The bruhaha about online book reviewing, etc. made me think about stating my policy here. And so:

I take the MSM line all the way. Which is:

I’m a journalist who likes to review books. I’ve done so for a national newspaper wire service, national magazines and online (including this blog. ) Because of that, I’m on publishers’ journalistic reviewer lists. That means I get free books from them. Sometimes I review them, sometimes I don’t. If I get a postcard announcing a book and want to review it, I contact the publisher and do a review.

I say what I want to say, and then I file the book away or give it to someone. And that’s all *I* wrote. 🙂