A New Idea

I just shared this on Facebook, and thought I could share it here as well. If you have any thoughts or ideas, I’d appreciate hearing them!

The last while I’ve been praying about a way to have a home business (so hopefully I can save enough to go to Nursing School). An idea came to me this morning that perhaps I could start a website for homeschool parents to go to to find books (and other resources) to supplement curriculum (or build their own curriculum from).

So here’s my question for everyone: If there was a website geared toward homeschooling that had a big list of good books that are interesting and informative, would you use it?

I’m thinking it would be sorted several different ways (genre, time period, etc.), and each individual book would have a short synopsis at the top along with a little “quick” information about it. Then, if you click a “read more” link there would be several paragraphs of an in-depth review of the book (not giving away the plot, but saying how it was helpful), and warnings if there was something that parents might want to censor, etc. Also, I would provide links to where you can find it to buy it, so the work would already be done. (And we could even have a place for others to put in their opinion of a certain book.)

Along with books for homeschooling, I thought eventually I might also be able to list helpful movies and games that parents could use as well. And, perhaps, as time will allow, have resources for aspiring writers as well (such as helpful books for researching Australian history, or blindness, etc.).

So once again—if there was a website like this, would you find it useful? Or do you prefer finding things yourself?

Thank you in advance for sharing your opinion!
-Esther

P.S. I’ve already had one question about how I’d earn money from the site. At the moment, it would be through affiliate links (such as where to buy a particular book) and through ads on the sidebar (which I’m hoping would come as publicity increases).