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Category Archives: ratings
goodbyereads
“Our job is to show members those reviews, and not show reviews that we deem to not be appropriate or a high enough level of quality.” (Source: GR Review Guidelines.) Well, I’m totally fucked. The end.
Posted in goodreads, important stuff, ratings, readers, reviews, reviews-not mine, serious randomness, serious shit, suckage, wankfestery
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forgiveness in ratings
In the last post about how much technical quality matters, a couple of people touched on the idea of ‘forgiveness’ in relation to reading and gave a few examples of the types of things they would be willing to set … Continue reading →
quality in ratings
In their comments to my post about the whole 5-star thing, Eva and Rhi Etzweiler talked about ratings being based on reading experience and went on to outline what they meant.This really interested me because I didn’t think I’d really differentiated between my … Continue reading →
ratings ok, ratings meh
The other day Jen totally horned in on my ratings series with her post about ‘the dreaded three stars’. This included a discussion about what 3 stars actually means to readers and authors.Besides the fact that Jen is clearly a stealer, … Continue reading →
Posted in Jenre, not a review, pet peeve/fave rant, ratings, reading, reviews, serious randomness, serious shit
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ratings vs encounters with my baby brother: 16
My Baby Brother turned up at my doorstep at 6am yesterday and, besides hearing me grumble about mornings and coffees and the natural order of things, had to put up with my back to him as I checked comments, emails, … Continue reading →
ratings (again) & the 5 stars thing
When I did the series about ratings last year, the issue of those readers who tend to give everything 4-5 stars was raised and the majority of commenters agreed they either take no notice of these reviews or take them … Continue reading →
Posted in authors, goodreads, pet peeve/fave rant, ratings, readers, reviews, reviews-not mine, wankfestery
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ratings and… THE FUCK?!
So I started reading Katiebabs chook’s post about the latest wankfestry going on all the while thinking ‘yeah, yeah, same old crap’ when suddenly…O.oWHAT. THE. FUCK.Some peepo are turning into abusive arseholes on goodreads because they bought a book based on … Continue reading →
Posted in good reads, katiebabs chook, pet peeve/fave rant, ratings, reviews, reviews-not mine, wankfestery
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ratings and what i’d like to see
I think a book review blog along the lines of Wayne’s World would be full of win.Also, the scha-wing?? Totally perfect for the rating of Teh Smut.
ratings and… what the hell are you thinking?!
Dear Impatient Arse Reader Maybe you missed the post that Mandi of Smexy Books did earlier in the week about the shenaniganing at goodreads? No? Well, perhaps you had difficulty understanding the shit load of comments which said unless you … Continue reading →
Posted in good reads, mandi, ratings, reading, reviews, reviews-not mine, serious randomness, serious shit
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ratings: the who’s who
And… finally… maybe… 😛 I’m curious to know who your ‘go to’ reviewer/rater is if you happen to be umming and arring about purchasing a book? Is there an individual or site or whatever you always check out whenever you’re … Continue reading →
Posted in Jenre, kassa, ratings, reading, reviews, reviews-not mine, serious randomness, serious shit
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Kris + Books = Good. *Sometimes*. 