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message 53: by Lauren (new)
Jul 13, 2014 06:21PM

Lauren Stoolfire | 2047 comments Just finished reading Shadow's Dangers (Last Hope, #1) by Cindy Mezni . Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 64: by Amber (new)
Aug 02, 2014 02:46PM

Amber (YA Indulgences) (yaindulgences) | 143 comments Here's a couple reviews I've done. :)

Um, they're actually both on my blog though. . . I hope that's okay?...

http://yaindulgences.wordpress.com/20...

http://yaindulgences.wordpress.com/20...


message 78: by Amber (last edited Aug 28, 2014 11:42PM) (new)
Aug 28, 2014 11:41PM

Amber (YA Indulgences) (yaindulgences) | 143 comments Review: Lola and The Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins - http://yaindulgences.wordpress.com/20...


message 82: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)
Sep 08, 2014 06:09PM

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Okay, peeps, here's my review for Brew which releases Oct 1st! Enjoy :) EPIC READ!!

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 83: by Jonel (new)
Sep 13, 2014 05:30AM

Jonel Here are a couple of random reviews from me (I've tried to keep them YA) :) Hope you enjoy & maybe find something you'd like to read as well:

The Gatekeeper's Promise (Gatekeeper's Saga, #6) by Eva Pohler https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Divergent (Divergent, #1) by Veronica Roth https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Iron King (The Iron Fey, #1) by Julie Kagawa https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Kiss Me Dead by Dale Ibitz https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 87: by Natalie (Never trust a duck) (new)
Sep 14, 2014 03:46PM

Natalie (Never trust a duck) My True Love Gave to Me Twelve Holiday Stories by Stephanie Perkins
ARC review of My True Love Gave to Me, an anthology with 12 stories by 12 YA authors!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 88: by Donna (new)
Sep 15, 2014 08:52AM

Donna (donanicole) | 897 comments Can we talk about reviews? I mean ratings, the 5 Star rating system and what it means. It is very confusing sometimes to read a review and try to put it together with the stars they have given. I know we all base what we read in part or large part on the review/Star standard. Yet I see so many 5 star reveiws. So lets review stars:

1 Star: Didn't like it

2 Stars: It was so-so

3 Stars: I liked it

4 Stars: I really liked it

5 Stars: It was amazing!

By this standard not every book should get 5 Stars. Or even 4. If you just liked it that is 3 Stars. If you liked it a lot that is 4 Stars. If it is truly original, well written, really grabbed you and hung on, it was amazing. Any thoughts?


message 89: by Donna (last edited Sep 16, 2014 11:01AM) (new)
Sep 16, 2014 11:01AM

Donna (donanicole) | 897 comments Ok, the ratings I gave above are only for Goodreads. Apparently Amazon's Stars review is a bit different, which is interesting, right?

Amazon Star rating:

1 Star: Hated it

2 Stars: Didn't like it

3 Stars: It's okay

4 Stars: I like it

5 Stars: I loved it

So this is a discrepancy I did not know about. I guess I am the only one who cares. I guess we all have a basic feel about what we mean when we give a rating, right? Ok, then.


message 90: by Daniel (new)
Sep 16, 2014 12:27PM

Daniel (pickyreader1) | 1925 comments Donna, I follow the Amazon style of rating. The Goodreads rating system doesn't make much sense to me.


message 91: by Amber (last edited Sep 16, 2014 11:22PM) (new)
Sep 16, 2014 11:21PM

Amber (YA Indulgences) (yaindulgences) | 143 comments Every Day by David Levithan
http://yaindulgences.wordpress.com/20...

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
http://yaindulgences.wordpress.com/20...


message 94: by Michelle (new)
Sep 25, 2014 08:20AM

Michelle (shadowrose) The Unicorn's Tail by A.w. Exley
The Unicorn's Tail (The Artifact Hunters) by A.W. Exley

http://inlibrisveritas.wordpress.com/...

The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft
The Shadow Over Innsmouth (H.P. Lovecraft Collection) by H.P. Lovecraft

http://inlibrisveritas.wordpress.com/...


message 95: by Daniel (new)
Sep 25, 2014 03:09PM

Daniel (pickyreader1) | 1925 comments City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments, #3) by Cassandra Clare .
City of Glass.
SPOILERS.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 97: by Jonel (last edited Oct 08, 2014 03:18PM) (new)
Oct 08, 2014 03:17PM

Jonel Donna wrote: "Ok, the ratings I gave above are only for Goodreads. Apparently Amazon's Stars review is a bit different, which is interesting, right?

Amazon Star rating:

1 Star: Hated it

2 Stars: Didn't like ..."

To be completely honest Donna, I never noticed the difference in the wording between the two. I guess I had a set feel in my mind as what I thought was what so read them to mean basically the same thing just worded differently because they were written by different people. For my blog I've defined my personal rating system as:

★★★★★ If I could give myself amnesia and re-experience the enthralling details of this book again for the first time every day, I would.

★★★★ This book was like good chocolate, but without the guilt.

★★★ This book was just fine. ("Just fine??? The fourth Harry Potter movie was just fine!!!" ~ Rajesh Kuthrapali, the Big Bang Theory). I enjoyed it while it lasted but won't be revisiting its pages anytime soon.

★★ This book wasn't my cup of tea. Take it or leave it fellow bibliophiles.

★ It took herculean willpower to reach the final punctuation mark.


I will never rate a book that I did not finish. They'll never appear on my blog.

To me, all of them are asking the same basic question: On a scale of 1 to 5, how much did you like/love this book?

(and sorry for the delayed input on this one. My computer and Goodreads have been at war as to whether I should receive notifications or not)


message 99: by Daniel (new)
Oct 11, 2014 04:56PM

Daniel (pickyreader1) | 1925 comments The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus, #5) by Rick Riordan !!!!
Spoilers are hidden.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


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