reviews of the bullies they have flagged on their site.
Here are their qualifications for GR Bullies:
1. Harassment
To irritate or annoy persistently to the point of exhaustion or a state of torment (most common definition I could find). It does not mean that bugging someone is legally harassing them. Harassment by computer involves cyberbullying and only one count, rather than two, of stalking (much like StGRB).
Now, with reviews it is tricky as you can be harsh in a review without harassing the author. If the author feels harassed or tormented, then I suggest that they pull themselves together and get in another line of work.
2. Humiliation
Abasement of pride leading to submission, lowliness, or feeling less than you are.
Fortunately, humiliation is not illegal, otherwise my family would be in prison as well as friends who didn't realize they were embarrassing me. Not that it happens often, but sometimes you can't help but feel bad. I think this would also be linked to self-esteem issues.
Now bullying to cause intense humiliation is horrible, yes, but negative reviews exist for practically everything (especially on the internet). There is bound to be something that humiliates the recipient of the review if someone did not like their product or writing or work of art.
Even if a review is deliberately created to humiliate the author him/herself, it is not worth fretting over and defending yourself against. If the review exists to humiliate then why are you pushing yourself to face your hecklers, only to be humiliated more for comments you made in the heat of the moment?
3. Insults/5. Name Calling/7. Verbal Attacks and Abuse
An expression meant as an affront, put-down or degrading effect on the recipient.
Insults against one's race, culture, sex, orientation, religion and beliefs/opinions should be unacceptable. People are who they are and should not be defined by the above categories.
An insult in a GR review often entails negative judgments on the book being reviewed or what the author could have possibly been thinking. Insults are usually expressed in frustration or disappointment (especially with writing).
Authors may not be equipped to handle insults because of the soft, cushion-y and sheltered processes they went through with their publishers, editors and agents.
4. Gossip (Libel, Lies and Defamation)/10. False Rumours/11. Destroy Reputation with Lies
Casual conversation reporting unconfirmed details about other people. This includes outright lies and the negative affect on a person's reputation, professionally or otherwise. Gossip can be oral slander or written libel.
In my opinion, this is the most serious of accusations against "GR Bullies". It is one thing to be name-calling (see "Insults") and an entirely inappropriate thing to be making shit up about authors you don't even know. That being the case, it is also inappropriate to be making shit up about reviewers you don't even know (or read).
6. Ganging Up/8. Using Friends to Attack
A group of friends or people "in arms" who band together for mutual defense and profit. Generally these gangs or band of not-so-merry reviewers are aiming their defenses and attacks at someone singled out for a difference in opinion or trolling.
Often, in the case of Goodreads, troops are not rallied, but latch on to the side they support of their own accord. Especially if the members don't really know each other IRL or are just fans of one of the GR reviewers.
Unless the reviewer specifically tells their friends or followers to defend them or act on their behalf, responsibility of the reviewer or "GR Bully", in this type of situation, is nil. Sure the folks ganging up are making the reviewer look like a bully, but if they are not doing the bullying themselves then there is no proof of anything except that they hold to their opinions and have some dedicated followers.
Unfortunately, trolls and authors that try to "defend" themselves against a bad review fail to see the smaller aspects of the bigger picture. Yes, they are being ganged up on, but not all of those individuals ganging up are of the same opinion or loyalties. One could be ganging up on an author based on their flagrant disregard for the audience's opinion; another could be ganging up with others simply for the misuse of the word "chagrin".
You don't know what you don't know and do not assume you do.
9. Bully Reviews
So this is basically their entire premise. I'm not sure why it's part of the rules, which are so redundant I'm convinced they don't really know what their issue is, so I've decided "bully reviews" are just mean and offensive to people's egos. The only legitimate offense they have taken is to defamation.
12. Trashing Books for Revenge
Inflicting harm on someone or a book belonging to a particular author who has wronged the "GR Bully" in some way.
I assume this is associated with ganging up and getting friends to hate on books that they haven't even read. I would equivocate this with authors or friends of authors telling people to vote down, multiple times, on negative reviews of their book on Amazon or Goodreads:
Examples of infamous harsh reviews:
"Sentimental rubbish… Show me one page that contains an idea"— Odessa Courier on Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, 1877.
"Monsieur Flaubert is not a writer" — La Figaro, 1857.
"We do not believe in the permanence of his reputation… our children will wonder what their ancestors could have meant by putting Dickens at the head of the novelists of today."— Saturday Review, 1858.
