Brains. Beauty. Books.
This website came about after a review of the television show Game of Thrones appeared in the New York Times. The review hamfistedly and utterly incorrectly implied that genre fiction, in particular fantasy fiction, was a boy’s game, and that any self-respecting, book-reading female would never sully her mind or waste her time on such drivel, unless, of course, there was a great love story and some hot sex happening along with all that silly magic and pointless violence. Violence is icky. It breaks our nails.
Needless to say, this review was not received well by the female, book-reading, genre-fiction-loving masses, especially the ones who WRITE genre fiction and win an awful lot of awards for doing so. Twitter exploded, with the amazing and fantasy-loving Felicia Day leading at least one of the charges. Authors across all genres were displeased. Fans were livid. And we — we who would eventually become the Bombshells you see here — were pretty damn pissed ourselves. There was blogging. There was Facebook ranting. And there were more than a few instant message conversations where we spouted our vitriol and extolled the virtues of all our genre darlings, female and male. Ursula K. Le Guin. Ray Bradbury. Madeline L’Engle. Kathryn Kurtz. Stephen King. Marion Zimmer Bradley. Neil Gaiman. J. K. Rowling.
There were more, of course. Many more. And it was more than just fantasy. It got us talking about all the books we love, all the subjects we want to learn more about, all the stories we wish would continue forever. And we got to thinking about books and book reviews and the Internet, until one day, somebody said, “Why don’t we just do a book review site?”
So we did.
And it is good.
Welcome to our literary wonderland. Please, look around, check out our reviews and interviews, and come back often. There are a lot of books out there, and we probably have opinions on all of them.
Books are rated according to four grades: Buy It, Borrow It, Bypass It, and Bury It. Reviewers add their own interpretations of those ratings according to their own thoughts and opinions.
All of our reviews are honest and unadulterated. Every reviewer isn’t going to love every book; we serve our readers best by telling them what we honestly think. Tastes are subjective, and your mileage may vary.
The Fine Print
We are not here to act as a marketing tool or promotion site for authors, publishing houses, or titles. From time to time, we may offer books or other materials as giveaways or contests. Some giveaway books will have been reviewed; some may not have been reviewed. Inclusion in a contest or giveaway is not indicative of a recommendation by Bookshelf Bombshells or any of our individual reviewers. We will try as hard as we can not to give away books that suck, but sometimes, you enter your name and you take your chances. We will always welcome your opinions and comments about any review or contest books that you have read.
Bookshelf Bombshells endeavors to work within FTC regulations. Any books reviewed on this site should be presumed to have been received as complimentary review copies sent by authors, publishing houses, editors, and/or public relations firms. Receipt of a review copy does not guarantee review. Bookshelf Bombshells does not accept any fees or payments for reviews or endorsements.
If you are an editor, agent, publisher, public relations professional, or author interested in having your book reviewed by Bookshelf Bombshells, please contact Dawn@Bookshelfbombshells.com. Please include in the email all relevant title and author information, including date of publication.
At this time, Bookshelf Bombshells is not accepting or reviewing any self-published books. If you are the author of a self-published book, and you are interested in a review, you may feel free to contact us in the event our current policy changes.
Any questions or concerns can be addressed to lacy@bookshelfbombshells.com. All reviews, features, and original content are copyrighted and owned by Bookshelf Bombshells unless otherwise stated. Authors, artists, and editors of materials reviewed by Bookshelf Bombshells retain all existing copyrights. Please contact us for permission to re-post any of our content.
