Hi everyone! I just wanted to share this in case you notice a change in my future reviews! I decided to do something a little different than using “stars.” My love of coffee fueled this change! Happy Reading! May you need ALL THE COFFEE!
Hi everyone! I just wanted to share this in case you notice a change in my future reviews! I decided to do something a little different than using “stars.” My love of coffee fueled this change! Happy Reading! May you need ALL THE COFFEE!
Cute idea (and graphic)! And your ratings are very similar to how I use numbers to express my thoughts on books. I like these rankings so much better than how they’re labeled on Goodreads.
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this is a little bit of a change from my previous way of reviewing. I used to NEVER give 5 stars because I felt like I was saving 5 stars for the most amazing books ever! I gave 4s to the ones I loved. This past year, I started giving 5s to the ones I loved and didn’t really leave any room to show which ones I “loved so much I couldn’t live with out them”, you know? So now I think I’ve found a good middle ground and I think this is much more fair and real!
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I’m still very stingy with a full five-star rating. I’m more likely to rate at a 4.5 (I wish GR would allow half points!), because there’s always some tiny thing I can find that keeps me from truly finding it “5 STARS = one of the best I’ve ever read.” So even some of my all-time favorites end up between that and “4 STARS = a great read, highly recommended.” I only rated two books (out of 70) that I read last year as true fives: The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language by Mark Forsyth and Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher (audiobook read by her).
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Good system. Pretty much same as me, but I tend to stick with goodreads rating system because I didn’t see a point in my case to have my own system.
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Great idea with the new system. I’m a coffee drinker too, and coffee and books just go together!
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