tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post7307604448017391735..comments2023-10-09T09:17:20.761-06:00Comments on Angela's Anxious Life: Discussion: Star ReviewsAngela's Anxious Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935144213302758223noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-50893334185859064292014-02-27T19:16:25.299-07:002014-02-27T19:16:25.299-07:00Perfect!!Perfect!!Angelas Anxious Lifehttp://angelasanxiouslife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-19096704922712874332014-02-27T13:03:55.701-07:002014-02-27T13:03:55.701-07:00I think I will be adopting your crystal balls. i&#...I think I will be adopting your crystal balls. i'll also use stars on goodreads, but I think the crystal balls will suit me better!Stefanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-74358549929704258622014-02-25T11:17:41.770-07:002014-02-25T11:17:41.770-07:00I have to re-think the stars for goodreads. So I ...I have to re-think the stars for goodreads. So I actually kind of review them twice if I think about it.Angelas Anxious Lifehttp://angelasanxiouslife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-10720077242224433042014-02-25T11:16:41.559-07:002014-02-25T11:16:41.559-07:00It is true... sometimes if you don't review wh...It is true... sometimes if you don't review what's new and modern you lose some readers. I tend to review what I want. Stephen King.. to Hunger Games... to Beauty books. LOL!Angelas Anxious Lifehttp://angelasanxiouslife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-12622609111382064872014-02-25T08:12:10.000-07:002014-02-25T08:12:10.000-07:00I actually might start using them! The only proble...I actually might start using them! The only problem I'm seeing is how I would do the whole conversion to goodreads then? How do you do this? But your crystal balls really are a great method of saying what you mean without putting a number on every book. I think that not only do they give a great idea of what you thought of the book, but it's also easier to decide in which category every book falls. Because star ratings, for me it's just not easy to be consistent with them. I'm all over the place.Stefanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-8727994752604372552014-02-23T15:23:52.861-07:002014-02-23T15:23:52.861-07:00Yes, it probably is, which is sad but understandab...Yes, it probably is, which is sad but understandable, I guess. I review a lot of older books and hardly anyone reads those reviews.Jennahttp://ratherbereadingya.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-41221719329356202152014-02-23T15:15:39.277-07:002014-02-23T15:15:39.277-07:00I just thought of that number of reviews read the ...I just thought of that number of reviews read the other day. I was going through my feed and saw a book where I would normally stop by the review and read it. But I thought... eh... I've read that enough. What's kind of sad about that though is if someone reads the book after everyone else people are probably tired of that book and it's reviews so the blogger loses views. This is probably one of the reasons everyone scrambles to review a book when it's first released.Angelas Anxious Lifehttp://angelasanxiouslife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-25664281784633203532014-02-23T10:13:55.104-07:002014-02-23T10:13:55.104-07:00I like ratings, whether they're stars or cryst...I like ratings, whether they're stars or crystal balls (cute idea!) or owls or whatever. I just like to see a rating. Sometimes I read the full review and sometimes I don't. It just depends on my mood, what else I'm doing, how interested I really am in the book, how many OTHER reviews of that book I've already, anything. Sometimes I come across blogs in languages I don't read, but if they have a rating, I can get a general idea idea of whether they liked it.<br /><br /><br />I use stars myself because I couldn't find anything I liked better at the time I was looking. I may change in the future if I come across something.Jennahttp://ratherbereadingya.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-44811589301168773912014-02-23T05:16:09.171-07:002014-02-23T05:16:09.171-07:00Your rating system is unique!
I don't even hav...Your rating system is unique!<br />I don't even have any rating system. Most of the books that I reviewed on blog are the books that I would recommend people to read, though sometimes I explain when there are things that didn't work for me... So I don't think I really need a rating system. It's often difficult to describe what we really thought about a book, for example, if I have to rate Les Miserable and a Sarah Dessen book 3 stars (based on rating system) because 'I like it', do the books actually have the same 'placement' of 'likeness', in my opinion? I do not think so.... (Hope you understand what I mean! :D)Tirta @ I Prefer Readinghttp://iprefereading.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-70688238180344743312014-02-23T00:55:49.855-07:002014-02-23T00:55:49.855-07:00:O! OMG, that is SO cool! It kind of puts my owls ...:O! OMG, that is SO cool! It kind of puts my owls to shame, but I like owls and it fits my theme. :D Though a crystal ball would fit my theme as well - very "witchy and magical." I usually love it when someone doesn't use stars - it's getting pretty old and common. I think it's my reason why I didn't use stars in the first place. :3<br /><br />~Sophia @ <a href="http://bookwyrming-thoughts.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Bookwyrming Thoughts</a>Sophia Linhttp://bookwyrming-thoughts.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-66281017525491959772014-02-22T20:36:41.345-07:002014-02-22T20:36:41.345-07:00LOL... I like the crystal balls too! Feel free to...LOL... I like the crystal balls too! Feel free to use them if you want. I don't always know if the stars reflect what I am thinking either. I have thought about going back to stars but it seems like people do understand the crystal balls so that is what is important.Angelas Anxious Lifehttp://angelasanxiouslife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-6458951873599419892014-02-22T09:45:32.718-07:002014-02-22T09:45:32.718-07:00I love your crystal balls! I myself use a starsyst...I love your crystal balls! I myself use a starsystem, but I'm not totally convinced of it; Sometimes the stars don't reflect how I really feel about a book, and I'm pretty sure that it changes according to my mood as well... Perhaps I should findmy own crystal balls to use!Stefanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-48475482872501434842014-02-17T14:44:51.617-07:002014-02-17T14:44:51.617-07:00Ok, finger marginally better. :)
