About Star Ratings and Book Review Sites @dominishbooks

dominish_books | About Star Ratings and Book Review Sites @dominishbooks | Uploaded July 2023 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
A quick look at why I think rating and, in particular, reviewing books is important, and a look at three book review sites for you to check out:

0:00 Intro
0:22 Ratings and Reviews
2:56 The Apps
4:02 Goodreads goodreads.com
8:23 Storygraph thestorygraph.com
13:35 Storylace storylace.com

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Web: dominishbooks.com

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Want cool fantasy merch? Check out the Emergent Realms store and get 10% off your order using the discount code DOM10 emergentrealms.com/merch

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$About Star Ratings and Book Review Sites A quick look at why I think rating and, in particular, reviewing books is important, and a look at three book review sites for you to check out: 0:00 Intro 0:22 Ratings and Reviews 2:56 The Apps 4:02 Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/ 8:23 Storygraph https://thestorygraph.com/ 13:35 Storylace https://www.storylace.com/ Find me elsewhere: Discord: https://discord.gg/7pvZWqrnAF Twitter: https://twitter.com/dominish_books BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/dominishbooks.bsky.social Bookstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dominish_books/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/dominish Storylace: https://www.storylace.com/user/dominish_books Web: https://www.dominishbooks.com Support the Channel: My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dominish_books My Amazon Wishlist, for the amazingly generous people who like to gift books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/4HUTZXBVD046?ref wl_share Want cool fantasy merch? Check out the Emergent Realms store and get 10% off your order using the discount code DOM10 https://www.emergentrealms.com/merch Music by Infraction: https://www.youtube.com/c/Infraction$ $My Physical Self-Pub Collection - 28 Wonderful Books (...and Growing!) I love self-published fantasy books and over the last year or so, I have acquired a good number of them. Here, I go through the physical books in my collection. Go check out your friendly neighbourhood indie author, whatever the genre, and show them some love! Find me elsewhere: Discord: https://discord.gg/7pvZWqrnAF Twitter: https://twitter.com/dominish_books Bookstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dominish_books/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/dominish Support the Channel: My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dominish_books My Amazon Wishlist, for the amazingly generous people who like to gift books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/4HUTZXBVD046?ref wl_share Like what I do? Buy me a coffee (well, tea) to say Thanks: https://ko-fi.com/dominish For new books, I recommend Black Dragon Books, an independent UK bookshop who keep their discounts high and donate a portion the profit from each book sale to BookTrust: https://www.blackdragonbooks.co.uk/?store=5 *This is an affiliate link, which will not impact the price, but I do receive a small commission from the retailer if you use this link* Music by Infraction: https://www.youtube.com/c/Infraction$ $Classic Fantasy Reading Recommendations (From the 80s and 90s) It can be hard to pin down what exactly constitutes classic fantasy, but for me, it takes us up to around the turn of the century. Here, I give eight recommendations from my library, all of which are titles released in the 1980s or 1990s, and that are predominantly overlooked on BookTube. 0:00 Intro 0:00 Magician, by Raymond E. Feist 0:00 Legend, by David Gemmell 0:00 The Crystal Shard, by R.A. Salvatore 0:00 The Deed of Paksenarrion, by Elizabeth Moon 0:00 Blue Moon Rising, by Simon R. Green 0:00 Green Rider, by Kristen Britain 0:00 Dawnthief, by James Barclay 0:00 Bodyguard of Lightning, by Stan Nicholls Find me elsewhere: Discord: https://discord.gg/7pvZWqrnAF Twitter: https://twitter.com/dominish_books Bookstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dominish_books/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/dominish Support the Channel: My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dominish_books My Amazon Wishlist, for the amazingly generous people who like to gift books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/4HUTZXBVD046?ref wl_share Like what I do? Buy me a coffee (well, tea) to say Thanks: https://ko-fi.com/dominish For new books, I recommend Black Dragon Books, an independent UK bookshop who keep their discounts high and donate a portion the profit from each book sale to BookTrust: https://www.blackdragonbooks.co.uk/?store=5 *This is an affiliate link, which will not impact the price, but I do receive a small commission from the retailer if you use this link* Music by Infraction: https://www.youtube.com/c/Infraction$ $SPFBO9: Unfamiliar Territory by R. Lindsay Carter My review of Unfamiliar Territory by R. Lindsay Carter, book one of The Familiars Legacy. I read this for phase one of #SPFBO9 as part of Team Bookborns allocation. Find me elsewhere: Discord: https://discord.gg/7pvZWqrnAF Twitter: https://twitter.com/dominish_books Bookstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dominish_books/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/dominish Storylace: https://www.storylace.com/user/dominish_books Web: https://www.dominishbooks.com Support the Channel: My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dominish_books My Amazon Wishlist, for the amazingly generous people who like to gift books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/4HUTZXBVD046?ref wl_share Want cool fantasy