Michelle

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Jan 7, 2026

Genre Preferences

LGBT Fiction, LGBT Nonfiction, Own Voices, Afrofuturism, Suspense, 8 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Goodreads, Own Blog, Instagram, Twitter, and Amazon

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, PDF, Paperback, Hardcover, and Audiobook

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

Musings by Michelle — Only Connect: Book Reviews and other Bookish Things

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

540 followers

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Michelle

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Jan 7, 2026

Preferences & Contact

Genre Preferences

LGBT Fiction, LGBT Nonfiction, Own Voices, Afrofuturism, Suspense, 8 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Goodreads, Own Blog, Instagram, Twitter, and Amazon

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, PDF, Paperback, Hardcover, and Audiobook

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

Musings by Michelle — Only Connect: Book Reviews and other Bookish Things

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

540 followers

Get In Touch

Review Policy

Contact

ReaderRank

849

Books Rated

123

Reviews Written

Apr 18

Last Goodreads Review

4.2

Avg. Rating

721

Readers Helped

Top 1% in readers helped

Top 1% in books from large presses

Trends

Overview

Michelle has rated / reviewed 849 books and over 189k pages with an average rating of 4.2.

Michelle wrote a review for 123 of these books. 721 people have found Michelle's written reviews to be helpful on Goodreads.

Michelle is in the top 1% of reviewers on BookSirens, based on review volume.

Strict vs. Lenient

Michelle vs. Goodreads

Michelle tends to be a lenient reviewer compared to other readers.

Following chart plots the difference between Michelle's rating and the book's average rating. Green means Michelle's rating was higher, red means Michelle's rating was lower.

According to Michelle:

Alice + Freda Forever by Alexis Coe is highly underrated
Clarity & Connection by yung pueblo is highly overrated
Epidemiology 101 by Robert H. Friis is a hidden gem

Michelle's most popular review is for the book, The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins.

Michelle vs. BookSirens

Michelle's review ratings have a higher average and a smaller spread compared with other book reviewers on BookSirens.

Publishers

Publishers Read

Michelle reviews books from top 5 presses, small presses, large presses, and self publishers. In fact, Michelle is in the top 1% of reviewers who review books from large presses, based on review volume.

Michelle tends to rate books from large presses the highest, on average, with an average rating of 4.2.

Early vs. Late Adopter

Most Read Decades

Michelle tends to review books published in the 2010s and 2020s.

Checkout this heatmap based on the publication year of the books Michelle has reviewed.

Other Patterns

Book Length Impact

Michelle has reviewed books 32 pages to 800 pages long. The book's page length does not seem to impact Michelle's ratings.

Book Popularity Impact

The book's popularity does not seem to impact Michelle's ratings.

This profile was built using Michelle's Goodreads data with Michelle's permission.