Karen

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Sep 6, 2025

Genre Preferences

Novels, Novellas, Comedy Romance, Thriller, Mystery, 1 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

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

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, PDF, Paperback, and Hardcover

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

1,259 followers

Get In Touch

Karen

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Sep 6, 2025

Preferences & Contact

Genre Preferences

Novels, Novellas, Comedy Romance, Thriller, Mystery, 1 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

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

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, PDF, Paperback, and Hardcover

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

1,259 followers

Get In Touch

ReaderRank

2,140

Books Rated

849

Reviews Written

Aug 23

Last Goodreads Review

4.2

Avg. Rating

2,088

Readers Helped

Top 1% in books from large presses

Top 1% based on reading volume

Top 5% in readers helped

Trends

Overview

Karen has rated / reviewed 2140 books and over 425k pages with an average rating of 4.2. 14 of these books were rated / reviewed in the last 3 months.

Karen wrote a review for 849 of these books. 2088 people have found Karen's written reviews to be helpful on Goodreads.

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

Strict vs. Lenient

Karen vs. Goodreads

Karen tends to be a lenient reviewer compared to other readers. However, Karen can also be strict because Karen has given 1 one star rating to date.

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

According to Karen:

Scrapbooking Your Pets by Stacey Panassidi is highly underrated
Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas by Vicki Delany is highly overrated
Copic Coloring Guide by Colleen Schaan is a hidden gem

Karen's most popular review is for the book, A Death Long Overdue by Eva Gates.

Karen vs. BookSirens

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

Publishers

Publishers Read

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

Karen tends to rate books from large presses the highest, on average, with an average rating of 4.4.

Early vs. Late Adopter

Review Timing

Karen has posted 258 reviews within one week of a book's release date. This makes Karen a reliable choice for authors who want to create buzz around their book launch.

Karen tends to rate a book highest, on average, when the review is before the book's publication date.

Most Read Decades

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

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

Other Patterns

Book Length Impact

Karen has reviewed books 31 pages to 2k pages long. The book's page length does not seem to impact Karen's ratings.

Book Popularity Impact

Karen's ratings seem to decrease with the book's overall popularity, with more popular books receiving lower ratings, on average. However, this may be a fluke since our sample size is small.

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