J. G.
For Experienced Editors Only
I signed up to do this because I thought, I've got 2 master degrees, been an educator for over 25 years, I've read plenty of books, and written many research papers. I can write book reviews! But according to their standards. I was very wrong. The book selections that they recommend are actually pretty decent. Beware that the criteria for book reviews is extremely stringent, and it is not as simple as it is stated on their platform. There will be a person who will review your review. If it does not meet that particular person's idea of what a review should be, it will be denied. You will be told to correct it to meet their standards. But even when you meet every one of the criteria, it will not be good enough unless you are a professional editor. Today they banned me from the online book club. I wrote two reviews that were not accepted nor was I given any specific details of why it was not accepted other than it didn't meet their criteria. So I don't recommend anyone ever joining this unless you are a professional writer or a professional editor to where you have experienced doing writing reviews. Otherwise you're writing skills will not be up to par. All I got from a year of reading and two reviews were several interesting titles I may read in the future but on my own dime.