Phoenix Book Reviews

Book reviews eh? There are loads of places on the net you can find them, but are they any good? You have the professional book reviewers, who generally write well, but have often been given a book to review that they wouldn't normally read so their heart isn't in it. Or how about on Amazon? People who have bought a book they liked, or didn't, and who want to tell you about it. "That was really great!" or "that was really s..., er, not great!" are often the order of the day. Concise, but not much use. Even on Ciao and Dooyoo, book reviews can vary from being in the style of Amazon, to being as ... more

Ooh, the other day I got an email. It said "next time you're at an online loose end have a quick surf over to Phoenix Book Reviews and see what you think". If there's anything I like as much as books (apart from Dolfin chocolate, Lindt chocolate, Leonidas chocolate, Thorntons chocolate, Galaxy chocolate...) then it's book reviews. I love reading book reviews. They give me an excuse to spend yet more money over at Amazon in search of items new and they also help me reassess what I think about the books I've read. Book reviews are A Good Thing. So the next time I was online, off I went to have a ... more

Phoenix Book Reviews is the brainchild of one Nikki Sly of Cornwall, who learnt to read at a frighteningly early age and would probably be two-thirds of the way through the British Museum Library by now if they had given her half a chance. She has a Masters Degree in Forensic and Legal Psychology, a passion for true crime books (owning over 2,000) and the Jennings series by Anthony Buckeridge. The site is aimed at providing quality fiction and non-fiction book reviews across a wide range of genres. Most of the titles are purchased by her personally and she gives her honest opinion of them, be ... more