merch? Check out the Emergent Realms store and get 10% off your order using the discount code DOM10 https://www.emergentrealms.com/merch Music by Infraction: https://www.youtube.com/c/Infraction$ $Come Read(athon) With Me - With Book Recs Im inviting you all to come join Once Upon a Readathon with me in November 2022, where I will be co-hosting as one of the three captains of Team Huntsmen. This video gives a brief overview, as well as some recommendations and you can find more detail below: Channels: @hannahblackwellbooks @OverlyAverageBen @ShelfCentered Resources: Hannahs introductory video: https://youtu.be/iIStBzzyI2w Readathon Discord: https://discord.gg/8nAEUHQM Readathon GDrive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/123RozhN40NEjvTbdRVaO41hzkO9eowpX Find me elsewhere: Discord: https://discord.gg/7pvZWqrnAF Twitter: https://twitter.com/dominish_books Bookstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dominish_books/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/dominish Support the Channel: My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dominish_books My Amazon Wishlist, for the amazingly generous people who like to gift books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/4HUTZXBVD046?ref wl_share Like what I do? Buy me a coffee (well, tea) to say Thanks: https://ko-fi.com/dominish For new books, I recommend Black Dragon Books, an independent UK bookshop who keep their discounts high and donate a portion the profit from each book sale to BookTrust: https://www.blackdragonbooks.co.uk/?store=5 *This is an affiliate link, which will not impact the price, but I do receive a small commission from the retailer if you use this link* Music by Infraction: https://www.youtube.com/c/Infraction$ $May Reading Wrap-Up Welcome to my reading wrap-up for May 2023 where I had a great month overall despite a DNF and a not for now. 0:00 Intro 1:05 The Stats 2:30 The Books Find me elsewhere: Discord: https://discord.gg/7pvZWqrnAF Twitter: https://twitter.com/dominish_books Bookstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dominish_books/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/dominish Web: https://www.dominishbooks.com Support the Channel: My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dominish_books My Amazon Wishlist, for the amazingly generous people who like to gift books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/4HUTZXBVD046?ref wl_share Like what I do? Buy me a coffee (well, tea) to say Thanks: https://ko-fi.com/dominish For new books, I recommend Black Dragon Books, an independent UK bookshop who keep their discounts high and donate a portion the profit from each book sale to BookTrust: https://www.blackdragonbooks.co.uk/?store=5 * This is an affiliate link, which will not impact the price, but I do receive a small commission from the retailer if you use this link * Music by Infraction: https://www.youtube.com/c/Infraction$ $Reading Wrap-Up, February 2023 Here is my wrap-up for February 2023. Did my excellent start to the year continue? Find out here, where I had a buddy read and some ARCs among the other titles I read. 0:00 Intro 0:39 The Stats 2:46 The Books Find me elsewhere: Discord: https://discord.gg/7pvZWqrnAF Twitter: https://twitter.com/dominish_books Bookstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dominish_books/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/dominish Support the Channel: My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dominish_books My Amazon Wishlist, for the amazingly generous people who like to gift books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/4HUTZXBVD046?ref wl_share Like what I do? Buy me a coffee (well, tea) to say Thanks: https://ko-fi.com/dominish For new books, I recommend Black Dragon Books, an independent UK bookshop who keep their discounts high and donate a portion the profit from each book sale to BookTrust: https://www.blackdragonbooks.co.uk/?store=5 *This is an affiliate link, which will not impact the price, but I do receive a small commission from the retailer if you use this link* Music by Infraction: https://www.youtube.com/c/Infraction$ $2024 Reading Goals: Mid-Year Check-In Were half-way through the year, so its time to check-in on my 2024 reading plan and see what I have left to aim for in the back-half of the year. Did you set any reading goals this year? How are you getting on? What does your plan for the rest of the year look like? Find me elsewhere: Discord: https://discord.gg/7pvZWqrnAF Twitter: https://twitter.com/dominish_books BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/dominishbooks.bsky.social Bookstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dominish_books/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/dominish Storylace: https://www.storylace.com/user/dominish_books Web: https://www.dominishbooks.com Support the Channel: My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dominish_books My Amazon Wishlist, for the amazingly generous people who like to gift books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/4HUTZXBVD046?ref wl_share Want cool fantasy merch? Check out the Emergent Realms store and get 10% off your order using the discount code DOM10 https://www.emergentrealms.com/merch Music by Infraction: https://www.youtube.com/c/Infraction$ $My Favourite SPFBO9 Opening Sentences I read the opening sentence of all 300 entrants into SPFBO9 (both chapter one and prologue where applicable) and picked out my favourites. Completely by chance, this turned out to be almost exactly 10% of the titles on offer. Whats your favourite? Find me elsewhere: Discord: https://discord.gg/7pvZWqrnAF Twitter: https://twitter.com/dominish_books Bookstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dominish_books/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/dominish Web: https://www.dominishbooks.com Support the Channel: My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dominish_books My Amazon Wishlist, for the amazingly generous people who like to gift books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/4HUTZXBVD046?ref wl_share Like what I do? Buy me a coffee (well, tea) to say Thanks: https://ko-fi.com/dominish For new books, I recommend Black Dragon Books, an independent UK bookshop who keep their discounts high and donate a portion the profit from each book sale to BookTrust: https://www.blackdragonbooks.co.uk/?store=5 * This is an affiliate link, which will not impact the price, but I do receive a small commission from the retailer if you use this link * Music by Infraction: https://www.youtube.com/c/Infraction Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Atlas main version.