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Check out rob.ustio.us, my new site where I will most likely be moving all activity to shortly. BoyWithBooks.com will probably redirect there at some point, as well. I am still reviewing books, but rob.ustio.us shifts the focus more towards my personal blogging.


BoyWithBooks.com is hosted at www.void-star.net courtesy of Dee. I spent eight bucks to register a .com domain name, but I haven’t decided on hosting yet, if ever.

The lovely theme was made for me by Catherine. Silly girl, you offer her books and she turns to jelly.

Review “Policy”

  • I am a YA reviewer. As much as I appreciate books of all kinds, if you send me a book for adults with minimal YA appeal, it will probably sit on my shelf for a long time.
  • My favorite genres include fantasy, science fiction, paranormal, contemporary/issues, and GLBT. Ihave not found much historical fiction or nonfiction that I enjoy, but amazing books are amazing regardless of genre.
  • Every book that gets sent to me will get read, but not necessarily by me. I am a co-facilitator of a Teens’ Top Ten nominating group, which meets weekly and has anywhere from ten to thirty teens each week. If I am not interested in a book that has been sent to me or if I do not think I will get to it quickly, I will pass it on to the teens. Rest assured that no books sent to me will be wasted.
  • Unlike many of my YABB friends, I can accept electronic galleys/manuscripts. As a matter of fact, I prefer electronic format. Why? Because I have a Sony eReader, and it is much easier to carry that around than five books (and also because electronic format saves money, time, money, trees, and money). That being said, hardcopies are just fine, and make me happy just as much.
  • Please, nothing where vampires are the main focus. Supporting is just fine, but I am so tired of vampires, vampires, vampires. And no, calling them People of the Night or having them feed off of tears doesn’t make them an exception to this. I am sorry, but there is a glut in the market and I am sick of them.
  • If you would like me to email or fax my review to you when it is posted, please include a business card or something of that sort. Otherwise, I will assume that it is for general review and I will simply post it here on the site.
  • I assume that every book I receive in the mail is “for review”. However, my stack is large and books that interest me or that the teens like will most likely get reviewed sooner than others. I will try my hardest to review everything I receive, but I cannot promise that! Sorry about this!
  • My reviews are my opinions; while I try to never be hurtful to anyone’s feelings, I will state if I did not like a book and why.
  • Any and all publishers and authors may use excerpts from my reviews with attribution. If you do, please email me as I would love to know!
  • If you would like my address to send me books, please email me at boywithbooks@gmail.com

Traffic Information

My site traffic varies from day to day, usually ranging between fifty (50) and one-hundred-fifty (150) views daily. My busiest day ever saw 461 visitors. My traffic is slowly increasing from month to month, going from 1,993 visitors averaging 66 per day in June 2009 to 2,443 averaging 90 views per day in July 2009. If you need more in-depth data about my site traffic, please let me know and I will be more than happy to oblige.