Are Customer/Book Blogger Reviews Better than Reviews by People Who Are Being Paid to Read Your Books?

One of the best differences between reviewing here as opposed to within my critique group is that I don’t have to finish reading anything I don’t want to finish reading.

A lot of writers complain about the age of the customer/book blogger review, but I actually think it’s for the best. I can’t tell you how many professional reviews I’ve read for books I’ve loved that were written by people who wouldn’t have read what they were reviewing if they weren’t being paid to do so.

Many times these revi...