$ $November 2022 Wrap-Up | Once Upon a Readathon This is my reading wrap-up for November 2022. As part of Once Upon a Readathon, I read eight books, plus two novellas, making it a great reading month for me. Intro 0:00 Stats: 0:40 The Books 1:44 Find me elsewhere: Discord: https://discord.gg/7pvZWqrnAF Twitter: https://twitter.com/dominish_books Bookstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dominish_books/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/dominish Support the Channel: My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dominish_books My Amazon Wishlist, for the amazingly generous people who like to gift books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/4HUTZXBVD046?ref wl_share Like what I do? Buy me a coffee (well, tea) to say Thanks: https://ko-fi.com/dominish For new books, I recommend Black Dragon Books, an independent UK bookshop who keep their discounts high and donate a portion the profit from each book sale to BookTrust: https://www.blackdragonbooks.co.uk/?store=5 *This is an affiliate link, which will not impact the price, but I do receive a small commission from the retailer if you use this link* Music by Infraction: https://www.youtube.com/c/Infraction$ $Sampling My Unread Books 4 This is the fourth of my laid-back videos where I read the opening chapter of all my unread books. These videos are a bit different to my normal style, so if you only want to hear me talking about the books, you can use the timestamps below. 0:00 Intro 1:54 Ashes of the Sun 5:53 Stone and Sky 8:53 Primal Fury 12:18 First Evil 17:14 Spirits of Vengeance 20:59 The Company of Glass Find me elsewhere: Discord: https://discord.gg/7pvZWqrnAF Twitter: https://twitter.com/dominish_books BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/dominishbooks.bsky.social Bookstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dominish_books/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/dominish Storylace: https://www.storylace.com/user/dominish_books Web: https://www.dominishbooks.com Support the Channel: My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dominish_books My Amazon Wishlist, for the amazingly generous people who like to gift books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/4HUTZXBVD046?ref wl_share Want cool fantasy merch? Check out the Emergent Realms store and get 10% off your order using the discount code DOM10 https://www.emergentrealms.com/merch Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ The River Title music by Infraction: https://www.youtube.com/c/Infraction$ $SPFBO9: My Favourite Covers From This Years Competition Check out my top 21 favourite covers from SPFBO9 - the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off. There are some truly beautiful covers on show this year, and Im looking forward to a good reading competition too! Cover artists for these titles are below: Bastards of Liberty - David Gardias - https://www.bestselling-covers.com/ The Bleeding Stone, The Last Ranger, An Ocean of Others, Panacea - Felix Ortiz - https://www.artstation.com/felixortiz Daughter of the Beast - art by the author - https://www.ecgreaves.com/ Deaths Disciple - https://www.derangeddoctordesign.com/ Eleventh Cycle - Nino Is - https://isnino.artstation.com/ Fortress of the Lost Amulet, Heretic, A Low Country, Of Thieves and Shadows - Jeff Brown - https://www.jeffbrowngraphics.com/ Heliotrope - Dusan Markovic - https://www.markovicdusan.com/ Legacy of the Vermillion Blade - Jamie Flack - http://www.catandcrown.com/ Master of the Void - Brain Flores - https://www.instagram.com/xbrianflores.art/ Of Deeds Most Valiant - Bastien Jez - https://bastienjez.artstation.com/ Petition - https://damonza.com/ The Shattered Spire - Jay Epperson - http://jayepperson.com/ Throne of Deceit - Rosauro Ugang The Way of Renegades - Lance Buckley - https://www.lancebuckley.com/ Wings of the Storm - Linggar Bramanty - https://www.artstation.com/linggarbramanty Find me elsewhere: Discord: https://discord.gg/7pvZWqrnAF Twitter: https://twitter.com/dominish_books Bookstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dominish_books/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/dominish Web: https://www.dominishbooks.com Support the Channel: My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dominish_books My Amazon Wishlist, for the amazingly generous people who like to gift books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/4HUTZXBVD046?ref wl_share Like what I do? Buy me a coffee (well, tea) to say Thanks: https://ko-fi.com/dominish For new books, I recommend Black Dragon Books, an independent UK bookshop who keep their discounts high and donate a portion the profit from each book sale to BookTrust: https://www.blackdragonbooks.co.uk/?store=5 * This is an affiliate link, which will not impact the price, but I do receive a small commission from the retailer if you use this link * Music by Infraction: https://www.youtube.com/c/Infraction$