bookishinmidlife

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Feb 23, 2026

Genre Preferences

Mystery, Crime, Crime Mystery, True Crime, Self Help, 11 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

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Amazon, Own Blog, Goodreads, Twitter, and Instagram

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, Paperback, Hardcover, PDF, and Audiobook

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Bookish in Midlife

Last Post: Feb 25, 2020

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

668 followers

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bookishinmidlife

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Feb 23, 2026

Preferences & Contact

Genre Preferences

Mystery, Crime, Crime Mystery, True Crime, Self Help, 11 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Amazon, Own Blog, Goodreads, Twitter, and Instagram

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, Paperback, Hardcover, PDF, and Audiobook

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

Bookish in Midlife

Last Post: Feb 25, 2020

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

668 followers

Get In Touch

Review Policy

Contact

ReaderRank

137

Books Rated

112

Reviews Written

Apr 2

Last Goodreads Review

3.7

Avg. Rating

Readers Helped

Top 5% in readers helped

Top 5% in books from top 5 presses

Trends

Overview

bookishinmidlife has rated / reviewed 137 books and over 30k pages with an average rating of 3.7.

bookishinmidlife wrote a review for 112 of these books. 16 people have found bookishinmidlife's written reviews to be helpful on Goodreads.

bookishinmidlife is in the top 5% of reviewers on BookSirens, based on review volume.

Strict vs. Lenient

bookishinmidlife vs. Goodreads

bookishinmidlife tends to be a strict reviewer compared to other readers. However, bookishinmidlife can definitely be impressed because bookishinmidlife has given 25 five star ratings to date.

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

According to bookishinmidlife:

Hoosier Hysteria by Meri Henriques Vahl is highly underrated
The Perfect Wife by Blake Pierce is highly overrated
The Magic of Menopause by Lorraine Miano is a hidden gem

bookishinmidlife's most popular review is for the book, The Last Affair by Margot Hunt.

bookishinmidlife vs. BookSirens

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

Publishers

Publishers Read

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

bookishinmidlife tends to rate books from small presses the highest, on average, with an average rating of 3.8.

Early vs. Late Adopter

Most Read Decades

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

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

Other Patterns

Book Length Impact

bookishinmidlife has reviewed books 88 pages to 400 pages long. The book's page length does not seem to impact bookishinmidlife's ratings.

Book Popularity Impact

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

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