"Mandingo is racist trash, obscene in its manipulation of human beings and feelings, and excruciating to sit through in an audience made up largely of children, as I did last Saturday afternoon." —Roger Ebert, 1975.
"I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. Hated it. Hated every simpering stupid vacant audience-insulting moment of it. Hated the sensibility that thought anyone would like it. Hated the implied insult to the audience by its belief that anyone would be entertained by it." —Roger Ebert on North, 1994.
"GR Bullies" and Dangerous Reviews
Note:I'm taking some of these bits out of context, so you'd have to read the entire review to understand what the reviewer is ranting about or criticizing.
1. Archer/Cuddlebuggery:
Out of the 60 or so reviews I went through, these were the closest I got to harassment, but they seem more honest than a constant pain to the author (unless we're talking about the authors' egos).
I have checked other sources that inform me that the under-aged victim is actually 18, so I'm not sure how much I can agree or disagree with Rosen, but my opinion on the matter is not what is important. Bryant may be accusing her of libel, though he was found in the wrong and banned, but it doesn't help his case when he speaks for himself rather than via lawyer:
He seems pretty level-headed in the above post, but notice below his attitude and language takes a disgusting turn.
Terms like "stupid little fucking bitch" and "self-serving bitch" sound threatening and absolutely abusive. I swear like a trucker and I am fucking offended by the trash he's talking. Even if Rosen was in the wrong it is uncalled for and makes Bryant seem like a woman-hating asshole.
3. Jane Litte:
The only controversial review I could find was related to the blow up in early 2012 by Jamie McGuire the author of Beautiful Disaster. All the rest of Jane's reviews negative or not are highly detailed with quotes and comparisons to other books and parts of the same book. She pays attention to the little details to a fault, because honestly, her reviews are too long and I need to skim. In short, I find not even a moderate amount of heckling.
For Beautiful Disaster, Jane actually gave it 3 stars and a pretty good review. I found instead that after McGuire lashed out at a reviewer, Sophie, Jane decided she wouldn't stand for that kind of crap.
This all seems pretty tame to me. Except McGuire seems to over-react to whatever Jane tweets at her. Now Sophie takes a stand against McGuire for the rights of women and not having to be with someone ten times worse than Edward Cullen. I am so with her on that, except I don't let my feelings on the subject always cloud my judgment for reviews. I have not read Beautiful Disaster so I am unaware of the author's feelings on the relationship or her "voice", which usually reveals the attitude towards it all. Authors do not always condone what they write about and we, as reviewers, cannot assume they do unless they expressly say they do. Sometimes you can tell by their "voice", but even then a story is a story and I do not believe in censorship.
4. Kara:
5. Kat Kennedy/Cuddlebuggery:
6. Lissa:
I cannot find a single fucking thing that ties Lissa to any author blow ups. She is an author herself and friends with many of the Cuddlebuggery crew, but if that's all then I am deeply unimpressed. That being said, if someone knows something I do not, please send me stuff.
This something I found on the topic of Lissa:
As far as a I know Lissa did not outwardly ask anyone to up-vote her book over Twitter. She did not call negative reviewers assholes, bitches or douches. On Goodreads fans did not get a message telling them to up-vote the book or positive reviews.
The website GoodReads Follies is really great at calling out hypocrisy without any proof. If Kiera Cass' husband (or wife, I do not care or know) wrote a positive review for her book, I'm pretty sure no one would give a rat's ass. In fact, if her agent wrote a great review, I would still not care. Asking fans and followers to up-vote or openly saying over Twitter that you need to like all the positive reviews to make the negative reviews get off the top of the page is not the same thing.
If GR Reviewers are making negative comments about personal friends and family writing biased and positive reviews for an author's book(s), then I wholeheartedly support the claim of hypocrisy.
7. Lucy:
8. Ridley:
9. The Holy Terror:
She does fairly decent reviews, I think all the drama revolves around the fact that she lives up to her chosen name.
10. Wendy Darling:
I actually find this the most absurd accusation of "GR Bullying". I do not agree with Wendy on some books/reviews, but I absolutely enjoy every last word of them. She's eloquent and puts down books in the nicest way. Seriously.
So what if she didn't read all of The Selection? She clearly stated she hadn't and her review was based on x number of pages she read.
Here are some great blogposts that people should read about handling bad reviews.
Bad Reviews, I Can Handle Them and So Should You
Stop the STGRB Bullies (awesome name too: STSTGRBB :'D)


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The Union Gospel Mission is facing a mad meal/ turkey shortage. Actually, basically every food bank and organzation is.
