The Luminous Rabbit Lights The Way
The Luminous Rabbit is the first “Book Review Blog” that I’ve seen and while it’s still relatively new with only three posts on it thus far. I think it’s got a great potential to establish itself as a kind of “authority site” regarding the books that are reviewed there.
For example, In a review of “Worlds of the Imperium, by Keith Laumer” is a title that I’ve never heard of before yet with an interesting enough sounding plot that I might be willing to give it a go sometime in spite of a few “cons” about the book.
The Luminuous Rabbit is definitely going to be a good place to look for good recommendations for your reading list.
Readability 9.5
The text color is gray (#474B4E) on an off-white (#FAFBFB) background but the font size is large enough so that it still manages to be readable without a need to magnify or highlight the text
Layout 8.5
It looks like a basic “standard blogger” type of template. It puts the posts first by loading them before the sidebar so that visitors can get right to the main content while the sidebar stuff loads.
Load time 9.5
Fast loader! Firebug reports 34 requests loaded in 7.25 seconds
Scrollability 9.8
Barely noticalble lag in scrolling but not enough to be a problem.
Writing 9
I like the author’s style. Each review explains the pros and cons of the book in such a was as to give a good idea what it’s about without unnecessary spoilers that would ruin it for potential readers who don’t want to know what happens until they read it.
Total Score 46.3
The Luminous Rabbit BuzzRank 92.6
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