A lot of people have been doing this lately and I think there is some kind of bandwagon forming.
As of late, I have read a lot of books that warrant a lower rating than my average but I still enjoyed them so much that I ended up giving it 5 stars. I think it is getting more and more difficult to give books star ratings. Each book has it own merits and I am slowly starting to dislike how I’m boxing my books into star ratings.
I look at my shelf sometimes where I have a lot of 5 star books but none of have that for the same reasons. I am also quite forgiving with books when it comes to ratings so sometimes I would push to say that I feel that my star ratings are not trustworthy sometimes!
So, all this comes down to me getting rid of start ratings and just saying whether I would recommend or not.
That is not a horrible idea, but how do you put the reviews on Goodreads? Or do you not use that site?
Missie @ A Flurry of Ponderings
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I am on Goodreads. and I still do them on Goodreads. Just to let other people know that the book is good or bad! 🙂
Thanks for stopping by lovely! 😀 xxx
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Hmmmm, I always rate my book with the stars give the feel that I get from them, not only story wise or writing wise but how connected I feel to the book, and all of that simply “feel” like x stars for me… hard to explain, but it works for me!
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Sometimes I went with feelings and other times I went with comparisons. I think I am just gonna say whether I recommend the series, will continue with it and if I would read it again. I am not feeling the stars at the moment!
Thanks for stopping by lovely! 🙂 xxx
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Even I feel that 1-5 stars are just not enough as a rating system on the whole!
I’ve started giving 1/2 star ratings to aptly rate a book. There are so many good books, but not all are 5 stars, you know, some are 5 whereas some are 4-1/2. There’s a very thin line, but it just sort of gives me an edge while rating 🙂
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I tried the 0.5 but it still didn’t work for me.
I’m glad you have found a rating that works for you & thanks for stopping by! 🙂 xxx
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