Praise

Benji is so tapped in to the Western Washington reading scene - I see him at events all the time and appreciate how he's so enthusiastic about sharing his love of books! Great blog from a great perspective, keep it up.

  - Marissa Meyer, author of The Lunar Chronicles

I love The Non Reluctant Reader! Great reviews, and creative content. Benji is completely plugged in to the Northwest book event scene, and the YA book scene in general. He's a real pro. 

 - Kendare Blake, author of Anna Dressed in Blood and Girl of Nightmares

Young adult fiction readers, authors, librarians and booksellers know Benji. The guy is a bonafide fixture on the Pacific Northwest teen reading scene. Just take one look at his blog, The Non-Reluctant Reader, and you'll see why.

- Daniel Marks, author of Velveteen

Benji gives a true teen perspective to the books he reviews. He did a great job with my blog tour and was easy to work with. I enjoyed working with him to present my book to the world. 

 - L.B. Schulman, author of League of Strays

I had the pleasure of meeting Benji when he organized a dinner for authors and bloggers in Seattle. He's as friendly and bright in person as I'd suspected from visiting The Non-Reluctant Reader. Benji's a wonderful ambassador for review bloggers and the reading community. 

 - Marta Acosta, author of Dark Companion

Benji reads up a storm, book after book after book, with astonishing vigor and enthusiasm, then channels all that knowledge and mental energy into his blog. Follow it to see what a serious, plugged-in, well-connected teen book lover has to say about literature for young readers. 

 - Patrick Jennings, author of Guinea Dog

Benji's blog is my go to site to find new YA reads. The content and the design is what I'm looking for to enhance further my YA stack of reads. 

- Suzanne Droppert, owner of Liberty Bay Books

Benji is very friendly and outgoing! I've had the pleasure of working with him a time or two on some activities for a read-a-thon My Shelf Confesssions puts on and even when some unexpected challenges came up I had no trouble working with Benji on figuring out how to make it all work. I look forward to working with him in the future!  

- April at My Shelf Confessions