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    Ain’t Nobody Got Time for Book Reviews!
    Ain’t Nobody Got Time for Book Reviews!
    Ain’t Nobody Got Time for Book Reviews!
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    Ain’t Nobody Got Time for Book Reviews!

    By Toi Thomas

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    Have you ever wondered why it seems authors are often whining about book reviews? What’s the big deal anyway? How much of a difference could your one book review really make?

    In this opinion piece, ten-time self-published author and blogger, Toi Thomas, discusses candidly why book-reviewing culture isn’t what it should be. This is not a book about how to write book reviews and it is not a how-to book for authors to gain book reviews, though these are discussed. This is a book about reevaluating your thought-process and opinions about book-reviewing culture. Toi Thomas clearly understands that “Ain’t nobody got time for book reviews,” or perhaps you do.

    Plus, you can read this book from cover to cover in less than two hours. The author will donate 100% of the proceeds to support Lit Carnivale, a book fair in the making.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherToi Thomas
    Release dateMar 20, 2022
    ISBN9781005190828
    Ain’t Nobody Got Time for Book Reviews!
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    Toi Thomas

    A self-proclaimed techie and foodie, Toi Thomas was born in Texas, U. S. A. but considers Virginia, U. S. A. to be home. She enjoys reading, cooking, painting, geek culture, collecting vinyl records, and spending time with her family. Currently working as a behavioral clinician, Toi and her husband, Eric, share their home with a tortoise named Betty and a Redbone Coonhound named Margie.Toi writes clean, adult multi-genre fiction ranging from science fiction to romance (as Glorie Townson), nonfiction, as well as writes and illustrates children’s picture books. Toi Thomas is also the founder of Lit Carnivale and the creator of Carnie the Bookworm.

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