Apparently, the UGM has like 200 turkeys on hand. Which is a lot until you consider that 11% of Seattle's residents (and about 7% of families) live in poverty (per the last census), which is close to 70k people. Which is a lot.
Their goal is to get 1,500 turkeys. They're partnering with Safeway and making it wicked easy for people to shop and donate stuff. Like, just buy some extra stuff. Then donate it. They also have a link to just straight-up give money.
^^Doesn't even have to be this much money.
Boom. You're helping people. Which is way better than hang-wringing over how yucky crimepeople are because THAT SHIT IS UNCOOL.
Now to be fair, the UGM *is* a religious organization and sometimes they are a little sanctimonious about making poor people pray and accept Jesus before they can get services (something I am 100% against).
Also, it deserves to be stated that I am a vegetarian who loves the shit out of green beans covered in canned soup, so I don't think Thanksgiving really needs a turkey.
A lot of people really do, and "normal" things like a Thanksgiving turkey can be really, really meaningful to community members who are in need. One time my family (who was certifiably poor) got our Thanksgiving dinner covered by my school and it was really nice because we actually got to eat cool Thanksgiving food. IT WAS LOVELY.
^^Wait, everyone's mom didn't do this on Thanksgiving. Guess I don't really know what normal is.
So, even if you don't support religious-based aid organizations OR the treatment of animals that goes into making Thanksgiving turkeys, you can still help out by donating to the literal dozens of other local groups who are helping to feed people during the holidays, which are hard emotionally, for people who are struggling, but also economically because a lot of things are closed during those times and getting what you need can be tough.
Even if you yourself are feeling the pinch (because dude, we feel you), just kicking like, $5 is enough to help food banks and other organizations meet the demand of people in our community who need it. Probably you can spare $5, right?
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- North Helpline has food drives every fucking weekend.
- Northwest Harvest has donation boxes all over the fucking city and also will just take your cold, hard cash. It is non-religious and 100% awesome.
- The U. District Food Bank is doing a turkey drive right now AND ALSO they are having a concert. Bring some food, watch some people sing songs. They are also a really pretty bad-ass organization that does good work, generally.
- The White Center Food Bank is also tryna get some turkeys on hand.
And that's just a few!
ALSO. Here are some tips for donating food THAT ISN'T SHITTY. Because sometimes I volunteer at a food bank and hoo boy you should see some of the abysmal drek that people donate. It's repulsive.
- Don't just clean out the cupboard. Is that shit expired? No one wants that.
- Don't donate ingredients, donate food. No one wants your old chopped walnuts. They want real food.
- Donate the kind of shit you like. Peanut butter? Yum. Tuna? Great. Soup? Golden.
- Pop-tops are what's up. A lot of people living in extreme poverty don't have a can-opener. Get a pop-top can of whatever and you're already doing them a major solid.
- When in doubt, give money. Food banks know what they need and what to buy. Let them do the hard work if you're not sure.
- ALSO! Friend-of-the-Ish Rebecca pointed out on Twitter something I left off: DONATE CAN-OPENERS. They are GREAT donations. DO THAT.
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Living in your house must be quite a trip!! Tell me,my creative friend, are the wall padded?
I completely agree. No common sense, just empty puppeteering and ventriloquism.
I disagree with Maher on lots of things, but really, this is immature.
This very well might be the worlds ugliest breed. Certainly a strong contender.
Geez with so many lap dogs to pick from you can use variations of this for the next 17 months
So true… the press and the "comedy" circuit are full of it… I mean, full of them.


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That's true and it's been the case for several years going now. Azarenka finally broke through after years on tour and Petra had a brief moment in 2011. But, other than that, where are the young up and coming stars on the WTA to challenge an older player like Serena? Maria was the last young phenom and that was almost 9 years ago.
And what has happened to the serving on tour? Whether it's Maria, Vika, Na, Petra, Stosur, Woz, and, heck, you can probably name every player other than Serena, their serves have been so prone to breaking down and being unreliable when needed most. I cringe at the serving in women's tennis and it's the biggest reason why Serena can consistently survive matches where she plays poorly. Hers is unshakable.
The bottom line is, nobody has the complete game and mental capacity to challenge Serena, even at 31-years-old and injury-prone.
and Azarenka had quite a fluke win, Serena for some reason doesn't have this inner hatred for her, she is lucky girl because of it. Against other players Serena looks like a killer on a mission , while versus Azarenka she is flat
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Education: who should have control over children's education?
