goodreads reviews

I take my goodreads seriously. At first it was because I wanted to accomplish some random number of books-I-read in a year, but then it grew into something more. When an author’s debut goes up on goodreads, I add it to my want-to-read list. When I’ve read it and enjoyed it, I provide a starred review and write my recommendation and thoughts. None of this is unique, however, while there are people who use goodreads to keep track and people who use it for book recommendations, there are, sadly, people who use it to 1-star books they haven’t read simply because they don’t like the identity or ideology of the author.

When a Jewish author gets flooded with 1-star reviews from people who admit they haven’t read the book, I report, but usually they don’t get taken down. So I pre-order the book to support. Once I even pre-ordered two copies, I was so angry at the abundance of 1-stars.

Best thing we can do is keep reviewing. Keep reading Jewish books and writing honest reviews and yeeting the books at our friends until the 1-star-antisemitism disappears in a flood of positive reviews. (Yes, it’s antisemites labeling us with one star and if your brain didn’t go there, now it has!)

So here’s a link to my goodreads reviews. Can’t wait to see you on there!