Book Review Policy

CURRENT STATUS: Accepting Reviews

GENERAL GUIDELINES

I will gladly entertain reviewing either a physical book or eBooks.  As part of my policy I will also say how I got the books I review on this blog.  For more information about the policies, please go to the "Legal Policies" page of this blog.  

Regarding eBooks, I accept the following formats

• .pdf
• .mobi
• .epub

I would gladly entertain many different genres.  Book genres that I would most likely do a book review on include:

• Magical Realism
• Nonfiction
• Historical Fiction
• Science Fiction
• Speculative Fiction (especially dystopian stories)

I would conditionally entertain the following genres, i.e. I would review books of these genres if they pique my interest:

• Drama
• Romance
• Young Adult

Book requests are entertained in this blog.  You may request me to review a book you are interested in or review your own book.  Contact me for any book recommendations or review requests through the following:

• Instagram: @thethoughtoasis
• Facebook: The Thought Oasis
• Gmail: r3gina1d.oasis@gmail.com

(updated 28 August 2020)

PUBLISHING:  

    1) As per my current schedule, I will publish a new review at least once a month. 

    2) I have a personal book log where I keep track of the books I plan to review.  I will do my best to accommodate your recommendations while keeping track of my own books to review.

(added 11 August 2020)

SPECIAL BOOK REVIEW CLAUSE

    On occasion I will choose not to apply a rating on the books I review.  When I do this, I do this to commemorate the book during a special event.  For the terms of my book review, a special event is defined as "any event that is in line with any secular event such as an author's birthday, an official or unofficial holiday, or any national or international holiday which ought to be acknowledged in any book review published under this clause."

BOOK RATING POLICY

I rank the books I read from 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest and 1 the lowest.  Here's what each number means:

  5: An exceptional read.  If I rate a book this high it means I would most likely recommend putting it on a "must-read" list.

  4: A great read.  I give a book a rating of 4 when the book is splendid and thrilling for me but not as convincing to be a "must-read" book.

  3: A good read.  Books with my rating of 3 are neither terrible enough to be given a low rating nor also great enough for me to call it great.

   2: A mediocre read.  When I give a book a rating of 2 it means the book doesn't suit my tastes at the time I read it but is not too terrible at all.

   

   1: The book isn't interesting at all to me.  Period.