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  1. younela
    younela at |

    The best things about love bytes are the excellently professionally presented reviews and the regular posts made by guest authors talking about all things mm and publishing.

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  2. Penumbra
    Penumbra at |

    The layout! I happen to love three column blog layouts 🙂

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  3. Debra E
    Debra E at |

    I love that you have such a diverse group of reviewers and that you give us authors viewpoints as well. 🙂

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  4. Denise Dechene
    Denise Dechene at |

    Love Bytes has a large team of reviewers, male and female. The have excellent reviews. The are here not only for the reader but the authors. They have weekly and monthly contests for books that the public votes on. It was actually the first review site that I knew of. As for what I’d like to see…hmmm. Maybe every few months they can highlight one of their reviewers;. Post their favorite reviews and such.

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  5. Cia Nordwell
    Cia Nordwell at |

    I have to go with the many different reviewers as well. You don’t have a narrow window of story types because so many read different genres. If anything, I’d like to see more lesbian fiction reviewed.

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  6. Lee Todd
    Lee Todd at |

    I love that your reviewers cover so many different sub-genres of M/M romance
    I’m not sure I can think of anything to improve Love Bytes to be honest…it’s great as it is

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  7. Antonia
    Antonia at |

    I like the reviews and the guest posts by authors, which are always interesting. Please keep doing what you’re doing!

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  8. Barbra
    Barbra at |

    This was the first review site I signed up with (even now I only read 2 others). Y’all are so nice and respond to comments and questions. Great reviews too.

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  9. waxapplelover
    waxapplelover at |

    I read and do most of my internet surfing on my ipad. So I appreciate that the website is mobile-friendly. The posts are well-tagged and it is easy to find things. As for going forward, I would love to see more differing points of view (I know it’s strange) but maybe having two or more reviewers read the same book and offer up a tag-team review?

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  10. Mary Doherty
    Mary Doherty at |

    Of course, the main thing is a place I can find the best M/M romance. Other things I like is that the reviews have the page count for the books. M/M romance tend to have pretty short books and that’s not my thing, that will tell me right away if I even want to check the book out. Another thing I love is that it includes “all romance eBooks” for a site to buy. Most reviews on other sites only Amazon and B&N.

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  11. Jen CW
    Jen CW at |

    I love that you have great reviewers. You also cover a lot of books that I am interested in as well as have a great layout to your page. I love that authors come by and leave posts from time to time about various topics. I love your site. It’s one of a handful I visit everyday.

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  12. andrewqgordon
    andrewqgordon at |

    Well my reasons are personal. You’ve been such a good friend since we met but that’s just half of it. You help us all – readers and authors and you always do it with a smile. There are other places to go but there’s only one Dani. Of course you’ve also got a very good group of reviewers too so what’s not to like.

    one suggestion? Give the reviews and guest posts more emphasis so they stand out more.

    Thanks so much for everything!! Here’s to many more years of success.

    Andy.

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  13. debby236
    debby236 at |

    I love finding new books to read. This blog is one the best places to find one. I would love to see more author interviews.

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  14. kp
    kp at |

    I love the many book reviews and new to me authors I have found!

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  15. Rod B.
    Rod B. at |

    I appreciate that all the reviewers clearly love the genre. I’d love to see even more guest posts from authors. It’s great to hear from them.

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  16. ardent ereader
    ardent ereader at |

    Your review site is one of the first that I discovered and I really enjoy reading the book reviews as well as the author guest posts. I love learning more about the authors whoose books I have come to love. I also really appreciate all the generous giveways, an opportunity to read more books than my budget would otherwise allow.

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  17. Trix
    Trix at |

    I love the perspectives of the multiple reviewers, and the international postings give me a new view of m/m’s place in the world. Of course, you can’t beat the giveaways, either!

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  18. Serena S.
    Serena S. at |

    I like the different reviewers, specially when they review books I want to read. 😉 I also like the authors’ posts, I specially remember one made by J.P. Barnaby about a lost angel (friend) to her. It made me cry.

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  19. Cornelia
    Cornelia at |

    I like when I’m considering a book to buy or add to list , the review helps to make my decision. I can trust an honest review

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  20. jenf27
    jenf27 at |

    The site has a great layout – easy to find things. I like your diverse group of reviewers and also the book of week/month polls. And, of course, events like this one! Maybe do a feature on one of the reviewers each month so we can learn more about them. I would find that interesting.

    Thanks!

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  21. H.B.
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    The guest posts from authors about their topic of choice and the well written reviews. The site is also so easy to navigate.

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  22. Laurie P
    Laurie P at |

    I trust your reviews. You have so many different people reviewing. I would like to see maybe dual reviews, two opinions.

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  23. Carolyn
    Carolyn at |

    I think the blog has a really nice energy, which comes from great leadership and a great crew of reviewers. This is only because you started it with your contest, but it would be fun if you continued the cover challenge after the anniversary party is over. Whether or not it’d be tied to a contest or a giveaway, it might just be another fun reason to visit.

