After two months of no activity due to various reasons, including technical difficulties on the part of WordPress compatibility and computer capabilities, Archdale in all its functions are up and running again. We aim to return to prior consistency with no further breaks. Thank you kindly for your patience and understanding! As an overview, the … Continue reading [UPDATE] Archdale and Website Operation Status and Changes →

The first 3-4 month interval of index maintenance for active titles for 2021 has been completed. To view the requirements for book titles to continue being listed on the Excellent to Fair and Developing Releases webpage indexes, please read: https://virtualbookshelf.home.blog/virtual-bookshelf/.

After rebranding to Archdale from Virtual Bookshelf, website traffic dropped greatly. Due to a lack of forewarning, except on the Discord server, the unexpected shift essentially wiped out our previous online presence that had been strong and steadily growing. Because part of our mission is to promote books through our indexing and spotlighting, this was … Continue reading Main Site Released →

Due to the recent rebrand of Virtual Bookshelf to Archdale, I made a critical error not realizing that all of the links redirecting to onsite posts no longer work. WordPress doesn't automatically update website URLs upon changing domain names; thus, I have to do this manually in the coming days. With that said, the posts … Continue reading [NOTICE] Important Update →

Today marks the official reopening of website operations including acceptance of assessment requests and the return of the Monthly Spotlight beginning with the end of November! Now that all pages and posts have been updated to the new format as outlined in the 10.05.20 Website Revamp, and initiating assessments from all five writing and reading … Continue reading Official Operations Reopening →

Over a year has passed since this project was dropped due to unexpected life events including the pandemic. Sincerest apologies to all visitors, readers, and writers for not being able to keep this website running. However, as of today, the website will begin functioning again with an updated layout that follows after the changes made … Continue reading Website Return & Revamp 10.05.20 →

The 03.18.19 Website Overhaul has been completed. All qualifying books have story posts, and pages have been updated to reflect the changes. Make sure to check out the Story Post Archives for 20+ chaptered book information and curated reviews. To better support searching for good stories on Virtual Bookshelf, type tags on story website/platform pages. … Continue reading Completed: Website Overhaul 3.18 →

As the sole keeper of the library, I've decided to switch from a "content creator" to a "content curator." I cannot keep up with reviewing (a story with 50 chapters will take me a minimum of 2 hours), so instead, I'll be curating reviews which have already been given by others on the story's writing … Continue reading [03.18.19] Website Overhaul →