There are no quotas on books you have to ask for or are allowed to ask for. You can reserve as many or as few as you want and think you’ll have time to read by their review dates (although getting reviews in past those dates is okay, too, but please try to get them done as soon as possible), as long as you have enough HGB points to do so.  Unless your gem is cracked, you should get enough points each day to reserve at least one book. But the higher your gem level, the more daily points you’ll get and be able to store, and the more books you’ll be able to reserve.  And you earn even more points for each reader form you fill out!

The number of books you read has no bearing on your gem level or status as a reviewer, so just read whenever you have time. If you need to stop signing up for books for a week or a month or a year, and then all of a sudden you reserve one again, it will be like you never stopped.

The main thing that affects your status as a reader with us is the consistency with which you fill out our reader forms and seem to be participating with the books that you HAVE asked for and been sent. Remember that our membership is made up specifically of people that love to read and leave opinions of what they read – although we know that not everyone will choose to review every single book they’re sent.

So just make sure that when you do reserve a book, that you have the time and desire to read it and you’ll try to do so as soon as possible. The review date is more of a date to aim for that the author is hoping most reviewers will be able to finish by, but it’s okay if it takes you longer. The date is always at least a week from when we send the book out to the chosen reviewers – and sometimes even longer – but if you happen to finish reading early and the book is already published, feel free to leave your review and fill out your reader form as soon as you’re done.