Melanie

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Sep 8, 2025

Genre Preferences

Historical, Contemporary, Young Adult, Novels, Novellas, 18 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Amazon, Goodreads, Own Blog, and Twitter

Accepts Book Formats

Paperback, Hardcover, PDF, Audiobook, and ePub

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

Christian Bookshelf Reviews

Last Post: Aug 29, 2025

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

5,368 followers

Get In Touch

Review Policy

Contact

Melanie

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Sep 8, 2025

Preferences & Contact

Genre Preferences

Historical, Contemporary, Young Adult, Novels, Novellas, 18 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Amazon, Goodreads, Own Blog, and Twitter

Accepts Book Formats

Paperback, Hardcover, PDF, Audiobook, and ePub

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

Christian Bookshelf Reviews

Last Post: Aug 29, 2025

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

5,368 followers

Get In Touch

Review Policy

Contact

ReaderRank

2,456

Books Rated

2,104

Reviews Written

Dec 14

Last Goodreads Review

3.8

Avg. Rating

7,385

Readers Helped

Top 1% in readers helped

Top 1% in books from large presses

Top 1% based on reading volume

Trends

Overview

Melanie has rated / reviewed 2456 books and over 467k pages with an average rating of 3.8.

Melanie wrote a review for 2104 of these books. 7385 people have found Melanie's written reviews to be helpful on Goodreads.

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

Strict vs. Lenient

Melanie vs. Goodreads

Melanie tends to be a strict reviewer compared to other readers. However, Melanie can definitely be impressed because Melanie has given 684 five star ratings to date.

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

According to Melanie:

You Are Here by Jennifer E. Smith is highly underrated
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers is highly overrated
Shadows From the Past by Ashley Dawn is a hidden gem

Melanie's most popular review is for the book, Stay with Me by Becky Wade.

Melanie vs. BookSirens

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

Publishers

Publishers Read

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

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

Early vs. Late Adopter

Most Read Decades

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

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

Other Patterns

Book Length Impact

Melanie has reviewed books 31 pages to 1k pages long. Melanie's ratings seem to increase with book page length, with longer books receiving higher ratings, on average.

Book Popularity Impact

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

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