MedlemLaura400
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- Gått med
- Aug 8, 2011
- Riktigt namn
- Laura
- Om mitt bibliotek
- I recently joined so I am slowly adding my books. There are still a lot to go. My library mainly contains books of literary fiction, poetry and art and photography, but I love a good mystery or a good essay collection.
I don't rate every book, but I like this feature. Don't take them personally. If you love a book and I give it 2 1/2 stars, it's just a matter of taste. We might agree on something else.
As my ratings are at best personal, and at worst, idiosyncratic, here's a rough guide:
1 star: It's hard for me to rate any book 1 star. It would have to be without merit or personally objectionable.
2 stars: A book I couldn't connect with or actively disliked. I might not even have been able to finish it. I generally bestow this on books that seem overpraised. But that's just my opinion. This rating is usually just to remind me to skip further works by that author.
3 stars: A good book, a book that has a lot going for it, that I was glad I read. It just doesn't quite reach excellence in my mind. It might be a book from a beloved author that didn't live up to previous books, but still shows flashes of what I like about the author.
4 stars: An excellent book, one that I eagerly recommend, discuss, loan, or give as a gift. It's excellence in context, of course: an excellent mystery will earn the same 4 stars as an excellent literary novel, even though I believe the literary novel is probably a more worthy achievement.
5 stars: A tremendous book. A book that seems essential. This is a book that I probably reread regularly. A desert-island book. I feel like a lot of books earn my 4-star rating, but I can only think of a handful that are 5-stars. - Vistelseort
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- Läser just nu
- Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence av Lisa CronRose's Baking Basics: 100 Essential Recipes, with More Than 600 Step-by-Step Photos av Rose Levy BeranbaumHeritage Baking: Recipes for Rustic Breads and Pastries Baked with Artisanal Flour from Hewn Bakery av Ellen KingThe Hound of the Baskervilles: 150th Anniversary Edition (Signet Classics) av Sir Arthur Conan DoyleDying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland av Jonathan M. MetzlPlant-Based on a Budget: Delicious Vegan Recipes for Under $30 a Week, in Less Than 30 Minutes a Meal av Toni OkamotoThe Economists' Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society av Binyamin AppelbaumAmerican Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump av Tim AlbertaThe Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time av John KellyDirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking av Bill BufordRichard Hofstadter: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, The Paranoid Style in American Politics, Uncollected Essays 1956-1965 (LOA #330) (Library of America) av Richard Hofstadter
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