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foureyedgirl Veteran Commentator A 16 year old bookworm by the name of Molly Posts: 262	Reviewing book Mar 28, 2021 9:08:59 GMT -7 Banana Boat likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by foureyedgirl on Mar 28, 2021 9:08:59 GMT -7 When or if you review a book, do you give a star rating ( if so, how many stars) a number rating ( of of 10, 100, or some other number) a report card type of grade? ( A+, B, or for a real stinker- F-)
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Reviewing book Mar 28, 2021 16:10:55 GMT -7 Banana Boat, JaniceC, and 1 more like this

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Post by kc on Mar 28, 2021 16:10:55 GMT -7

I give a rating acc to how the site has ratings set up; for example: Amazon, I think it's between 1 & 4 or 5 stars (Stinker to Wow) I've wished at times for the 0 star option because I didn't think a product deserved a star at all. But I always include an explanation (trying to make it brief---but you all know how badly I do at that!) for the ranking...and at times, I've expressed the wish for that 0 star because the product didn't deserve even 1. Yes, I have been nasty at time. Never insulting, never obscene, but definitely stating my opinion! and I've had a couple responses that were not happy, but that's too bad.

I've responded to other ratings also; usually when I have to question that we read the same book because their description is way, way off. (such as excuse me, but this isn't set in the ... are you sure you're reviewing the right book?)

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Reviewing book Mar 28, 2021 18:27:06 GMT -7 Banana Boat, kc, and 1 more like this

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Post by JaniceC on Mar 28, 2021 18:27:06 GMT -7

I review on Goodreads so am limited with the 1-5 stars. Like kc, I wish there was a zero option because some books are real stinkers. I would also like to have 1/2 stars. Because some books are 3.5 but not 4.

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Reviewing book Mar 28, 2021 22:47:28 GMT -7 Banana Boat, kc, and 1 more like this

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Post by bluebear on Mar 28, 2021 22:47:28 GMT -7

I rarely leave online reviews, usually only do if the reviews left by others are not a true reflection of the book, if it looks like a lot of fake positive reviews have been left then I will leave a comment so that others dont end up wasting their time/money. I have been using calibre to keep a record of my ratings for ebooks, 1 to 5 stars and also wish there was an option for 0. More recently started keeping a record of what I read in an excel spreadsheet, which is for my benefit only, and rate from 0 to 5 with 1/2 's. Also keep a record of my audiobooks, interesting that my rating system for this is 0 to 10, cant remember why I selected this range, and I rate story and narrator separately.

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