SB

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Sep 16, 2025

Genre Preferences

Novels, Novellas, BDSM, Romance, Fantasy, 1 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Goodreads, Amazon, Twitter, Facebook, Own Blog, and Instagram

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, Paperback, and Hardcover

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

Bending the Bookshelf

Last Post: Jun 4, 2023

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

12,784 followers

Get In Touch

Review Policy

Contact

SB

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Sep 16, 2025

Preferences & Contact

Genre Preferences

Novels, Novellas, BDSM, Romance, Fantasy, 1 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Goodreads, Amazon, Twitter, Facebook, Own Blog, and Instagram

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, Paperback, and Hardcover

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

Bending the Bookshelf

Last Post: Jun 4, 2023

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

12,784 followers

Get In Touch

Review Policy

Contact

ReaderRank

3,623

Books Rated

2,674

Reviews Written

Sep 5

Last Goodreads Review

3.9

Avg. Rating

3,153

Readers Helped

Top 1% based on reading volume

Top 1% in readers helped

Top 1% in books from large presses

Trends

Overview

SB has rated / reviewed 3623 books and over 703k pages with an average rating of 3.9. 18 of these books were rated / reviewed in the last 3 months.

SB wrote a review for 2674 of these books. 3153 people have found SB's written reviews to be helpful on Goodreads.

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

Strict vs. Lenient

SB vs. Goodreads

SB tends to be a strict reviewer compared to other readers. However, SB can definitely be impressed because SB has given 861 five star ratings to date.

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

According to SB:

Femme Fatale - a Crossdressing Noir Story by Miss Circe is highly underrated
Secret Society by Miasha is highly overrated
A Woman's Passion by Alan Barrie is a hidden gem

SB's most popular review is for the book, Red Sonja by Gail Simone.

SB vs. BookSirens

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

Publishers

Publishers Read

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

SB tends to rate self published books the highest, on average, with an average rating of 4.1.

Early vs. Late Adopter

Most Read Decades

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

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

Other Patterns

Book Length Impact

SB has reviewed books 31 pages to 6k pages long. The book's page length does not seem to impact SB's ratings.

Book Popularity Impact

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

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