About

Books, Personally 
is a labor of love, a virtual suitcase collecting books and writing that have meant something to me over the years. I'm over here far less frequently now (busy kids, busy work, etc, etc) ... but I'm still here. Can't quite quit. You might know how that is.

In addition to blogging here, I have in the (now rather distant) past contributed book reviews to The Collagist, Litstack and to The Best Damn Creative Writing Blog. You can find me on social on twitter or threads (@ jmessnerpics)

Disclosure:
When a book reviewed on the blog has been provided by the publisher; this is always noted in the post (if no source is mentioned, the book is self-purchased or from the library.) 

Review Requests:
I regret that I can only accept a very small number of review requests, and will only consider requests for literary fiction and literary short fiction, with a special interest in fiction from small presses.

Pro blogger Danielle Smith offers some great tips for querying book bloggers over at Anne R. Allen's blog - do check them out!

Contact me: 
via e-mail at bookspersonallyblog at gmail dot com. 

- Jennifer