I’m the only
one in the group on the sand side of the
pond—go UK! I am a writer, a reader,
and now, a reviewer. For a long time, I
was just a lurker hidden in the shadows of online reviewing. I would read these
great, often indie published, books and have opinions, disagree with other
reviewers but never state my mind. Then I thought, "You know what? I've
read voraciously since I was seven, I think I have the right to validate my
points."
So around mid
2012, I started to post reviews on Amazon.co.uk if the book was available there, then at the start of
2013 I also began to post on https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/997028-laura-of-lurking+
That year I
stacked up a massive 125 books read! This shocked me, I'd never kept track
before. This was also the year I began to request a few ARCs (advanced reader
copies) of books, a copy, usually before or at the beginning of publication,
the author wanted reviewed. I thoroughly enjoy this aspect and hope to expand
and do more from now on, though I hope
to some day return to writing my own fiction novel about a pair of teens
who find their way into an alternate
world where the animal and sentient life is lizard based, not mamillian. You should see how cool their “horses” are!
