Laura

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Sep 29, 2025

Genre Preferences

Memoir, Christian Nonfiction, Inspirational, Family Saga, Literary Fiction, 5 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Amazon, Goodreads, Own Blog, and Instagram

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, PDF, Paperback, Hardcover, and Audiobook

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

The Library Laura Podcast blog

Last Post: Nov 30, 2023

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

1,148 followers

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Laura

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Sep 29, 2025

Preferences & Contact

Genre Preferences

Memoir, Christian Nonfiction, Inspirational, Family Saga, Literary Fiction, 5 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Amazon, Goodreads, Own Blog, and Instagram

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, PDF, Paperback, Hardcover, and Audiobook

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

The Library Laura Podcast blog

Last Post: Nov 30, 2023

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

1,148 followers

Get In Touch

Review Policy

Contact

ReaderRank

404

Books Rated

Reviews Written

Aug 22

Last Goodreads Review

4.4

Avg. Rating

Readers Helped

Top 1% based on reading volume

Top 5% in books from large presses

Top 5% in readers helped

Trends

Overview

Laura has rated / reviewed 404 books and over 85k pages with an average rating of 4.4. 1 of these books was rated / reviewed in the last 3 months.

Laura wrote a review for 70 of these books. 95 people have found Laura's written reviews to be helpful on Goodreads.

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

Strict vs. Lenient

Laura vs. Goodreads

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

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

According to Laura:

The Ensemble by Aja Gabel is highly underrated
The Secret History by Donna Tartt is highly overrated
Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan Henry is a hidden gem

Laura's most popular review is for the book, Landfill Mountains by Rab Ferguson.

Laura vs. BookSirens

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

Publishers

Publishers Read

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

Laura tends to rate books from large presses the highest, on average, with an average rating of 4.7.

Early vs. Late Adopter

Most Read Decades

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

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

Other Patterns

Book Length Impact

Laura has reviewed books 32 pages to 600 pages long. The book's page length does not seem to impact Laura's ratings.

Book Popularity Impact

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

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