Dane

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Sep 8, 2025

Genre Preferences

All, Novels, and Novellas

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Goodreads, Amazon, and Own Blog

Accepts Book Formats

Paperback and Hardcover

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

Dane Cobain

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

20,289 followers

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Review Policy

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Dane

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Sep 8, 2025

Preferences & Contact

Genre Preferences

All, Novels, and Novellas

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Goodreads, Amazon, and Own Blog

Accepts Book Formats

Paperback and Hardcover

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

Dane Cobain

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

20,289 followers

Get In Touch

Review Policy

Contact

ReaderRank

3,145

Books Rated

3,084

Reviews Written

Apr 16

Last Goodreads Review

Avg. Rating

3,235

Readers Helped

Top 1% in books from large presses

Top 1% in readers helped

Top 1% based on reading volume

Trends

Overview

Dane has rated / reviewed 3145 books and over 580k pages with an average rating of 4.0. 6 of these books were rated / reviewed in the last 6 months.

Dane wrote a review for 3084 of these books. 3235 people have found Dane's written reviews to be helpful on Goodreads.

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

Strict vs. Lenient

Dane vs. Goodreads

Dane tends to be a lenient reviewer compared to other readers. However, Dane can also be strict because Dane has given 10 one star ratings to date.

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

According to Dane:

The Great Winglebury Duel by Charles Dickens is highly underrated
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness is highly overrated
Make Serious Money on Ebay UK by Dan Wilson is a hidden gem

Dane's most popular review is for the book, Exotic Neurotic by Kenneth Jarrett Singleton.

Dane vs. BookSirens

Interestingly, Dane's review ratings have a lower average and a smaller spread compared with other book reviewers on BookSirens.

Publishers

Publishers Read

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

Dane tends to rate books from small presses the highest, on average, with an average rating of 4.0.

Early vs. Late Adopter

Most Read Decades

Dane tends to review books published in the 2010s and 2000s.

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

Other Patterns

Book Length Impact

Dane has reviewed books 31 pages to 1k pages long. The book's page length does not seem to impact Dane's ratings.

Book Popularity Impact

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

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