Hello, I’m Ryan (he/him) — an active book blogger on WordPress since July 2018. Goodreads currently tracks 913 books read (give or take 10–15), and I own around 1,000 books… yet somehow I still keep buying more. I set a yearly goal of 75 books, which I hit more often than I miss.
I am a member of BookSirens and NetGalley, and I’m also a street team member for Crystal Lake Publishing. I regularly read 20–30 ARCs per year and love sharing early reviews for indie authors and writers I follow. Many authors reach out directly, and I’m always open to discovering new voices.
The easiest ARC format for me is a Kindle link, and my preferred format is a physical copy.
Please do not send PDFs.
You can contact me anytime at: readingwithmyeyes@gmail.com
Links
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reading_with_my_eyes
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/trhixson.bsky.social
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/readingwithmyeyes
Collaborations I’m open to:
ARC reviews
Buddy reads
Book tours
Collabs with authors or publishers.
Please give at least one month’s notice (sometimes two). I like to have my monthly TBR finalized a week before the end of each month.
Rating: I rate on a 1-5 star scale: 1 Star – I did not have fun, I had way more that I disliked than liked. 2 Stars – The book had a scene I really enjoyed, but did not enjoy most of the book. 3 Stars – The book was okay, and mixed f liked and disliked. 4 Stars – The book was great, I liked more than I disliked. 5 Stars – The book was great barely disliked anything had good pace, characters, and I kept thinking about it once I finished.
One thing I will never do is hold back my opinion. Whether or not I like or love the author. I have given Stephen King a one star review, and he’s one of my favorites.
My social media reach 3,100 TikTok, blog 1,412, Youtube 1,000 (I’m currently revamping it for Booktube launch in January), Goodreads 400, and Bluesky 130. I also have 1,000 Amazon helpful votes.
Recommendations
I love sharing book recommendations! If you’re looking for something new to read, feel free to ask.
My user name is Readingwithmyeyes, which was out of desperation when I made a list of 25 user name and all were taken. So I entered readingwithmyeyes and it was free no numbers to add. I do prefer reading with my eyes and lack the concentration for new audiobooks. I will do audiobooks for re-reads. I don’t knock anybody for reading audiobooks, just what works for me. I will listen to an audiobook and wish I were reading it.
I love reading and collecting books. I’m open to reading anything. I have not read a Western, so that is my big miss. My favorite genres are horror, mystery, historical fiction, fantasy, media tie-ins, and science fiction. I will read anything, though, I have been enjoying reading spicy books and sharing them with my wife.
My favorite authors are Robert McCammon, Stephen King, Joe Hill, Dennis Lehane, Amor Towles, Martha Wells, Kristen Hannah, Don Winslow, Anne Rice, Brandon Sanderson, Jason Reynolds, RL Stine, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Angie Thomas, Chuck Wendig, VE Schwab, Pierce Brown, Michael Connelly and Josh Malerman.
The favorite things I like reading about are libraries and books, vampires, werewolves, World War II, The Civil War, con men, gangsters, comic book characters, unreliable narrators, and robots. If you do know a story that has all these elements, please share with me.
My bias is blood magic in young adult. I will fault a book for irresponsible cutting on arms.