Official Reviewer in the House!

I am taking on a new role. I am going to start reading and reviewing pre-published books. So how did this come about? Last month I was watching a webinar about what's new in YA literature. The webinar was made up of several publishers telling us about their latest and greatest YA books. During the webinar, one of the publishers mentioned a site that people but especially librarians can join to be sent galleys. Galleys are basically just books that are nearing the end of the publishing process. They have been edited several times, but have not been through the final edits or publishing stages. The site they talked about actually sends the books in eBook form so I can read them right from my iPad using the Kindle app.

I really debated for a while whether I should do this or not, but well, I am a librarian. I read all the time. This definitely qualifies me to review books. I've just never done it officially. I talk to the students at school about books. I talk to my friends and family about books, but that's about it.

A couple weeks ago I signed up. I didn't really think much about it. I filled out the information and requested to see a couple of the available galleys and went on my merry way. Well, a couple days later I got emails from several of the publishers approving my requests to read their galleys. I have read one so far (I can't tell you anything about it because it doesn't come out until August) and it was AWESOME!

I'll keep you updated on my progress. I can't officially post my reviews until a week before the book comes out. So look for the review of Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas on July 31, 2012.