Hark! Her Royal Momness Speaketh! With a Royal Announcement-eth! (I’d listen up ‘fize you!)

We are CLOSED to new review requests until further notice.  For three main reason-eths:

1. Our TBR pile is the size of Alaska. Or maybe Mount Rushmore. We just can’t handle any more review requests until we get through the current pile. Or find a shovel. A really, really big one.
2. We are tired of fielding requests from  authors, publishers, and publicists who clearly haven’t read our Submission Guidelines. You wouldn’t believe some of the stuff we get. That anyone who bothered to even glimpse our Guidelines would know we have zero interest in. Zip. Zero. Nada.

When folks commit The Unpardonable Sin of ignoring our Guidelines, they’re wasting our time. And theirs. Now, we used to feel obliged to respond to every review request, no matter how ridiculous or unlikely. We don’t feel that way anymore. It’s a waste of our time. So we don’t bother.

Speaking of “bother,” another reason we’re temporarily closing the review queue: You wouldn’t believe the number of authors and others who get a positive review (3.0 or above) and bail. Never to be seen or heard from again. Let alone Like, Share, and Comment. Which is a requirement for every positive review. It’s clearly stated in our Guidelines.

NEWSFLASH Buttercup: It takes a LOT of time and effort to read a book and craft a brilliant review. We don’t even charge for said genuis. So we’re not too keen on pouring time and effort into a review for an author who can’t even be bothered to take two mins to say Thanks. It’s also a good way to get burnt out. And that’s pretty much where we’re at. (But we really, really appreciate the few who do take the time to read and abide by our Guidelines. Cuz you’re really, really PAWsome. Maybe not quite as Pawsome as a T-bone steak. Nobody’s perfect.)

So there you have it, Cupcake.

We have plenty of stuff still in the blogging pipeline. In case you’re wondering, Toots. Just not accepting any new review requests until further notice.

TTFN.