All About Us
All About Dear Author (also known as a FAQ)
The Ja(y)nes are a collection of readers who love genre fiction and love to blog about it. We have three regular reviewers: the original two Ja(y)nes and our friend Jia.
We also have reviews from occasional reviews from Janine, Janet and Jan. Each review has a bio of the reviewer at the bottom (right before the comments) which we will add here when Jane, the administrator of the blog, gets around to adding them. Otherwise, you can visit the All About Us tag or read on for our thoughts on grading books.
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Our review grades are our own opinions, obviously, and therefore fraught with subjectivity. You may or may not agree with our opinions, our grades, or anything else. We’d love for you to comment on the reviews and tell us where we went wrong or what we got right. If you are wondering if there is any objectivity in a review, we can only provide you with the information below:
- A: I loved it and would cry if someone took it from my library. I would need lots of chocolate to get over its loss.
- B: It’s good and I would buy it again, given the chance.
- C: Eh. Not bad but I probably would never read it again.
- D: I want my money back.
- F: I want my money back and repayment for the time wasted reading it.
- DNF: does this really need an explanation?
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So you would like to have your book reviewed? Are you absolutely sure?
If you are an author, we can’t promise that we will read your book or that if we read it, we’ll like it. If we don’t like it, we could post a scathing review. Some people don’t like that. If you are one of those people, please don’t submit your book for review. If you are okay with those qualifications, you can send a pdf, html or a query to Jane. We prefer e-versions of your books and will be more likely to read them than a paper copy. Just as an FYI.
