I read quite a lot. And I provide reviews on most of them. Most are posted at my Goodreads profile page (and Goodreads then cross-posts them to Amazon). You can see my latest reads in the block on the side of this page.
(I’m a bit ashamed my reviews aren’t more extensive; I’m not a good keeper-of-notes while I read, and I’m usually on to the next one by the time I get to writing a review for a prior one, so I don’t always have the full recollection of what’s in the past-read book.)
I do try to use the star same rating system on each one. It’s not original to me, though I can’t recall any more who I copied.
Here’s my rules:
- Five stars – You want to read it again, or dive straight into the sequel. Plainly extraordinary and easy to recommend.
- Four stars – Well-written, structurally sound. Worth finishing, maybe even defending – but you’ll never reread it.
- Three stars – You finish it … and mostly forget it.
- Two stars – Bad enough to deserve a negative review. You just won’t bother writing one.
- One star – You can’t read past chapter 3. Not even as penance for your sins.
I put it here so I can link to it when I do reviews in the future.
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