Passages to the Past: About Me/Review Policy

Hi and welcome to Passages to the Past: The Place to be for Historical Fiction!

ABOUT ME

First, a little about me…. My name is Amy and I live in a suburb of Atlanta, GA with my wonderful husband, beautiful and talented teenage daughter, infant son and 6 crazy animals. I’ve been a reader since a very early age and can’t remember a time that I’ve not had a book in my hand. The one quote that could describe my obsession is from Erasmus: “When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes”, which can be proven by a simple glance at my bare closet and over-flowing, double-stacked bookshelves.

I came to love the historical fiction genre after picking up The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory and shortly after that Mary, Queen of Scots and the Isles by Margaret George and I haven’t looked back since! Once I found the genre I began searching the internet in earnest to find more HF book recommendations and soon found myself immersed in the world of book blogs. After lurking for a while I then decided to try my hand at a book review blog of my own….and VOILA Passages to the Past was born!

Passages to the Past was founded in June 2008 and has over 1,100 followers! A huge thanks to all of my fabulous followers and blogging friends I have met along the way.

More recently, I began a virtual tour company that caters specifically to authors of historical fiction called Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours. I've had the amazing opportunity to work with authors Jules Watson, Sandra Worth, MJ Rose, Anne Easter Smith, C.W. Gortner, Sandra Byrd, Donna Russo Morin and many more!

If you’d like more information please email me at hfvirtualbooktours@gmail.com.

REVIEW POLICY

{ Updated 11.7.12 }

Passages to the Past is currently open to receiving review requests. We review Historical Fiction and History/Non-Fiction titles.

We receive a good amount of requests and can’t respond to them all, though we do try. If we are unable to respond to you, please don’t take it personally and know that you can always reach out again for future pitches.

You can reach me at passagestothepast (at) gmail (dot) com

Unsolicited review copies…

We don’t mind receiving unsolicited review copies, but please know that since we did not agree to review the book then it will be at our discretion whether we do so or not. If it is a title that we are not interested in we will either host a giveaway or donate to a local library. It is always best to reach out first before sending!

Virtual book tours…

We love participating in tours so feel free to pitch away! We are always up for hosting guest posts, interviews and giveaways.

Lead time/post date…

We generally like to receive the review copy at least three to four weeks in advance of the agreed upon review date (if applicable).

If you need the review posted on a particular date please let me know and we can schedule that, otherwise it will be posted at our convenience.

Book formats…

We accept printed and electronic review copies.

Genres We Review…

Historical Fiction

Historical Mystery

Non-Fiction/History

Genres We May Accept For Review…