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Do You Use a Rating System for your Books?

sunala — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 01:17:19 GMT

I use a star rating system for all the books I've read.

1 star: Don't bother

2 star: It was okay

3 star: It was pretty good

4 star: It was very good

5 star: It was excellent and I want everyone I know to read it...immediately!

Do you have your own book rating system?

Re: Do You Use a Rating System for your Books?

insomniac — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 02:03:01 GMT

No, I don't have a system, but I wish I'd started doing something like this years ago!

Re: Do You Use a Rating System for your Books?

lovescats — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 02:40:12 GMT

I try to but I don't have anything definite. I yours because sometimes if you rate a book 3 stars it is almost like you don't like it when I don't think that is true.

Re: Do You Use a Rating System for your Books?

smoky22 — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 03:09:50 GMT

I don't have a system, but to me it seems like rating a book a 3 means it's just average. I know that should be 2.5 on a 5 point system, but in my mind if I can't rate a book at least 3.5 it means I didn't like it all that much. I must have a more narrow view of what appeals to me.

Re: Do You Use a Rating System for your Books?

sunala — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 03:54:02 GMT

I don't do half-stars. That makes the system TOO specific. I know what my stars mean to me, so it's all good.

I won't get into all the book lists I keep because you all will make fun of me

Re: Do You Use a Rating System for your Books?

skyblue — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 05:14:00 GMT

Yes, SUNNY, I use Shelfari and Goodreads to list my books, and star them with ratings. My stars are similar to yours.

Re: Do You Use a Rating System for your Books?

sunala — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 05:43:15 GMT

On 8/8/2014 skyblue said: Yes, SUNNY, I use Shelfari and Goodreads to list my books, and star them with ratings. My stars are similar to yours.

skyblue, I also use Shelfari to list all the books I've read, and use my star system. I knew there were lots of other "star" people out there!

Re: Do You Use a Rating System for your Books?

tansy — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 07:02:42 GMT

I wish I'd kept records and ratings on all the books I've read since I was a teen.

Re: Do You Use a Rating System for your Books?

lovescats — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 14:00:31 GMT

On 8/8/2014 sunala said:
I don't do half-stars. That makes the system TOO specific. I know what my stars mean to me, so it's all good.

I won't get into all the book lists I keep because you all will make fun of me

no we wouldn't we would find it interesting I start to make lists then I forget about them I have to start a book diary

I also think that amazon should change their rating system to match the one on goodreads

Re: Do You Use a Rating System for your Books?

occasionalrain — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 19:29:50 GMT

It never occurred to me to rate the books I've read. I have't even kept a list. I've liked books but see flaws and blame the writer/editor especially when the book has won an award that I feel is undeserved. But then, like anything else, a lot depends on what the thing or person is up against. If the competition is low grade a rather good becomes a great.

Re: Do You Use a Rating System for your Books?

glmama — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 04:22:21 GMT

My DH would say that I have a rating system for just about everything! As in, "I would give that bagel a 7", "that coffee was a 10, dontcha think?", etc., etc. And in my now defunct book club, we would rate each book and the host would come up with a group rating. So, yes, I tend to do this in my mind A LOT, and have experience doing it within a group. I don't physically write down a rating for each book I read, but if a friend asks about a title I'm reading I can easily and quickly give it a numeric rating between 0-10, 10 being excellent.

Re: Do You Use a Rating System for your Books?

esmerelda — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 19:36:06 GMT

No, why would I? Reading is entertainment for me, so I don't speed read (as someone on a book thread or other thread suggested) or keep records on any kind...aside from posting here. A rating system? I've already read a book so I don't need to rate it for myself. And any rating I gave a book would be subjective and should be meaningless to anyone else. There are many books I have NOT read that I would have read if others' opinions mattered to me.

Re: Do You Use a Rating System for your Books?

glmama — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 04:19:28 GMT

Esmeralda--Someone I know IRL, who reads quite a bit, has said that she speed reads, or even sometimes skips through certain passages of books. Which I completely do not understand. I don't consider skimming, or speeding through a book reading.

Re: Do You Use a Rating System for your Books?

cookie5 — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 12:06:35 GMT

Yes. I started late, but have kept records for 4 years using name, author, book or Kindle, a brief description and a number rating (1-5) with comments. It is a good way to remember what I have read since I read a lot. I also wish I had started young, but doubt I would have.

Re: Do You Use a Rating System for your Books?

glmama — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 21:27:39 GMT

cookie-I keep a list of TBR (to be read) books in my phone. If I'm reading something else and a new book is mentioned that I'm interested in I can easily jot it down (so-to-speak) in my phone. I also keep a list of what I've read. Partially b/c I was in a book club for a bunch of years and we referred to these lists a lot. Also, I find that if you read a lot, sometimes you forget, at least initially, if you've read something or not.

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cookie5 — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:04:23 GMT

gimama ~ My list includes unread book/kindle as well! I mark them when I finish reading. I keep the whole list, which now has over 800 books since I started. I have only read a little more than half of that though. Glad there are at least two of us.

Re: Do You Use a Rating System for your Books?

glmama — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 21:47:52 GMT

On 8/12/2014 cookie5 said:
gimama ~ My list includes unread book/kindle as well! I mark them when I finish reading. I keep the whole list, which now has over 800 books since I started. I have only read a little more than half of that though. Glad there are at least two of us.

Ditto, cookie. Nice to know I'm not alone in my list-keeping! And btw, I LOVED reading that you can look at your list and see that you have 800 books on it. Seems like a nice little accomplishment. A personal one, but an accomplishment nonetheless. I can look back in my phone a few years OR in a little journal I kept years before the phone and see how many books I was reading, on average, in any given year. Interesting to look and see how certain life events or other stuff (having children, for instance) affected how much I was reading.

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Sagal — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 00:50:44 GMT

I use Goodreads and rate all the books I've read - I don't know why keeping a list is important but I know I enjoy it!

Re: Do You Use a Rating System for your Books?

AuntG — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 01:07:54 GMT

On 8/8/2014 skyblue said: Yes, SUNNY, I use Shelfari and Goodreads to list my books, and star them with ratings. My stars are similar to yours.

I have to keep those to sites in mind because I'm always looking for good audiobooks.

Re: Do You Use a Rating System for your Books?

sunala — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 05:47:48 GMT

I'm so happy to see there are so many people here with lists