About Shelf Love

“‘When you open a book,’ the sentimental library posters said, ‘anything  can happen.’  This was so.  A book of fiction was a bomb.  It was a land mine you wanted to go off. You wanted it to blow your whole day.  Unfortunately, hundreds of thousands of books were duds.  They had been rusting out of everyone’s way for so long that they no longer worked.  There was no way to distinguish the duds from the live mines except to throw yourself at them headlong, one by one.”  – Annie Dillard, An American Childhood

We read to be someone else for a while, to learn more about the human mind and heart. This is a blog where we read our way through the live mines and the duds. Welcome!

Contact Jenny, if you’d like, at jbrown14464 at yahoo dot com.

Contact Teresa by e-mail at teresakayep at yahoo dot com or at http://twitter.com/teresareads

 

Our Review Policy

If you have a book you’d like us to consider reviewing, please feel free to contact either or both of us at the e-mail addresses above. Our reading interests are very eclectic and include a variety of genres and styles. The best way to see if your book is a good fit for us is to take a look at our past reviews. Our reviews reflect our honest opinions, and we do post negative reviews.

We consider all requests to review books or participate in author tours on a case-by-case basis. Our decisions are based on our specific reading interests, our familiarity with the author, and the time we have available. If you have a specific time frame in mind, please let us know when you contact us. We are unlikely to accept self-published books for review.

All galleys, advance copies, and finished copies that we receive from publishers, publicists, or authors are tagged as “Review Copies.”

Thanks for your interest in Shelf Love, and we look forward to hearing from you!

–Jenny and Teresa