In a prior thread, someone pointed out that a lot of that Chess Cafe content is still available at:
https://web.archive.org/web/20140714190611/http://www.chesscafe.com/archives/archives.htm
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For things like the "Best chess book for a Novice" discussion, initiated by 1kitley197 in the Chess Books & Equipment forum, I think it is enormously useful to have access to a well-organized library of book reviews written by strong players. Until recently, such a resource was maintained by chesscafe. Since they seem to have suspended operations, I wonder if it would be possible for chess.com to acquire and maintain the book review feature. Perhaps some of their other former features would be of interest as well.