When it comes to education there are different appoaches available. Just to name two your parents could be the ones who decide for you, or it could be the government, or even a combination of these two: the government sets a minimun standard and it's up to the parents to choose how to fill the gap. My question to you is: are children too young to make sound decisions about their future? If so, who should be in charge of developing their skills, knowledge and potential?
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Mar 20 2012: I think Teacher should have the biggest responsibility in children's education. I mean we all spend most of our youth in school. We start at 8 a.m. and finish at 6 p.m. If we remove the time we spend sleeping, doing our stuffs (hobbies or whatever), there's not much time spent with the parents.
Therefore, teachers must take the biggest responsibility in the youth future. I've always believed that school isn't just all about learning how to read and do maths. It should be about building children, learning them more about how to behave in life.
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Hera called Achilles to the school. When he arrived the seven teens were forced to sit down by their mentors. At one point Herry and Archie had almost broken free. Atlanta was taken out of the room. Achilles scanned the room for Atlanta.
"What happened to Atlanta?" he asked
They all gasped and started to yell all at once. A couple of "How could you," 's and "Oh yeah, act like you don't know," 's were heard.
"Quiet!" silenced Hera.
She turned to Achilles.
"As you have violated a member of this team I believe you have worn out your welcome. You will return to the underworld tonight,"
Achilles sighed guiltily. He knew what he had done was wrong. He slowly approached Archie,
"I'm sorry for for what I have done Archie, I know what I have done was wrong. She was just so like Breseis. I am so sorry. I am a horrible ancestor and I understand if you never forgive me,"
He bowed his head in disgrace.
"Nothing could ever make me forgive you for what you have done. Sorries don't even cut it. They don't even count as a millionth of an appology. How could you do something like that. I will never be like that! Leave!"
Achilles left the school that night and went back to the underworld. Everybody had stopped crying and Atlanta had stopped hurting. Archie was even more protective of Atlanta. He spent hours finding ways to protect her until a certain memory came back to him; "He'll ask her to marry him one day,". His mind clicked. If he ever wanted to keep her safe and away from trouble that's what he would have to do. Marry her. He didn't know what she would say but he had to try. He was determined.
The next morning...
The next morning when Theressa returned from the doctors with Atlanta and they had figured out she was not pregnate he went to Theressa's room.
"Yeah Archie?"
"Can you help me with something?"
"Sure Archie what is it?"
"Can you come with me to help me pick out something from the mall?"
"What do you need?"
"A ring,"
"A ring for what?"
'Did she always ask so many questions?' he thought.
"I'm going to ask Atlanta to marry me,"
Theressa made a huge squeaky scream.
"SHHH Theressa!"
"Sorry. Oh my gosh really!" Theressa whispered.
"Yes now will you help me?"
"Of coarse,"
The two headed out to the mall. They stopped at a jewelry store and looked at all of the rings. Theressa automaticly started to search for a certain ring that Atlanta had picked out when she was at the mall the previous week with Theressa.
"Here it is!"
"Here what is?"
"The ring Atlanta liked the best when we came here last week,"
Theressa asked the woman to take the ring out of the case for Archie to look at.
"If that's what she wants then she can have it,"
It was a simple silver band with a single diomand on it. Like the ones you find at the dentist only real. Archie purchased the ring and went home and started to plan his speech. He planned to ask her tonight. When he was done he read it over one last time and went to Theressa's room to let her double check it. He knocked on the door.
"Come in,"
But when he looked up he saw Atlanta sitting beside Theressa on her bed. He quickly hid the paper in his hoodie pocket but Atlanta had seen him.
"Whatcha' hiding Arch?" she asked.
"Uh nothing. What makes you think I'm hiding anything?"
Atlanta approached him. She faked right but went left and grabbed the paper out of his pocket. She jumped up onto the bed out of Archie's reach and started to read the note aloud. But she quieted down at the end.
"Dear Atlanta, I've known you for a long time. A year actually. Do you believe in love at first sight? I do. Ever since the first time I met you I thought you were beautiful and smart and kind..."
She read the whole paper and tears of happiness filled her eyes and dropped down her cheeks. She jumped off of the bed and ran up to Archie. She hugged him and told him she would.
"I'd love to Archie,"
Archie slipped the ring onto her finger and kissed her. Archie had waited for this moment all his life. They wouldn't be getting married for another four years but atleast he got to marry her. Now he could keep her out of harms way. The old couple was right. One day he would ask her to marry him and he was thankful to that couple. He would be sure to thank them and invite them to the wedding ceremony.


