About Chicklish, and Chicklish Policy

**April 2012 update: we regret that we're not currently accepting review books due to a huge backlog of books to be read and no free time. However, Luisa will endeavour to find a good reviewing home for any books sent, and feature guest reviews on Chicklish wherever possible. Any book-bloggers who would like to guest review are welcome to get in touch. Thank you very much for visiting our site!**

Chicklish Facts

Chicklish is a UK-based teen book site, launched in 2006 and still going strong as it approaches its 6th birthday. The site is run by author Luisa Plaja and is regularly updated with book-related contributions from readers, including young contributors aged 11+ and adult fans of teen fiction.

Chicklish Review Policy

All enquiries should be sent to chicklish@googlemail.com. We're very sorry that, due to a high volume of enquiries, we can't always reply to every message. Also please note that we're based in the UK.

Most of the books reviewed here are free copies provided to us by publishers and authors, though some are bought or borrowed by reviewers. If you send us your book we don't guarantee a positive review, or a review at all, but we'll endeavour to give our honest opinion and feature the book on the site if we can. We also try to give a good home to all books that are sent to us. Some will be used for giveaways on the site, others will be given to keen readers or donated to school and public libraries.

We mostly review books aimed at teenagers. We don't usually review adult fiction or picture books. We can accept e-books.

Please note that the site's editor is an author (Luisa Plaja) and so is the co-founder and site host (Keris Stainton), and we have other contributors who are writers and/or work in the publishing industry. We will feature our own books, and books by writers who happen to be our friends, colleagues and acquaintances, on the site. All contributors give their honest opinions about the books they review.

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More about Chicklish...

Every now and then we're asked: What is Chicklish? And... why?

Here are some answers.

Chicklish is a site devoted to teen fiction published in the UK. (But we cover fiction from other countries too, as long as it's written in, or translated into, English.) We aim to provide all the latest book news, reviews and author interviews.

And why? Well, the reviewers here love reading this type of fiction and writing about it. We started out, back in 2006, as a "teen chick lit" review site but we now read and review across most genres aimed at teenagers, and also cover a few books aimed at younger readers. Possibly we still have a slight leaning towards more light-hearted, fun reads, but we really hope all readers can find interesting books through our site.

So. Chicklish. It's kind of like chick-lit mixed with chocolate, it's de-lish and it's as fun as being ticklish. Or something like that, anyway. As for our subtitle: "Reader, I snogged him..." Well. Sorry, Charlotte Bronte.

Love from Chicklish

P.S. For other great sites that discuss teen fiction, check out the links under "Chicklish Places".

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Privacy Policy

Please stay safe on the internet! When you enter our giveaways, there's no need to give your address unless you're contacted as a prizewinner. If and when you do give us your address, it will not be kept or used in any way except to provide a prize. (This will sometimes involve passing it on to a third party, such as a publisher, but only for the purposes of sending the prize.)

If you are not an adult, we would ask you to please make sure a parent or guardian knows that you are writing to us and exactly what information you are giving us. Details such as addresses should be provided to us by your parent or guardian. If you would like to be one of our young reviewers, please note that we require parental permission.

Under no circumstances disclose your address or personal details about yourself in the site's comments - if you do, your comment will be deleted for your own safety.

Thank you!

Check out this great link about online safety: Thinkuknow - 11-16

More information about online protection:

The Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule

The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act

COPPA

Comments

[Amy Merrigan]

You should reveiw Deeper Than Bule by jill Hucklesbry. (my all time favirout book) its a brilliant book 4 young adults.

[SOPHIE]

CAN I HELP U WITH UR WEBSITE AND HELP EDIT IT???

[Luisa]

Thanks for the posts above. Sophie, I've replied to you, and Amy, thanks a lot for the rec!

[Steve]

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[Sophia]

How does chicklish work? Is it up to the kids to write book reviews? If it is how can I get involved?

[Luisa]

Just to note that I emailed Sophia about this! In case anyone else is interested, Chicklish has contributors of all ages. Please email us if you want to get involved, but read the privacy policy above first.

[saehir]

HI chicklish, it would be an honour if i could also contribute with youre website and blogging mainly because i tend to read books that are not really read or known to that many teens out there and it would be really cool if i could share the books i read with everyone.