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Adrian, please tell me you remember the critical moment in "Hop on Pop" when Mr. Brown and Mr. Black have a snack just before Mr. Brown leaves town, or the narrator's epiphany when he discovers "that thing can sing." Please reconsider your rating...
Martha wrote: "Adrian, please tell me you remember the critical moment in "Hop on Pop" when Mr. Brown and Mr. Black have a snack just before Mr. Brown leaves town, or the narrator's epiphany when he discovers "th..."
I must have blocked that out. But I recall somewhere else in the complete works the Doctor demands of his reader: "Would you do it in a boat? Would you do it with a goat?"
I imagine he was breathing heavily when he wrote it.
I must have blocked that out. But I recall somewhere else in the complete works the Doctor demands of his reader: "Would you do it in a boat? Would you do it with a goat?"
I imagine he was breathing heavily when he wrote it.
I'm just glad "Somebody" has more books on thier shelves than Ben! I tried going through his list to beef up my own but I only avg. 3 out of his 20. And I stopped at page 35. But I'm not competitive or anything. No pressure.
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Is it something like this:
One Star = Gouge out my ripening wheat eyes
Two stars= I allow the eyes to remain but i am not happy about it.
etc.
I think the stars rating system can be hard to go on if you don't any qualitative data to work with. thoughts, anyone?
Welll... When you hold your mousy pointer over the stars to rate a book each one tells you exactly what it means.
One star didnt like it
two stars it was ok
etc.
I think if you hated a book you could give it no stars and a scathing review.
that might work. dont over think it.
One star didnt like it
two stars it was ok
etc.
I think if you hated a book you could give it no stars and a scathing review.
that might work. dont over think it.
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it's entirely unthought-out and feeling-based (like the rest of my life).
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Purely an entertainment/information rating based soley against itself.
Oh yea! on another note. When you become a fan of authors they are placed in a standing and you are supposed to "manage" thier order. WTF.
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I guess that is the same way I rate them, from an enjoyment standpoint. I imagine rating them relative to each other would be nearly impossible having just five stars in which to do so.
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but seriously the nepotism factor is there.
And Ben I love all my kids the same amount just in different ways.
There should be a randomise button like with your friends on myspace.
And Ben I love all my kids the same amount just in different ways.
There should be a randomise button like with your friends on myspace.
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Me too. I started a shelf "quit reading".
And another thing.. Not only do you "Have to" order your authors, you "cant" order your Quotes. Or comment on other peoples quotes.
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Great idea, Margaret! And sounds like you should make some suggestions...
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these are great suggestions to make -- you may want to add them to the goodreads to-do list: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/9...
it's in the official goodreads feedback group, and it looks like the encourage people to post their support for whatever changes you would like to see. :)
and now back to ratings talk: i was happy for them to give me a ranking -- i'm sure if it had been left to me, i would have dithered and never been able to figure out 5 distinguishable choices. ultimately, i'm surprised i have any books rated 3 at all -- i thought i was either hot or cold -- on books, and on everything. maybe i'm more tepid as i get older.
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I decided against listing any books by Dr. Seuss, because they all seem to have blurred together in my mind. What the hell happened in Hop on Pop? Is that the one where Pop gets hopped on?
I realize that I'm very stingy with 5-star ratings. But I expect a lot of bang for my buck from these literary bitches.