Tuesday 30 June 2020

Six Years of Rosie Amber's Book Review Team


I have been a member of Rosie Amber's Book Review Team (#RBRT) for five and a half years, now.  I first 'met' Rosie online when looking for reviews for my own early books, and through her some of the other bloggers who later became part of the team.

I admit to being wary of making the commitment when I joined the review team, but I'm so glad I did; Rosie has created something so positive for the independently published world (the team deals mainly with the self-published or those published by independents), and I am proud to be a part of it.  When I joined, I decided to start my own book review blog - I don't profess to be a 'proper' book blogger as I'm primarily a writer; I don't take submissions and use it only for reviewing for Rosie and my own reading choices, but it's something I enjoy doing. 😀



If you are interested in joining us, Rosie has written an article about how her review team works, on BookerTalk blog - you can read it HERE.  Details of how to apply to join are HERE.  You don't need to have a book blog, and you don't need any credentials apart from a love of reading.

There are two main reasons why I'm so glad I joined the team, equally important.  The first is the discovery of some truly excellent books; now and again, you find a real gem, that you want to shout about; so often these are books that are hidden away on Amazon and you would have never discovered, had the author not submitted.  Here are a few that made me feel this way (link takes you to my review):

The Men by Fanny Calder
The Usurper King  by Zeb Haradon
The World Without Flags by Ben Lyle Bedard 
Singularity Syndrome by Susan Kuchinskas
The Unrivalled Transcendence of Willem J Gyle by James D Dixon
The Unravelling of Brendan Meeks by Brian Cohn
Back Home by Tom Williams


Other books I've loved are highlighted on Rosie's two part post:





 

The second reason I love being a part of #RBRT is that some of us have become real life friends, too, enjoying several meet-ups.

Here are me, Rosie, Shelley, Cathy and Barb, in Matlock, April 2019 - a lovely weekend!




Leicester, December 2016




With Rosie, Cathy, Barb and Alison - Sheffield, October 2015

  
Here's to six more years of Rosie Amber's Book Review Team! 💃

10 comments:

  1. Thank you Terry we have had some lovely books to look back on. Plus a person thank you for all you help over the years.

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  2. Thank you...and I love the photos!

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  3. It's lovely to see you all together. I'm envious (in a good way, of course)!

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  4. Fantastic that you've become real life friends too. What a team! Congratulations

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    1. Yes, isn't it fab? We get to spend a whole weekend talking about stuff that we can't talk about to anyone else!

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  5. This sounds a lovely thing to do. Awesome work :)

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