Disclaimer: I sometimes receive free copies of books to review. I do not and will not promise a positive review in exchange for a book and I do my best to give every book I read – no matter where it comes from – an honest review.

If you are an author or a publicist and you would like me to review a book, please contact me via email at michelle AT mybooksmylife DOT com or through my Contact Me page. I do not respond to every request and it may be a few days before I get back to you if I do choose to respond. If you have a specific time frame planned for the review, please include this in your initial email.

I like to read the following types of books:

• Contemporary Fiction
• Young Adult
• Middle Grade
• Memoirs
• Historical Fiction
• Some Nonfiction

I am not opposed to other genres but please note that I absolutely will not read:

• Romance
• Self-Help
• Self-published

I will accept audiobooks and ebooks in ePub or PDF format.

In addition to a more-detailed review, I use a rating system which basically goes something like this:

• 5 = Adored It
• 4.5 = Loved It
• 4 = Really Liked it
• 3 = Liked it
• 2 = Eh. Something Didn’t click.
• 1 =  Did Not Enjoy

I will give an honest review of the book when I am finished. If I don’t like a book, I will do my best to convey this in a constructive manner. I review every book I finish. If I do not finish a review book, I will write a Did Not Finish post to explain why, and will try to pass the book on to someone else.