Tyler asked Bradley Horner:

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Bradley Horner Star ratings are silly when you've read the numbers of books I have. Imagine rating 5,000 books on a curve, if you will. It would look like I think most books are meh at 3 stars, when in reality, I still have a very good time. A star rating becomes nearly meaningless when there are a lot of nuances and you have read a very wide range of books. Can you really compare the full volumes of Ed Gibbon's History of the Fall of the Roman Empire with JRRT's Lord of the Rings? Both are excellent, but they come from wildly divergent sources and purposes.

Fortunately, I have found a foolproof workaround. If you want to know what I REALLY think about a book, then I invite you to read my review for it. I explain my real feelings there.

Oh! And I also have cheat-shelves. My Fanboy-goes-squee shelf is my unofficial 6th-star rating. And I have Top 100 and Top 10 shelves, as well.

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