Review Policy

To Our Readers

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If you have any questions, please email us at chelleyreads AT gmail DOT com or by clicking on the "contact us" tab above and we will try our best to answer it.

To Authors and Publishers

Do you want us to review your book or include us in your blog tour?

Background:

Leslie and I are US-based bloggers and have been book blogging since September 3, 2009. I am 25 years old and a full-time graduate student and Leslie is 15 years old and a 10th grader in high school. We are both avid readers of young adult novels. I also love to read romances.

Genres we review:

• Young adult fiction (all genres)
• Some middle grade fiction (NO Pony Pals-esque books please)
• Romance novels [only Michelle]
• Adult literary fiction 

Formats we accept:

• Print books
• ARC/Galleys
• E-galleys**

We DO NOT accept self-published books and the following genres:

• Non-fiction
• Table Picture Books
• Religious fiction/non-fiction
• Christian Romance
• Romantica/Erotica with non-monogamous main characters, BDSM, M/M, etc.
• Poetry and novels written in verse
• Adult Graphic Novels
• Horror

**Michelle now has an e-reader and accepts pre-approved e-books from Netgalley or Edelweiss only.

Please understand that we are quite selective in the books we accept for review due to our busy schedules. If we do not get back to you in a week it is safe to assume we are not interested. Otherwise, we will get back to you within 2-3 days.

Unsolicited Review Books: Books we personally request or accept for review will always take precedence. We review unsolicited books only if time permits.

How we review:

• We strive to post our reviews in a timely manner--usually within 3-4 weeks after we receive the book in the mail (unless we are given a specific date to post for blog tours) but timing depends on our personal schedule.
• If we receive an ARC (advance reader copy), we try to post the review sometime in the month it will be released (could be before or after the release date). If the ARC/book is already released by the time we receive, we try to post our review 3-4 weeks after we receive it.
• Our reviews are usually short 2-3 paragraphs, honest and to the point. The focus of our reviews differ in each book but both the positive and the negative (if any) aspects in the book will be addressed. We will always try to find something positive to say.

IMPORTANT: We try to review all books we receive but know that books we accept might not always get reviewed (usually due to our schedule) within the 3-4 weeks time period.

If we cannot review your book at all for any reason, it will be given away either through a contest on the blog or donated to our local public library without prior notice/email to the book review requestee.

Other promotional opportunities:
We are open to author interviews, guest blogs and giveaways sponsored by the author or publisher.

However, we do not promote books we have not read unless we have read the author's other book(s) in the past and/or are genuinely excited for the book (i.e., we featured it on a "Book We Covet" post).

Besides our blog, we also post our reviews on:

• Goodreads
• Amazon
• Barnes and Noble

Thank you for your interest in our blog. Please email us at:

chelleyreads AT gmail DOT com

Our FTC Disclaimer

(Updated 5/11/2012)

ALL our book reviews are based from our own experiences and only share our honest opinions.

PLEASE use this blog only as a source and not the definite answer to your inquiries.

We do receive ARCs or finished copies of books from different publishers, authors or publicity companies for review. We never receive any monetary payment for any of our reviews.

We will always inform the readers of this blog where we got the book(s) we are reviewing--please see "source of my copy" for each review.

Any items we receive "in kind" will never be sold. They will either be kept by us, donated to the Hawaii Public Library or given away through contests on this blog.

Michelle is NO LONGER a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. This means that if you purchase a product through the Amazon links on this blog, Michelle WILL NOT earn any referral fees.