About Me

Hello everyone!  I'm Laura.  I'm a bookworm, blogger, aspiring author, and chocolate lover.  If you have chocolate, I will eat your chocolate.  I love blogging and really, it's like a second job to me.  My main goal is to help out other readers who aren't quite sure whether they want to read that book!  Generally, I'll post on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays depending on the time of year!  If you'd like to have a conversation, talk about books, have your book reviewed, or anything in between, hop over to the Contact Me tab and send me a message through any of the outlets.  Or, there are social media buttons on the sidebar that will take you right to my profiles.  If you would like to have your book reviewed, please read my Review Policy.

 Review System

When reading and reviewing a book, there are some aspects that I'm assessing.

1) The overall concept.  This includes the plot, the characters, and the overarching themes.  Of course, original things are the best and staying away from cookie cutters is essential.  It's nearly impossible to have an entirely original idea but it's a good thing if 70% of the book hasn't come from something else out there.

2) The flow.  Without any other way to describe it, I'll draw parallel's to a river of chocolate (because who doesn't like chocolate?).  The best books have perfectly smooth rivers that float down the riverbed with no bumps or clumps.  You feel entirely at home in that river and don't ever feel like getting out.  With the addition of some bumps that weren't blended out or bubbles that grow and disrupt the ride down the river, you really want to get out of the river and therefore, stop reading the book.  There are plenty of things that jolt someone out of a story.  It could be strange wording choices, a completely out-of-left-field choice by a character that doesn't fit their personality or previous actions, or anything in between.

3) The pace.  This is pretty connected to the flow.  For me to want to continue to read, there has to be something happening and in general, an overarching plot line that continues to drive the plot forward, even when a microplot line ends.  If the pace is terribly slow, I don't really want to finish it.  If the pace is terribly fast, however, and everything is just thrown at the reader, I may tend to throw up my hands in frustration and that will show in my review.  I rarely DNF (did not finish) books but I'll definitely mention pace in my review.

In my reviews, I tend to structure it into bullet points.  Generally, these are the characters, the plot, the romance (if there is one and there's something significant that I want to mention), and the writing (this is where I'll mention word choice, flow, and the non-creative aspects of the book).

 

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Email: blueeyebooks3@gmail.com

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Or in the comments section of any post!  I always read and reply to every comment.

 

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