Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Welcome!

Stories are my job. But they're also my passion, my stress release, my escape from a sometimes stressful life. Truly, my most favorite thing to do when I'm not writing books is to curl up in a corner and read one. But for most of my life as a reader, I wasn't much of a reviewer - honestly, I just read the books, and I either loved them or I didn't. If I loved them, I told my friends, and if I hated them, I told my friends. Ambivalence over an average book lead only to radio silence from me as a reader. But now, as an author, I've learned how very important it is to take the time to write reviews of the books I read. An author's career can be made or broken by the number of reviews their books attract, and as a supporter of the lively community I've become so much a part of, I wanted to be sure I was doing my part.

For years now, I've made it a personal policy to review nearly every book that I read, but in my time as an author, I've also learned how unreliable certain review sites can be, with reviews being bought and paid for - or worse, with legitimate reviews being pulled for reasons unknown. So, to protect my reviews from being lost, to store them in a central place, and to give my own readers a reliable spot to find books to read (after they've read all of mine, I hope), I launched my very own book blog, where you can find honest reviews of books by author, by genre, or by rating.

I'm a choosy reader though, and it's rare for me to give a book a five-star rating - though I'm always on the lookout for the next unforgettable story. In time, this site will be full of reviews of great books, so I hope you'll check back often, and join me in my quest to find my next 5-star read.