Book Lists : Your Best & Worst reads of 2012 !!

[Alias Reader]

Amy I read the GR reviews and the Amazon reviews. I always read the one star reviews. I find them very helpful.

[Denise]

Sumofparts wrote: "Denise wrote: "...Unfortunately, there is no abandoned button on Goodreads so I feel I need to mark it as read (not really true since i abandoned it). If I mark it as read then I also feel it shoul..."
Thanks, Sum. I do have an abandoned shelf. The discussion/debate revolved around my rating the books I had abandoned. My opponents (lack of a better word) hold the book should not be rated if I did not complete it. They are absolutely right. My OCD however....if you give me stars to rate then I have to rate them. I will try very hard in the future to restrain myself from use of stars. On the other hand, I find that while the number of stars can be increased or decreased, they can not be completely removed. thus my comment about an abandoned star or permit that the stars can be totally removed.

[Madrano]

Amy wrote: "I've found that I am abandoning less books now than I ever did in the past. I really give credit to Goodreads for that--because now, before I pick up a book to purchase/borrow/read, I come here to ..."

Good use of Goodreads, Amy. I'll have to remember to do that. I primarily look at what GR has to say about a book to see how long it is. Yes, i am THAT person. It's not that i don't look at the writeup, though, and even reviews. Afterall, we are the people i trust when it comes to books.

[Madrano]

Carol wrote: "I am 1/16 Wampanoag -- the first Thanksgiving Indians."

Neat tribe with which to be a part, Carol. Do you or your tribe do anything special with/on that holiday? Have you seen the jewelry made to declare tribal quantity? http://shop.beyondbuckskin.com/produc... I like the look but think the way they number could be confusing. The point is probably to get folks to ask, though.

[Alias Reader]

Denise wrote:Thanks, Sum. I do have an abandoned shelf. The discussion/debate revolved around my rating the books I had abandoned. My opponents (lack of a better word) hold the book should not be rated if I did not complete it. They are absolutely right. My OCD however....if you give me stars to rate then I have to rate them
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It's been asked for a million times, but GR says it has no plans to change. :(

I would love the star system to allow 2 extra options.
A negative rating and also a Did Not Finish rating.

In my book jnl I rate 0-5 Zero being my negative vote.

[Carol]

Madrano wrote: "Neat tribe with which to be a part, Carol..."

Cool earrings, haven't worn any over the years so my holes have closed up. Wampanoags do not celebrate Thanksgiving, it is considered a time of mourning.