Why Do I Read and Review the Books I Do?
Up until about the fall of 2017, there were only so many genres I would read. And, admittedly, I still do. I have my set preference. I do like Romance, Romantic-Suspense, and True Crime (Ann Rule – “And, Never Let Her Go”; “If You Really Loved Me”, etc). I also don’t stray from my tried and true authors. I didn’t get into historical fiction (still not 100% there), psychological thrillers (nowhere close to 75% liking them), or biographies (I’ve read two; have two on the TBR [to be read] list). But, anyone looking at my GoodReads account wouldn’t know that. [One of Summer 2019's thrillers - Alex North's "The Whisper Man"] [The description of it. I considered it a "Slender Man" meets "Silence of the Lambs"] So, why the change? I started getting what was called “Advanced Reader Copies” or ARCs as they are commonly called. These are usually unedited, paperback editions of the “to-be-released” book. The main idea of an AR...