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  24. Crissy M
    Crissy M at |

    I love your author segments. So much wonderful information and so much fun. 🙂

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  25. Lira
    Lira at |

    I like how there are so many reviewers and therefore, so many reviews to read. If there’s a book I’m unsure about, there’s almost always a review here I can look at to help me choose.

    I think it would be interesting to have reviewers post about the book they liked the most every month or so.

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  26. nrsebecca
    nrsebecca at |

    I love and trust the reviews on your blog. Also the guest posts the authors software fantastic and give us a glimpse into their lives, creative process and WIP’s. You also have fantastic giveaways! 🙂 I’m really not sure on what to improve because I think you do a great job already. 😀

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  27. Jbst
    Jbst at |

    I really like the easy, compact layout of your website, the reviews and the contests.

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    1. Jbst
      Jbst at |

      Forgot to add – Maybe occasionally ask if there are some older favorite books or series that the reader would like the staff to do a Flashback or retro review on so that others could find an older great read. Maybe every quarter?

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  28. jillprand
    jillprand at |

    I love the reviews and all the guest posts from the authors! I love learning about other author’s creative processes!

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  29. Birte
    Birte at |

    I love that your rating most times matches my taste and I’ve found so many awesome reads because of that. (Actually that’s the reason why my husband doesn’t like your site very much; reading your reviews always is very expensive 😉 )

    Birte
    kalidris at gmail dot com

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  30. salann31
    salann31 at |

    The reason i prefer your blog to other similar sites is quite simple. Your reviewers actually read the books they review and write informative pieces on those books. Some other sites have reviewers that write exactly the same thing for every book they review. Grrrr!
    Perhaps it would be nice to do a trivia fact at the bottom of each review about the person who wrote it, just to make it a tad more personal?

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  31. Angela
    Angela at |

    I like this blog because it is very personal, the reviews are great and i like the layout. In a nutshell it looks welcoming !

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  32. debfirpo
    debfirpo at |

    Love bytes is awesome, you give us great contests, great interviews. I can always find a new book or anew author.. The Layout is super. You need to change nothing. Awesome job!!!

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  33. suze294
    suze294 at |

    With all the blogs about I only regularly read a handful, LB being one! Over time, I know that some of the reviewers have similar reading tastes to me so I can trust what is said about the books.
    Also enjoy the regular visits by authors

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  34. Lisa
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    I always enjoy the reviews here but what really stands out to me is the layout on the home page. You offer so many things here and they are very easy to find…reviews, announcements, recommendations, book polls, and the author space. Keep up the great work. Y’all are doing an awesome job. 🙂

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  35. rainbowgroove
    rainbowgroove at |

    I Love the great reviews by good reviewers and discovering new authors 🙂

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  36. llesarlorraine
    llesarlorraine at |

    Personally, I really like the site (and reviewers) as it is – it’s informative, easy to use and you’ll not afraid to voice your opinions! But, if you are looking for one thing to improve/consider, have you thought about having one book but two reviewers, reviewing it? I’m sure we agree that though people read the same book, we all read it differently! So another perspective is always good.

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  37. sherry1969
    sherry1969 at |

    I love the guest post and all of the reviews.

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  38. Shirley Ann Speakman
    Shirley Ann Speakman at |

    You are all doing an excellent job!I like the blog the way it is it’s easy to find things and all the reviewers are good at their jobs. Only one question maybe every so often you could have a new author day where a new author could talk about how they got into publishing etc.

    ShirleyAnn(at)speakman40(dot)freeserve(dot)co(dot)uk

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  39. juliesmall1959
    juliesmall1959 at |

    I would say the layout also! Very easy to find things and reviewers are good!

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  40. Allison
    Allison at |

    I love that your reviewers come from all over!

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  41. felinewyvern
    felinewyvern at |

    I love the fact that, with so many reviewers, we get a variety of tastes and opinions on books.

    If you wanted to change just one thing then maybe a multi review of a new author/book once a month with all the reviewers giving their opinions.

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  42. jenndease
    jenndease at |

    You reviewers write well thought out reviews. There are no ‘attack’ reviews, which is great.

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  43. flutterfli
    flutterfli at |

    This is probably my favorite of all of the blogs I follow. I can trust the reviewers to give a honest an accurate review that will help me find the books I’m most interested in. It’s hard to find something I would like you to consider adding to the site. Possibly more author interviews for first time authors.

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  44. sula22
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    I think maybe weekly/monthly feature for new upcoming authors and maybe more flashback to old favourites, perhaps asking readers to pick a book to discuss like a reading group?

    I am really happy with your site, but if I think of a few more things I will let you know 😀

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    1. sula22
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      I also like character interviews, can we have more of those? 😀

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