You gonna review that? A copy+paste list of reviews to support the authors of the books we love

By Catherine, HEA Canada

Did You Know? The easiest way you can support an author is by posting a review of their book.

I don’t even mean that you should have a social media account dedicated to reviews, I mean just popping onto the website of a bookseller or review platform and posting just a few words about the book there.

I really don’t enjoy writing reviews at all; I want to talk about the book, but when I sit down to write about it, words fail me. Hence why I largely turned this blog over to guests bloggers. Even the reviews I include in the HEA Canada newsletter are short and sweet (and/or spicy).

But I do understand how valuable a positive review can be, even if it’s just a few words, and so I persevere to leave at least a single-sentence review somewhere for every book I have enjoyed reading.

And since I understand the reach of a positive review, I’ve curated the following list of brief, happy notes that you are welcome to copy and paste.

Hot Tip: You do not have to recap the book. Thanks, I hate it. Just award the book however many stars you want, and then paste one of the phrases from the suggestions below.

Hotter Tip: If you can put something in your review that proves you are actually talking about that specific book, you will make the review epically stronger. E.g. “I loved Beauty and Beast’s love story!”

Where should you post your review?

Wherever. I head over to Kobo’s website because that’s where I buy most of my books from. I don’t use GR, it overwhelms me, but I’ve seen lots of short-and-sweet reviews posted there so don’t be shy if you have a GR account! If you have social media, snap a quick photo of the book (or the cover screen on your ereader) and post it with your single sentence. That still counts!

Go ahead and copy and paste this list into the notes app on your phone right now so they’re ready to go when you get to The End.

Reviews for books you love:

• I loved it!
• Loved it!
• Love this book!
• LOVE this book!
• I LOVE THIS BOOK!
• I LOVE THIS BOOK OMG!
• I loved this book so much, I never wanted it to end.
• The only thing I didn’t love about this book is that it ended. I want more!
• OMG couldn’t wait to buy the next book in this series!
• I just want to scream from the rooftops that I LOVE THIS BOOK!
• This book is SO good!
• I already can’t wait to reread this book!
• I just want to read everything this author has ever written now!
• Well, I know what everyone’s getting for their birthday next year: THIS BOOK!

Reviews you can use for books you like:

• I like this book!
• This book was good!
• This book was fun!
• This book kept me entertained all the way through!
• This book was neato!
• This book is cool beans!
• This book is the bees knees!
• I really enjoyed this book.
• I enjoyed this book.
• This book is really sweet and I would like to read more from this author.
• This book was really spicy and I would like to read more from this author.
• This book was really sweet AND spicy and I would like to read more from this author.

Reviews for if the book was decent but perhaps not your cup of tea:

• This book was pretty okay!
• This book is for readers who want a little escape from their everyday.
• Good read, enjoyed it.
• Fun times had by all.
• Maybe not my cup of tea, but well written and good storytelling.
• My mom would love this book, I’m giving it to her next.

Where are the copy + paste reviews for books you don’t like? Well, I’ve only ever reviewed a book I didn’t like once, and it was because it was a romance with SA in it that the author played off as consensual and I was having none of that. Otherwise, I just don’t review the book if I didn’t like it. I don’t have time for that.

Do you have short review suggestions? Let me know and I’ll collect them for a Part Two!