betareaders Tag Posts Index

God, Ugo and Me

This experience, whatever it is called, where you start a book, and you almost immediately, lose interest, and then the next moment you pick up the book, you just

2025 Bookish Highlights

The year 2025 was such a dramatic year for me in most aspects, from books to personal life, and to academics. So much happened. It was the year i had the most book

What to do with My Sister, The Serial Killer!

When you’re ill and subjected to bed rest, there’s only so much rest your body can take. After all the drug induced sleeps, the bouts of weaknesses that assail you

Stay with me - A Charade of Insanities

I read somewhere, that one of the worst points to ever reach in life, as a human, is becoming numb to tragedy. The same situation could be likened to us readers.

Children of Blood and Bone - Masterpiece Review

‘They’re about to spoil my favourite story once again’, ‘It’s 2025 and you haven’t read this? You’re missing out’ ‘I just know they are going to mess up this wonderful

I do not come to you by chance (Book Review)

For every unsatisfying end to a book, there’s a unique reaction. Be it hissing, and then delving into another book, or staring into space, trying to make sense of

The Middle Daughter - A compelling story of resilience (Book Review)

‎Once again, I am one of those people who could be inspired by anything and everything when it comes to reading a book. It could be the title, or a particular detail

Only Ever Yours - A Haunting Work of Art (Book Review)

Have you ever read a book and had to ask yourself 'why exactly did things go wrong?' or 'how did things come to how they did?' I don't think there's any such thing

Honey and Spice - Romance Fiction written at it's finest (Book Review)

These last few weeks have been very exhausting for me. I've been pushed to tears, pushed to question everything, pushed to want to give up, but you know what id

A Kind of Madness - Mediocre at best (Book review)

I enjoy reading short stories. Most times, when I find myself tilting towards a book slump, I opt for books that are compilations of short stories. I don't know

We Should All Be Feminists

I've seen about three reviews here in this community, on this book and how amazing it is. But you see, everything I have to say about this book is no different from

A spell of Good Things - A phenomenal Story (Book Review)

These days, It feels like I've been keeping a streak of unsatisfying books. l read a total of four books this week and only one of them was satisfying enough. One

Salaam, with love - A refreshingly sweet self-discovery journey (Book Review)

I'll like to believe I'm completely out of my book slump or I'm halfway there, considering I've been able to read three books throughout this month. Although it

Cuerpos sin edad, Mentes sin tiempo. Deepak Chopra./Ageless Bodies, Timeless Minds. Deepak Chopra.

Excelente día Hivers, que todos estén en excelente estado de salud para seguir disfrutando cada día que comenzamos. Cuando la gente deja de crecer, envejece. Anónimo

Witchling, Taming the Elements: Book 2 Give Away!

Hi everyone! I wanted to stop in and let you know that I am doing a give-away in my reader group! I am a small potatoes indie author, but I am SO CLOSE to hitting

Nanowrimo Update and Encouragement Weeks 3&4

Hello Freewriters! Welcome to a VERY belated of Week 2 AND 3 of NaNoWriMo encouragement post. And while I've had trouble getting anything done (IRL or on Steem)

Home Alone? A late We-write ending

A few weeks ago @zeldacroft posted the beginning of a spooky we-write. She'd asked me to write an ending but I didn't have time to finish it before that week was

Week 2 NaNoWriMo 2019 Update Post - Come Get Encouragement, Upvotes and SBI

Hello Freewriters! Welcome to the beginning of Week 2 of NaNoWriMo. Our brave freewriters are well on their way to writing 50,000 words in the month of November.

NaNoWriMo 2019 Update Post - Come Get Encouragement, Upvotes and SBI Shares

Hello Freewriters! Once again this year many brave souls are attempting to bang out an entire novel (at least 50,000 words!) in the month of November. It's called

My first Kindle Short is published!

Whoo hoo! Somehow I found the courage to finally upload my first book to Kindle. It’s been mostly done for months now, though I’ve been editing and tweaking it based