A CHANGE OF REVIEW POLICY FROM 5 SEPTEMBER 2021
I will only be reviewing personally purchased books in the following genres – Historical Romance, Historical Fiction and Historical Mystery.
Only reviews for books that I can highly recommend (5 star rated) will be posted.
I am not accepting review requests.
A CHANGE TO OUR REVIEW POLICY FROM JANUARY 2019
We have decided that, from January 2019, we will only be posting reviews for those books which we have rated either 5 stars or Stellar 5 stars. These will be the books that we can wholeheartedly recommend and ones we would want to re-read or listen to again.
Stellar 5 stars = AWESOME AND IN A CLASS OF ITS OWN !
5 stars = LOVED IT !
CHANGES TO OUR REVIEW POLICY WITH EFFECT FROM 20 JANUARY 2018
Due to time constraints, Wendy and I will now only be reviewing books that we have personally chosen to read.
CHANGES TO MY REVIEW POLICY, REVIEWS AND REVIEW RATINGS WITH EFFECT FROM 4 AUGUST 2015
**REVIEW POLICY**
PLEASE NOTE THAT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MY TOP FAVOURITE AUTHORS, I AM NO LONGER ACCEPTING AUTHOR REQUESTS FOR REVIEWS.
**REVIEWS**
I will only be sharing reviews for those books that I have rated as 4 or more stars. These are the books that I would happily recommend to other readers.
**REVIEW RATINGS**
I’m also simplifying my rating system as follows:
Stellar 5 stars = AWESOME AND IN A CLASS OF ITS OWN – AN ABSOLUTE MUST-READ
5 stars = LOVED IT – HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
4 stars = REALLY ENJOYED IT – RECOMMENDED
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**APPLIES TO ALL REVIEWS POSTED FROM 21 MARCH 2013 TO 3 AUGUST 2015**
When I set up this blog, I omitted to provide information regarding my review ratings and so I’m rectifying that omission now. Better late than never!
The books I review are either purchased by me, freebies from Amazon or won in Giveaways. Very occasionally, I do accept review requests. I read purely for pleasure and so all my reviews are totally subjective and my ratings reflect how the books made me feel and how much I enjoyed them.
I do not review any books that I would rate less than 3 stars.
Stellar 5 stars
Awesome. In a class by itself.
5 stars
Fantastic.
4.5 stars
Loved it.
4 stars
Very good
3.5 stars
Enjoyable
3 stars
Just okay
Rakes And Rascals 
I would love to do an interview with you! Please send the format via e-mail to my personal assistant at WordJockey2377@aol.com with “Rakes and Rascals Interview” in the subject line, and I will get the answers back to you as soon as I can. Thank you for the opportunity!
Catherine Anderson
Catherine, I’m delighted that you have agreed to do the interview and I will email the template to your personal assistant. “Annie’s Song” and the “Comanche” series are among my top favourite books.
I can’t find where you have a review policy, so I thought I’d just write you a comment.
My novel -The Living Miracle A Love Story is a romance novel with a Christian/Sci-fi twist. It was published April 2, 2016.
The story begins in the year 3044. It is a Godless world. Instead of sending the apocalypse God sends a synthetic girl. This is her story.
Thank you for considering my novel for review. You can find other reviews on Amazon, B&N’s and Goodreads.
The Living Miracle A Love Story by Donna D. Vaal
Dee Vaal
fiddledeedeebooks.wordpress.com
Donna, I only read Historical Romances and the occasional Contemporary ones and I am no longer accepting review requests other than from my favourite authors.
Thanks
Hi, Carol. I have just self-published my first historical romance (I know, I know, I can hear the sighs already)!
But if you think you might be interested in reviewing the novel, check out my website and see what you think.
Sincerely,
Nora Ryell
Hi Nora, I made a decision early last year that I would not be accepting any further review requests, other than from a small number of top favourite authors. I have a lot of personally purchased books on my TBR pile which I really want to read and these are my priority now.