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I'm new to Visual Basic, but I've figured out everything I need to know in making my Jeopardy scorekeeper (not a Jeopardy game, but a tool in keeping score when you play along with Jeopardy on TV), except for one thing. I can't figure out how to get the score working. I have made a label in the main window, but I am not sure how to display an updating score with it. I've set the program up to where the main window is the Jeopardy board, and the clue windows are buttons. Each of those buttons pops up a dialog with three buttons: correct, no ring in, and incorrect. Now, that's another thing I'm trying to figure out- how to make the correct and incorrect buttons add and subtract to the score displayed in the main window. Also, I have a button that pops up a dialog with three buttons (correct, cancel, and incorrect) and a text box. I want the value entered in that text box to add or subtract (depending on if my answer was correct or incorrect) to the displayed score, so that I can use that feature for Daily Doubles. Lastly, when all the clue buttons have been pressed, I want the Double Jeopardy window (which will be a window just like the original window for the Jeopardy round, except with new clue values, obviously) to pop up, with the same score intact. Hopefully you guys can help me.
And before you all flame me for not searching to see if this topic has been covered before, I already did. However, those threads did not specifically answer my question, so that's why I made a new one.
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Requesting Help With Simple Bowling Scorekeeper Program
Hello vbFolks. I'm quite new at designing programs with visual basic so I'd like to enlist for some advice.
First of all, I'm a computer science student that ventured down the C++ path for a little too long and I re-specced to a VB-oriented track. Since then I've had 1 very basic class in VB programming. I've been working on a little side program for keeping bowling scores but I'm at an impasse and would like some help.
Am I able to do this by using a simple set of control arrays (say 2 text boxes and 1 label per "frame") and using them inside some kind of repetition statement?
on the form i have control arrays txtFirst(10) and txtSecond(10) for balls thrown
and lblScore(10) for the score on each frame. The user types the score for each
ball and I want it to update the Score label automatically.
I cannot figure out how to store the typed numbers to the txtFirst(i).text property at runtime. What's more is that I've had equally frustrating moments trying to do something as simple as Code: lblScore(i).Caption = Val(txtFirst(i).text) + Val(txtSecond(i).text) for the first frame on the sheet, then trying to carry forward that value for future use.
I'd appreciate some insight on the basics. TIA for the help.
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I am trying to make a jeopardy game in PowerPoint that will keep track of score by itself. I do not know much about visual basic, but I want to learn. I am wondering if each slide is capable of remembering its own point value and updating my score slide, which consists of 3 text boxes for my 3 teams.
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hi guys, i'm pretty new at this and i need a bit of help
i'm making a jeopardy game. the form has 5 labels on top for categories
and 5 command buttons (100-500) for each category.
when the program starts a series of input boxes come up asking for you
to create your categories, questions and answers. these are functions
1) function makecategory()
a = InputBox("What do you want the first category to be?", "First Category", "type what you want the first category to be here")
Label2.Caption = a
b = InputBox("What do you want the second category to be?", "Second Category", "type the second category in here")
Label3.Caption = b
End Function
2) questions and answers for the first category
Function FirstQuestions()
fstques100 = InputBox("What do you want the 100 point question for " + (a) + " to be?", (a) + " For 100")
fstans100 = InputBox("What is the answer to the 100 point question you just entered?", "100 Point Answer")
fstques200 = InputBox("What do you want the 200 point question for " + (a) + " to be?", (a) + " For 200")
fstans200 = InputBox("What is the answer to the 200 point question you just entered?", "200 Point Answer")
fstques300 = InputBox("What do you want the 300 point question for " + (a) + " to be?", (a) + " For 300")
End Function
3) this is just to have a label at the bottom keep score
Function Score()
Label7.Caption = points
End Function
4)Private Sub formload()
Call MakeCategory
Call FirstQuestions
End Sub
as you can see, just a lot of repeating
each command button for the question is coded like this
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
ques1100 = InputBox((fstques100), (a) + " For 100")
If LCase(ques1100) = LCase(fstans100) Then
hfgk = MsgBox("Correct!", vbOKOnly, "Jeopardy")
points = points + 100
Call Score
CommandButton1.Visible = False
gjhdfg = MsgBox("Incorrect, The Correct Answer is " + (fstans100), vbOKOnly + vbCritical, "Jeopardy")
points = points - 100
Call Score
CommandButton1.Visible = False
End If
End Sub
I realized that if you make a set of questions you should be able to save them, and re use them instead of typing in all of them input boxes again
I added another form which has a combo box, and 3 command buttons (exit, ok (to pick a saved set),cancel and create your own., i'm not familiar with working with multiple forms so i need help on getting the question set form to come up first when the program runs. i also need help coding the combo box to open up question sets, how to save sets when you make them, as the game starts, and if you load a set, how to make the program not ask you for the questinos and categories again. Thanks for any help.
if you can please send a copy of your response to
that would also be of great help
thanks alot
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how do i get VB to choose a random letter out of an array and then once thats done have it choose a random number for a certain variable in that same array?
