Mackenzie

Hi pocket friends! I’m Mackenzie (she/her), a mixed Asian book lover. I grew up in southern California, and am still a California girl at heart. Right now I’m working as a data governance analyst and living in Arizona. I am a former/recovering astrophysicist (academia is tough!!). It’s a safe assumption to make based on the fact that I book blog that my main hobby is reading, but other than that I really love rock climbing and gaming (mostly Nintedo Switch games and Teamfight Tactics). I’m also obsessed with matcha and boba (and love them together of course).

My reading genres consist of primarily fantasy and science fiction, of any age range though I tend to read more adult and YA than anything younger. I read the occasional contemporary or romance scattered between all the SFF books (my one true love it seems).

I am very active on Bookstagram, which was my first bookish social media. You can find me here!

I hope you enjoy the blog!

Where to find me elsewhere on the internet: Instagram || BlueSky || Goodreads

Review Policy

I’m happy to hear from publishers/authors/agents/etc for review requests! I won’t be able to accept every request that comes my way since book blogging is not my full time job. Here are a few things to consider before requesting a review:

  • I review finished copies and ARCs, in both print and eBook format. For eBooks, .mobi and .epub formats are both fine.
  • Reviews will be my honest opinions of the book, whether positive or negative, and written in a respectful manner!
  • Reviews will be posted on this blog, my Goodreads account, and my Instagram account.
  • I will only be responding to requests that are interesting to me – mostly based on genre preference (listed below).

Genres I Read

I read mostly books written for young adult and adult audiences, but I am also very open to reading middle grade books! My genres of preference are:

  • Fantasy
  • Science Fiction
  • (any subgenres of the above two – I love retellings, steampunk, dystopia, etc)
  • Romance
  • Contemporary

Of course I am still open to requests for other genres! I do not read erotica however. Please send  your requests by filling out the contact form or by emailing hello(at)colourmeread(dot)com.

Rating System

★★★★★ – I LOVED this book!! I thought it was amazing and I’ll recommend it to everyone I know.

★★★★ – I really enjoyed it! There were a few things that I thought could have been better, but overall it was very good.

★★★ – I liked it! It was a fun read but there wasn’t much that stood out or wowed me.

★★ – I didn’t particularly enjoy this book, but I didn’t full on hate it.

★ – I liked pretty much nothing about this book and probably wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. (Usually reserved for harmful and/or problematic books)