I actually created Inspirational Book Reviews in 2014. One must note that the book reviews are about books that I have personally read over the years. I started slowly with somewhat infrequent reviews being posted, but over time, I have increased the frequency of posting reviews, and we have grown the number of visitors based on our presence on social media and via search engines, and WordPress Reader. In the last 6 months, Inspirationalbookreviews.com has generated 5.6 thousand views and 3.8 thousand visitors. Since 2023 and through December 2025 we have doubled our views and visitors. My goal is to double 2025 views and visitors by the end of 2026.

About Me

I have been blogging for at least 10 years now, and in addition to this blog, I also write more philosophically oriented posts on TheStoicBuddhist.com. One of my passions is reading exceptional literature. I read about 15 – 20 books a year and listen to about the same number. I enjoy everything from Greek classics like the Odyssey and the Iliad by Homer to George Orwell and Aldous Huxley. I am also interested in non-fiction, mostly but not limited to Buddhist philosophy, such as The Dhammapada, Pali Canon, Aristotle, Thoreau, and I am absolutely obsessed with Russian literature by Anton Chekhov, Alexander Pushkin, and Fyodor Dostoevsky.

About Inspirational Book Reviews

I created the blog Inspirational Book Reviews to share only the most inspirational literature that I was reading with an audience that appreciates great writing and writers. My focus is on classical and philosophical literature that is timeless and transformative for the reader.

Aside from the books reviewed on this blog, I would like to discuss what distinguishes my reviews from the typical book reviews you find on the internet. These are the key goals of each review that I post:

• My focus is not just on the contents of the book, but also on the physical characteristics such as size, number of pages, number of chapters, quality of the paper, cost, format (hardcover or paperback), font readability, and book dimensions. The goal here is to give the potential reader an idea of the value and characteristics of the physical book.
• While I will summarize the plot, I am wary of providing excruciating details about the characters and content of the book. I would like to think that I am providing just enough information so that you understand what the book is about without spoiling it for you when you actually read it.
• Maybe the most important thing that I am trying to convey to the potential reader is why you should invest your time in reading the book being reviewed. The emphasis of the review is on how the book made me feel and what I learned from it. I’ve always felt that a really excellent piece of literature will leave an imprint on you that you might not even be aware of.
• Lastly, I find that the authors are often as interesting or more interesting than their work. So for every review that I have written, I include information about the author.

Affiliate Marketing

One of the goals I have for Inspirational Book Reviews is to make it one of the most popular philosophical and classic book review blogs on the internet. My niche is to provide just enough information that whoever reads the review would want to go out and buy the book because they were inspired by my review.

I started slowly with somewhat infrequent reviews being posted, but over time, I have increased the frequency of posting reviews, and we have grown the number of visitors based on our presence on social media and via search engines, and WordPress Reader. In the last 6 months, Inspirationalbookreviews.com has generated 5.6 thousand views and 3.8 thousand visitors. Since 2023 and through December 2025 we have doubled our views and visitors. My goal is to double 2025 views and visitors by the end of 2026.

My monetization strategy is focused on affiliate marketing, where I would initially represent book sellers that I personally use. My long-term plan is to have no more than 3 or 4 companies that I am an affiliate of to generate income from the blog. The vast majority of marketing on my part is done via social media, including Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky. Within my website, I will be including links in my posts to books my readers can purchase via an affiliate link. The focus for affiliate marketing is to provide my readers books that they can purchase, but I will also be including products related to books for writers and readers.

My love for reading and collecting books is the primary reason Inspirational Book Reviews exists. My reviews provide a way of sharing the great literature that I have had the pleasure of reading, so that other readers can have an opportunity to enhance their own lives.