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For those of you who helped me before I thank you.
heres the link to the old thread for the new people or if you need to refresh your memory:http://www.xtremevbtalk.com/showthread.php?t=261656
the code works great but i'm having trouble with the answers and the category names. Is it possible to connect the name and answer together in the code or does it have to be done outside?
And which would work better: make the player to click on the answer amount and get a separate window or still have the aswer in the same window but just at the bottom?
The program at this point is attached to help if its needed (the reason i haven't gotten much farther than this is because my drive with all of my older projects crashed and i can't get any of the data back, its a real bummer.)
Simple Jeopardy Like Program
I would like to write a program that would run over a network and be something like a Jeopardy game or something. Where The "Host" of the game has a computer and there are three "contestants". When one of the contestants hits the "enter" key onthe key board, I would like it to report to the "host" which one came in first, second and third. I'm not very good with Network programming so I would like to know a good place to start. Thank you.
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Three San Ramon residents who led the campaign against Measure W last year were nominated for Save Mount Diablo's "Mountain Star Award" for their work in protecting the region's natural land.
Measure W was a general plan update on the ballot last fall that would have extended San Ramon's urban growth boundary more than 1,600 acres into the rural Tassajara Valley. It lost by nearly 72 percent of the votes.
"San Ramon residents were frustrated by the actions of their City council, and three residents led a community group to challenge the city's ballot measure," according to a Save Mount Diablo press release. "Doug Burr is a management consultant. When the San Ramon city council refused to put stop signs near a neighborhood school, he wrote an initiative to require it. Sally Scholl has lived in San Ramon for 45 years, taught in San Ramon Valley schools for 25 years and was both District and County Teacher of the Year in 1999. In her retirement she works on clean water projects in Africa. Phil O'Loane is an executive at Kaiser Permanente and was Chairman of the San Ramon Planning Commission."
O'Loane also recently announced he's running for City Council this fall. His name will be on the Nov. 8 ballot.
"Urban growth boundaries are a linchpin of our community's ongoing commitment to maintaining a balanced approach to growth," O'Loane said in a prepared statement. "I am proud to have been able to team up with people who share a vision and an energy for open space preservation in the Tassajara Valley and our Western Hills. These areas are treasures worth preserving."
Other award recipients are: East Bay Regional Park District's Wildlife Program Manager/ornithologist Doug Bell and Bay Nature co-founder/Bay Nature Institute executive director David Loeb.
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For the first time in the race's history Swiss Sailing has sponsored a team and has promised to make sure it's a fun adventure.
Switzerland has a long tradition with famous and successful sailors who have participated in regattas like the Whitbread Round the World Race (Pierre Fehlmann) or the Vendée Globe (Dominique Wavre and Bernhard Stamm).
As a Team Sponsor Switzerland hopes to alter the current image of sailing. Circumnavigations are adventurous, exciting and an unforgettable experience. Everybody can sail and experience the thrill of mastering mother nature's strength. Everybody can do a circumnavigation, even under competition conditions. And sailing is fun!
Swiss Sailing exercises the traditional services of a federation and has more than 21,500 members at affiliated clubs that it partners with on a range of leading projects. These include supporting young sailors (Youth America's Cup), developing new sailing technology in cooperation with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne EPFL (Hydros. ch), implementing new Olympic sailing classes (Nacra17) or helping to promote sailing for people new to the sport.
Team Switzerland hopes that every crew member will have a unique experience and come to remember their turn on Switzerland with a smile in the future. It will be looking forward to celebrating the 75th anniversary of the foundation of its federation in 2014.
Switzerland is a tourist destination – all year round. Switzerland will also carry the logo of Mercy Ships, raising awareness for the hospital ship charity which provides free surgery and medical care to people in need around the world.
Clipper Race crew all have a spark about them that makes them different to the rest of the world.