Review Policy
What you can expect from my blog and book reviews:
This blog has been created for me to chronicle the books I read. As I read a book, I will write up my thoughts and feelings about it (i.e. my "review") and give it an overall rating score between 1 and 5 stars. I realize that every book written is fueled by love by the author who took the time and energy to write it. It is for that reason I state here that these reviews are solely my opinion, and are in no way a reflection of the author. I do not write poor "reviews" to be mean. Every book will not appeal to all people.
My preferred genre of books is YA fiction - specifically paranormal, fantasy, contemporary, romance, dystopian, apocalyptic, and historical fiction. I do enjoy some NA and adult fiction books in these genres also.
The following information will be included in all of my reviews: the cover art, author name, publisher name if applicable, a brief summary of the novel from Goodreads, my own thoughts about the book, a numbered rating, links to both Goodreads and publication dates. My reviews will also be posted on Goodreads.
NEW TO MY RATING SYSTEM AS OF 1/22/2015 and explanation of star ratings used:
Language Rating: 0-3 (none, light, medium, heavy)
Mature/Graphic Content: 0-3 (none, light, medium, heavy)
Overall *: Strong dislike. Or DNF.
Overall **: Less than good...painful to read at times.
Overall ***: Good book, but it irritated me one too many times.
Overal ****: Really, really enjoyed it!
Overall *****: Loved and obsessed over every page!
Lastly, I am not a real "wordy" kind of person. So my "reviews" are usually short and sweet (or not so sweet as some may be) and to the point. I really don't see the point of rewriting my own synopsis when Goodreads does a fabulous job of that already so don't expect to see a lengthy synopsis on my reviews. I will generally have a short one.
To quote from a book, "I'm not an endless well of descriptive words..." Existence #1 by Abbi Glines, describes perfectly my review writing style. I'm not going to use beautiful language to describe my thoughts on books. It'll be honest, and it'll be simple.
This blog has been created for me to chronicle the books I read. As I read a book, I will write up my thoughts and feelings about it (i.e. my "review") and give it an overall rating score between 1 and 5 stars. I realize that every book written is fueled by love by the author who took the time and energy to write it. It is for that reason I state here that these reviews are solely my opinion, and are in no way a reflection of the author. I do not write poor "reviews" to be mean. Every book will not appeal to all people.
My preferred genre of books is YA fiction - specifically paranormal, fantasy, contemporary, romance, dystopian, apocalyptic, and historical fiction. I do enjoy some NA and adult fiction books in these genres also.
The following information will be included in all of my reviews: the cover art, author name, publisher name if applicable, a brief summary of the novel from Goodreads, my own thoughts about the book, a numbered rating, links to both Goodreads and publication dates. My reviews will also be posted on Goodreads.
NEW TO MY RATING SYSTEM AS OF 1/22/2015 and explanation of star ratings used:
Language Rating: 0-3 (none, light, medium, heavy)
Mature/Graphic Content: 0-3 (none, light, medium, heavy)
Overall *: Strong dislike. Or DNF.
Overall **: Less than good...painful to read at times.
Overall ***: Good book, but it irritated me one too many times.
Overal ****: Really, really enjoyed it!
Overall *****: Loved and obsessed over every page!
Lastly, I am not a real "wordy" kind of person. So my "reviews" are usually short and sweet (or not so sweet as some may be) and to the point. I really don't see the point of rewriting my own synopsis when Goodreads does a fabulous job of that already so don't expect to see a lengthy synopsis on my reviews. I will generally have a short one.
To quote from a book, "I'm not an endless well of descriptive words..." Existence #1 by Abbi Glines, describes perfectly my review writing style. I'm not going to use beautiful language to describe my thoughts on books. It'll be honest, and it'll be simple.
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