Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly book blogging initiative hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl with new themes each week.
This weeks theme is Love Freebie

I shall tell you a secret, ever since Amazon changed their review algorithm to scupper the people who would write 70 squillion reviews a day to try and get in the top 500/100/whatevers and especially the limitations on reviewing products you haven’t purchased it’s not been easy to review regularly.
And as my blog took off a bit more i admit I’ve struggled over the last few months to keep up the drip feed of reviews to Amazon other than a few where I get an active reminder.
For me this isn’t because I can’t be bothered! Partially this is down to TIME, I’m a mum, this is my hobby and I do what I can otherwise its not fun but equally partially this is because many of my books are not purchased from there, and some are proofs so may be read considerably in advance of publication.
But also the frustrating fact that one may be ‘live’ within minutes and the next take 36 hours and another stay in the ‘nothingness’ for days making you wonder if you used a rude word or wrote something bad! It takes the incentive out of sitting down and writing a bunch of them at times (which is exactly what they want) other than seemingly “Quick Delivery, my wife/cat/son likes it” type reviews which are only slightly less baffling than the ‘STAHP ASkiN Me 2 RvIEW’ reviews.
And despite my love of bricks and mortar stores the truth is many more people at least look at Amazon for reviews and dates (hands up) and many more purchase (hand not so proudly up) indeed I belong to a review scheme there so I’m a hypocrite to say don’t ever! so there is a good reason why many authors ask for reviews because our bookishness belies the fact that many of the general public only other interaction with book reviews is when the authors are guests/topics on magazine shows or Breakfast TV.
But there are also other places, like Good Reads, but more so Toppsta and Waterstones that may reach other demographics to help the less bookish person be persuaded to purchase the right book, whether for themselves or their child.
so why am I blathering on about reviewing on other platforms?
Well, instead of a Top Ten post about books about love between parent and child, characters I love, romances I ship, Marry/Snog😏/Kill, characters I would like to snuggle with (increasingly odd for a Middle grade and below blog I must say!!) I’m going to say that this week;
I’m going to post Ten* Book reviews** on the platforms I can that I haven’t done so yet*** to share a little more love about books.
* At least, let’s see how I go. **abridged because other platforms don’t like long reviews. *** Waterstones website doesn’t seem to like me?!

What a fantastic idea! I’ve also had similar issues with posting on Amazon and other review retail sites. Great post Lily 😊
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Thank you, good to know it’s not just me!!
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Great idea! I always mean to copy my reviews over to good reads when I put them on waterstones but rarely do – I’m due a posting on W so I’m going to try and do it this time (and try and make myself stay in the habit of it!)
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I try to vary my ‘all-nighters’ with Tinyfae, making a bit of time for redrafting to post on Toppsta, or Amazon, or reading or drafting reviews on my phone so I don’t always associate any of them with being tired and frustrated so dread doing it!
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That’s a great idea!
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Good for you! And good luck.
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That’s definitely a good way to spread the book love! 💚📚 I hardly ever put reviews on Waterstones even though I buy a lot of books from them, so I must start posting there too!
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Thank you 💜 Hoping it will get me into a good habit!!! That’s good that you can do that, I’ve got no idea why but every time I tried to review on Waterstones it’s had a nope moment at me!
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The first time I tried, the site went down – hope it wasn’t my fault! Worked the next day.
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That’s a great idea/initiative. Sometimes keeping up with all the posts, reviews, different media and platforms while also managing everthing in your daily life is a HUGE challenge. I just started my internship a week ago and already have barely any time for blogging and reading 😅 Goo luck to you and I hope it works out 😁
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Thank you! I think it’s just setting aside time and do a block at a time to make it a habit!
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It’s a very good idea & something that I try to do, but probably more manageable for me as I post far fewer reviews than you! Keep up the good work 😃spreading the bookish love 💕
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Thank you. Making a concerted effort!!
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Great post! Good luck. 🙂
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I think this was a fabulous idea, and I really need to catch up tomorrow with some books that have gone live that i haven’t cross-posted reviews for yet. I was caught up, but as you said, time is sometimes a novelty these days. I just haven’t had a chance to post. And I’ve even had reviews just up and disappear into the Amazon ether, never to be posted or declined. xD It’s really a roll of the die lol.
How’d this goal go? Were you able to get them posted?
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I’ve got several submitted I THINK I made the ten minimum but it’s hard to tell as I’m still waiting for them all to upload! It’s ridiculous how some go straight through and others take 24,48,72 hrs –
I KNOW I didn’t use any rude words and yet some still whirr in the ether
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I think they hold them intentionally if you submit too many in a certain time period. xD Or that’s my theory, anyway.
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Me too it’s mad how one will pass immediately and another won’t
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