As much as I’ve tried convincing myself otherwise, I need to step back from regular book reviewing for a while. You may have noticed that I haven’t posted any reviews in a few weeks. While at least part of that can be attributed to my baseball team being in the playoffs again this year (LET’S GO ROYALS!) the rest is what I can no longer deny is a full-blown reading slump.

So I’ve closed the blog to new review requests, though I hate having to do so. I still have several reviews owed to various people and publishers between now and the end of this year, and my intent is to get those out the door as quickly as possible. However, they may not post particularly close to the book release date, and for that I apologize in advance.

Once those reviews are posted, this blog will go on hiatus until April 1, 2016. It’s a distinct possibility that publishers and authors won’t wait around for me to get my reading mojo back, and I totally understand if they don’t. But I need my reading to stop feeling like work, and the only way I can see to getting there is to step back from active reviewing for a while.

I’ll still be available for beta and proofreading on a case by case basis. And I’ll still be on social media to share my opinion about books and baseball just like always. I look forward to seeing you all there.