Aakanksha

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Mar 28, 2026

Genre Preferences

Short Stories, Contemporary Literary Fiction, Translated Fiction, World Literature, Korean Fiction, 16 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Goodreads and Own Blog

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, PDF, Paperback, and Hardcover

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

The Book Cafe

Last Post: May 7, 2022

Compensation Policy

Free and Paid Reviews

Social Reach

271 followers

Get In Touch

Review Policy

Contact

Aakanksha

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Mar 28, 2026

Preferences & Contact

Genre Preferences

Short Stories, Contemporary Literary Fiction, Translated Fiction, World Literature, Korean Fiction, 16 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Goodreads and Own Blog

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, PDF, Paperback, and Hardcover

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

The Book Cafe

Last Post: May 7, 2022

Compensation Policy

Free and Paid Reviews

Social Reach

271 followers

Get In Touch

Review Policy

Contact

ReaderRank

371

Books Rated

107

Reviews Written

Dec 13

Last Goodreads Review

3.6

Avg. Rating

Readers Helped

Top 1% in self published books

Top 1% based on reading volume

Top 5% in readers helped

Trends

Overview

Aakanksha has rated / reviewed 371 books and over 91k pages with an average rating of 3.6.

Aakanksha wrote a review for 107 of these books. 33 people have found Aakanksha's written reviews to be helpful on Goodreads.

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

Strict vs. Lenient

Aakanksha vs. Goodreads

Aakanksha tends to be a strict reviewer compared to other readers. However, Aakanksha can definitely be impressed because Aakanksha has given 59 five star ratings to date.

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

According to Aakanksha:

The Inheritance Of Loss by Kiran Desai is highly underrated
Mahashweta by Sudha Murty is highly overrated
Birbal the Genius by Anant Pai is a hidden gem

Aakanksha's most popular review is for the book, Clair De Lune by Pierre la Mure.

Aakanksha vs. BookSirens

Aakanksha's review ratings have a lower average and a larger spread compared with other book reviewers on BookSirens.

Publishers

Publishers Read

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

Aakanksha tends to rate books from small presses the highest, on average, with an average rating of 3.7.

Early vs. Late Adopter

Most Read Decades

Aakanksha tends to review books published in the 2000s and 1990s.

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

Other Patterns

Book Length Impact

Aakanksha has reviewed books 31 pages to 4k pages long. The book's page length does not seem to impact Aakanksha's ratings.

Book Popularity Impact

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

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