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Originally Posted by Atunah
Those I follow on goodreads that do a lot of arc reviews, always put it there. The short period I was participating, I did the same. Disclosing I mean. I had to stop doing it as writing reviews is hard enough as it is and it took all the fun out of reading for me. So mostly I rate now. Pretty sure its required to put that down that you received a book for free. I expect it from those type of reviewers.
To me a star rating means more to me from someone on goodreads I follow than a long drawn out review with technical details written like a book report on amazon. That is because I know what that goodreads reader likes, so if they give something a 1 or 2 star, there is a good reason for it. Likewise if they like something. But since I don't just look at one rating, its just one part of my vetting process. But my main place to find books and vet them seems to be goodreads at this point. And on my kindle, which of course uses a system incorporated into the goodreads site. Great recs on there.
But one really has to make their own feed there to really take advantage of all the features. Meaning comparing reviewers ratings to your own and see if its a good match and follow specific reviewers and readers. After a while, its a very targeted system and not a free for all anymore.
Of course I don't just randomly follow 1000's of people as some do on there. Most are more targeted.
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Like you with the exception of a very very few authors, I quit reviewing in exchange for books too. It got to be one giant headache.
I always put the disclosure mostly so other readers would know how I got the book.
I was even offered a blog to review new books and new authors. I turned that down in a hurry.