I like ratings,...Ok, finger marginally better. :) <br /><br />I like ratings, whether you use stars, kittens, coffee cups, whatever - I generally tend to process them the same. Your crystal balls (probably because you remove the numerical value from them) are different - it's rather clever. <br /><br /><br />For me, I use the stars more as a sorting tool in the tags so that people can see other books that I've felt about the same about. <br /><br /><br />That being said, sometimes I rate a book five stars (Eat, Pray, Love) and then look at the rating and think 'WTF was I thinking?' So numerical ratings are more a knee jerk for how I felt, I really put more analysis into the review itself. <br /><br /><br />Thanks for linking up at Spread the Love!April @ The Steadfast Readerhttp://thesteadfastreader.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-66190488380668928502014-02-16T20:31:20.220-07:002014-02-16T20:31:20.220-07:00Yea... I match mine up to goodreads also. Though ...Yea... I match mine up to goodreads also. Though I wish goodreads would allow me to also give zero stars and still be able to add the book, so for example for a DNF book. I don't like to rate those one stars but I suppose I have to.Angelas Anxious Lifehttp://angelasanxiouslife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-48519806376454158442014-02-16T19:35:30.792-07:002014-02-16T19:35:30.792-07:00oh no!!oh no!!Angelas Anxious Lifehttp://angelasanxiouslife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-81521226351368516122014-02-16T16:53:02.616-07:002014-02-16T16:53:02.616-07:00I love this discussion and WILL come back to it......I love this discussion and WILL come back to it... but I just burned the poo out of my finger.April @ The Steadfast Readerhttp://thesteadfastreader.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-40687731748143861762014-02-16T14:07:17.542-07:002014-02-16T14:07:17.542-07:00I agree. I have seen bloggers be so picky over li...I agree. I have seen bloggers be so picky over little things, but just ignore the content. People seem sometimes to just complain about any and everything. Instead of complaining just don't follow that blog. That is how I feel.Angelas Anxious Lifehttp://angelasanxiouslife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-14484537775827287872014-02-16T12:45:01.401-07:002014-02-16T12:45:01.401-07:00I LOVE your review "stars" Angie! They a...I LOVE your review "stars" Angie! They are so pretty and unique. It seemed absolutely ridiculous to me to not follow a blog because they didn't have "stars" I mean, seriously? You are better off without followers like that, good ones will stick around for what you write, not some silly graphic.Alise (Readers in Wonderland)http://www.readerswonderland.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-84297103405619905352014-02-15T22:05:20.457-07:002014-02-15T22:05:20.457-07:00I think that's true. I have read reviews wher...I think that's true. I have read reviews where they aren't too critical or too praising so it can be confusing what they thought. I sometimes am not sure if people even get mine, and if they don't, do they know to click on the bar across the top of my blog???Angelas Anxious Lifehttp://angelasanxiouslife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-8361578693274925442014-02-15T16:44:43.683-07:002014-02-15T16:44:43.683-07:00Hmmm... that's an interesting topic. I honestl...Hmmm... that's an interesting topic. I honestly don't mind when people have something different for ratings, I love seeing how creative everyone is. But sometimes people are not clear on what they thought about the book and it's easier to just find the star ratingEllie M.http://spicedlatte.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-8373133135663759302014-02-15T06:54:57.237-07:002014-02-15T06:54:57.237-07:00I keep telling myself I'm going to use various...I keep telling myself I'm going to use various comic / movie / book references to create an actual system that one could use to gauge one rating versus another, but I just haven't. I figure if you read the post, you know how I feel about something.Szever - The Dork Portalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-39763196277771780772014-02-14T16:28:10.298-07:002014-02-14T16:28:10.298-07:00You know who does funny reviews?? Conan. If you ...You know who does funny reviews?? Conan. If you ever watch his video game reviews they are hilarious .. he'll say I give it a one million. Or something like that ! Hilarious!Angelas Anxious Lifehttp://angelasanxiouslife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-32625579893866642142014-02-14T16:27:27.026-07:002014-02-14T16:27:27.026-07:00I think the stars on goodreads and Amazon also giv...I think the stars on goodreads and Amazon also give you an idea of what a lot of people think of it so you can get an average by looking at that. I like that. To me if there are thousands of reviews and there are 4 stars as the average you can kind of get a good feel about the book.Angelas Anxious Lifehttp://angelasanxiouslife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-48366494628137324002014-02-14T16:26:28.625-07:002014-02-14T16:26:28.625-07:00It is too bad that you have to rate a book on both...It is too bad that you have to rate a book on both goodreads and Amazon. The worst when a book is a DNF and I have to put a star. I don't like to rate books that I DNF but then I am forced to give it one star. I feel bad that since I didn't finish I am giving it a star at all.Angelas Anxious Lifehttp://angelasanxiouslife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-69903919911539727242014-02-14T14:34:19.583-07:002014-02-14T14:34:19.583-07:00For years I've done a numerical rating (5) but...For years I've done a numerical rating (5) but lately I've just had a hard time putting a number on the books so I've been making up random type ratings that deal more with my feelings. We'll see--I might go back to the numbers. LOVE your forecast crystal balls, though!Trishhttp://www.lovelaughterinsanity.com/noreply@blogger.com