Review Policy


Currently Accepting Review Requests
Review Policy of 365 Books A Year
  • Genres I will not accept: Erotica, Westerns, Romance. Although I do read Young Adult Romance.
  • Except for the above, I read all genres. Preferred Genres: Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Adult Literary Fiction, Urban Fantasy
  • Preferred Young Adult types: Fantasy, Realistic Fiction, Science Fiction (Including Dystopian), and Paranormal. But I will read all types of YA books except Non-Fiction. I do not read Children's or Middle Grades books.
  • Preferred Historical Fiction Time Periods: Medieval (especially set in Britain), Victorian Era, Ancient Rome, anything set in Asia, World War Two, books set in the U.K. in any time period
  • I do read non-fiction. Preferred Non-Fiction Subjects: History, Microhistories, Biographies, Memoirs  
  • Preferred Formats: I actually prefer ebooks. I will accept either Epub format or PDF. 
  • Preference for reviews will be given to books under these circumstances: the author is willing to provide a physical (preferred) or ebook copy for giveaway, do an interview/guest post on my blog, and/or the book is a highly anticipated release. (My definition of an anticipated release is that the book is on the "Popular Books" list on Goodreads in the month of its release.)
  • Review policy for DNF (did not finish) Books: If I have read enough to determine that I cannot finish a book because I have found significant problems, I may review on that basis. In a DNF review, I will say how far I got in the book, what I found, and why I stopped reading.
  • You understand and accept that I often do not do "traditional" type reviews. For example: Battle of the Crossdressers and this review of Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout
  • Indie/Self-Published Books: Not currently accepting review requests.
  • I reserve the right to not review a book. At this time, I have reviewed over 90% of ARC books received by the date of publication. (If received prior to publication date.)
  • I post reviews on my blog, Goodreads, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble. I will consider requests to post on other sites if it is feasible.
  • My stats as of 9/02/12:  482 Followers via GFC or Linky, 369 Followers via RSS/Email, 247 Followers on Twitter. My blog has been running for about 3 months.
  • I also do guest posts here: E and K Family Book Reviews
My contact information: Shay at 365.books.a.year(at)gmail(dot)com

Thanks to Candace at Candace's Book Blog because I was able to do my review policy in under an hour because she did a post on this topic. If you need a review policy or want to make sure you've included everything, check out Review Policies and What Should Be In Them

2 comments:

  1. It looks great! And thanks for the shout out for my review policy post, I appreciate that! And I'm so glad it made it so much easier for you.

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  2. Hi, I tried to send you an e-mail to see if you'd be interested in reviewing my book but it got rejected. Just read your review policy and see that my book may be in a shade of gray. It's a historical fiction set during the Victorian era but takes place in a small Nevada ranching town after the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde. I'll attach links for its blog and facebook page to help you decide should you care to have a look. Thanks for your time and consideration here. Hope it interests you. Paulette ptmahurin@sbcglobal.net

    https://www.facebook.com/ThePersecutionOfMildredDunlap

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