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As I do every year, I published my list of the best books I read on my blog. It can be found at https://itseithersadnessoreuphoria.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-best-books-i-read-in-2018.html. Would love your feedback!!

When you have a 99% feedback ratio on NetGalley, have reviewed 300 books, and two publishers reject you every single time you request one of their books.

I'm guessing that my last two reviews haven't shown up in many people's feeds (ugh), so I thought I'd call your attention to them:

"The Dependents" by Katharine Dion (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)

"Emergency Contact" by Mary H.K. Choi (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)

Goodreads is being weird with my reviews not always showing up in people's feeds, so here are links to my most recent ones:

Still Me by Jojo Moyes (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)

In Another Country, and Besides by Maxwell Jacobs (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)

Brass by Xhenet Aliu (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)

Just not seeing what everyone else is seeing with this one. Feels like so many other books I’ve read. I will soldier on in hopes it will pick up but if there’s animal cruelty, too, i may DNF it, which is rare for me.

Has the number of updates from friends in your daily alert mail gone down significantly? I've gone from between 350-500 per day to about 100-150. Is no one reading anymore?

I have a 98% feedback ratio on NetGalley. I have a blog that gets a lot of visitors, and I post my reviews on multiple channels of social media. But apparently all of that isn't good enough for some publishers, who reject me every single time. Well, I say good day, sir.

I find it utterly frustrating when a publisher rejects me on NetGalley given that I have a 96% feedback ration, have written nearly 200 reviews, and post them on my blog, here on GR, as well as via all of my social media channels, and I get the generic message I should improve my profile. Really? How?

I've published my list of the best books I read in 2016, at http://itseithersadnessoreuphoria.blo.... Would love your feedback!

If you're near a computer today at 10:30 am ET, check out "Book Lovers Talk," a program on WERA-FM radio, a local station in Arlington, VA. (You can stream it anywhere at http://www.wera.fm/.) I'm one of the two guests, and it's a fun little conversation about books, characters, and stories.

Recent reviews (since they don't appear to be showing up in most people's feeds AGAIN):

The Reminders by Val Emmich

Buy a Bullet by Gregg Hurwitz

So apparently Goodreads is hiding my reviews again.

Most recent reviews: Buy a Bullet by Gregg Hurwitz

Tell Me How This Ends Well by David Samuel Levinson

I guess I was getting too close to the top of the reviewers' list...

Goodreads hates me. My reviews aren't showing up on people's feeds. Please check out my latest reviews:

An Innocent Fashion by R.J. Hernandez (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)

The Beauty of the End by Debbie Howells (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)

Thanks. I may leave GR if they don't fix this soon.

In case you've not yet seen my most recent reviews:

Midair by Kodi Scheer (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)

The Summer That Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)

Between Here and the Yellow Sea by Nic Pizzolatto (www.goodreads.com/review/show/1680235...)

New review posted for "The Assistants" by Camille Perri (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...).

Recently reviewed "They May Not Mean To, But They Do" by Cathleen Schine (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...).

Starting to get so frustrated with Goodreads that my reviews aren't showing up and people have to hunt for them. Here's the latest one:

"They May Not Mean To, But They Do" by Cathleen Schine (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)

I'm getting more and more tired that my reviews are being seen by fewer and fewer people! Here are the latest ones if you haven't seen them:

"The Children" by Ann Leary (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)

"The Last One" by Alexandra Oliva (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)

Time for my usual update on posting new reviews:

"The Virginity of Famous Men" by Christine Sneed (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...)

"Speak" by Louisa Hall (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)

Me again. The usual--I've just written another review, and wanted to let y'all know about it in case it didn't show up in your news feed.

"Speak" by Louisa Hall (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...).

Thanks!

Yep. Me again. Waving hands to let you know I've posted another review. (Sorry, but this is what I must resort to.)

"Nothing Short of Dying" by Erik Storey (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...).

Also posted one for "The Inseparables" by Stuart Nadler (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...) if you haven't seen that one...

As usual, I've heard from a bunch of friends that my reviews aren't showing up in their feeds, so here's a link to the last two in case you missed them:

"The Inseparables" by Stuart Nadler (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)

"The Most Dangerous Place on Earth" by Lindsey Lee Johnson (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)

People have told me that my reviews are still not showing up in their news feeds (aargh), so I'm going to post a status update every time I post a review.

The latest: "The Most Dangerous Place on Earth" by Lindsey Lee Johnson (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)

More recent reviews, because for some reason there are still a lot of people not seeing them. Can't figure it out.

"Everybody's Fool" by Richard Russo (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)

"Been Here All Along" by Sandy Hall (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)

Thought I'd call your attention to a few reviews I've posted:

--The Second Life of Nick Mason by Steve Hamilton (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)

--Your Father Sends His Love by Stuart Evers (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)

--Before the Wind by Jim Lynch (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)

And again, thought I'd let all of you know I posted two more reviews:

"Cruel Beautiful World" by Caroline Leavitt (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...) and "You Know Me Well" by Nina LaCour & David Levithan (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...).

Both are pretty fantastic in their own ways.

Just in case I'm not showing up on your feed again, I've recently posted two reviews, for "The Great American Whatever" by Tim Federle (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...), and "Gutshot Straight" by Lou Berney (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...).

For some reason, Goodreads doesn't feature my reviews in most friends' updates. I keep writing reviews and fewer and fewer people seem to be seeing them, so if you like my reviews please check my profile. (And if you hate my reviews, feel free to let me know, too. :) )

I posted my list of the best books I read in 2015 at http://itseithersadnessoreuphoria.blo....

This isn't a plea for praise but an honest question. The friends who traditionally have been liking many of my reviews haven't been recently. My reviews haven't changed, so I'm just curious if they're not showing up on people's feeds anymore? Again, I'm not looking for you to suddenly start liking my stuff if you're not inclined, I'm just curious if it's my writing or something else.

Thanks!