Fortunately, they don't all suck. And I've discovered some new authors/series worth the knowing. I've gotten a couple of books I would have bought regardless as well.
Plus, I get a published corpus; I'm quite up front about wanting to parlay this into something bigger, and it's a nice foot in the door to say "I'm a regular reviewer for" rather than "Gimme a job, I'm good."
Re: badfic
Plus, I get a published corpus; I'm quite up front about wanting to parlay this into something bigger, and it's a nice foot in the door to say "I'm a regular reviewer for" rather than "Gimme a job, I'm good."