Review Policies
Accepting Books For Review
I only review the following with the following conditions
I Do Review
* Printed real books sent to my home by author/publisher
* Printed magazines sent to my home by author/publisher
* Printed materials of all kinds sent to my home by author/publisher
*DVD's sent to my home by creator
*CD's sent to my home by creator
*Audio Books sent to my home by author/publisher
I Do Not
* I do not have Kindle or any other device. Nor will I sit in front of a computer and read a PDF or any other format.
* I do not review on Amazon, please do not try to bully or sweet talk me into that either. I have only had bad experiences with them so I do not deal with them at all.
*I won't stare into You Tube either or any other website.
* I don't have a Blu Ray player nor will I be likely to get one until my DVD players break.
* Reviewed material can not be returned or refunded.
* Will not cover shipping costs
* I have a physical address not a P.O. Box
* Please also give me a direct link to the book on Goodreads, or at least the ISBN, I can't help you promote it if I can't find it.
* Please do not come back to me in a few weeks time and ask me if I have received your book without please first checking your email. I ALWAYS send a reply when I receive your book, usually within a few hours but no more than 2 days later, unless I have Internet problems and being way up here by mountains I do occasionally, but I will get to a library and let you know this within a week or 2.
* Please do not nag at me about posting a review or when my time frame is. If you have a time frame let me know that in your first email. I have no time frame. I ALWAYS post a review of a book I have received, I feel it is my obligation to do what I say I will. I will get the review up when I can.
I understand this is very important to you but honestly to me its a hobby.
Your review material will sit on the top of my currently reading list, so there is no way I can forget.
I normally do within a month or so of receiving the material.
Reviewing At The Following
Goodreads Groups
Facebook Groups
Please Note: I am NOT currently posting reviews on FB until they change their groups page, I can not make any sense of how it works now. Before I could just run down the list, now my list is gone
Social
Once I get the printed book, magazine, material I will send you an email telling you I received it and my initial thoughts on the cover/presentation.
Depending on size and any other life distractions, I will post a review as soon as I finish the book, I generally read 2-6 chapters a night. Some nights more some nights less, sometimes I spend the whole day reading. I usually blurb /blog quite a bit about books I am currently reading so you can get real time ideas of my thoughts on the book.
I don't give very long reviews. To me a really very long review is just overblown and too much. I like to keep them short and whether I like the material or not and whether I would recommend it or not.
I Will Only Review The Following Types Of Literature, Music, DVD's **These Genre's Also Apply To Audio Books**
Fiction
Phantom Of The Opera or related
Sherlock Holmes or related
Mystery/Crime of all kinds
Cozy Mysteries: Birdwatching, Tea Tastings, Naturalist, Gaslight
Vampire: Romance, Drama, Erotica, Historical
Victorian: Romance, Drama, Erotica, Historical, Gaslight Crime
Light Horror: Witchcraft, Werewolves, Ghost, Haunted Houses, Haunted Ships, Haunted Dwellings of any kind.
Pastiches: Phantom Of The Opera, Sherlock Holmes, Dracula I am most familiar with so could give a much better view
Fantasy: Light fantasy such as Harry Potter, Lord Of The Rings {Please No Science Fiction}
Y/A Children's: Anything but SciFi
Non Fiction
Science: Earth, Space any and all in between
Spiritual: Pagan,Witchcraft, Christian
Self Help: Meditation, Crystals, Tarot, Medical including Hollistic
Travel: Will review all. Most familiar with Southern California
History: Will review all. Clothes, Architecture preferred
Art
Crafting/Hobby
Birds: Will review all. Most familiar with Southern California birds
Animals: Will review all. Southern California Butterflies, Reptiles preferred
Y/A Children's: Will review all
Gardening: Will review all. Southern California Herb, Container, Succulent/Cactus preferred.
*** I live in Southern California so I would be able to relate extremely well and I also have a keen interest in Birds, Animals, and Gardening in the area. ***
Music
Classical, Classical Cross-over, Classical music with nature sounds
DVD
Nature, Ambience, Fireplaces
** NO PORN, don't even ask**
If I can help you out with reviews, please contact me
Yes I might be a bit old fashioned but that is how I like to live my life