Category Archives: reviews

goodbyereads

Posted on 09/08/2012 by Kris

“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 | 10 Comments

dear author

Posted on 14/04/2012 by Kris

‘Lo, there do I see my Father.‘Lo, there do I see my Mother, and my Sisters, and my Brothers.‘Lo, there do I see the line of my people; Back to the beginning!‘Lo, they do call to me;They bid me take my … Continue reading →

Posted in dear author, pet peeve/fave rant, readers, reviews, wankfestery, WTF | 24 Comments

forgiveness in ratings

Posted on 01/02/2012 by Kris

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 →

Posted in goodreads, not a review, ratings, reviews, serious randomness, serious shit | 23 Comments

quality in ratings

Posted on 31/01/2012 by Kris

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 →

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ratings ok, ratings meh

Posted on 23/01/2012 by Kris

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 | 17 Comments

ratings vs encounters with my baby brother: 16

Posted on 19/01/2012 by Kris

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 →

Posted in encounters, me, my brother, ratings, reviews, reviews-not mine | 22 Comments

ratings (again) & the 5 stars thing

Posted on 16/01/2012 by Kris

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 | 43 Comments

end-of-year bandwagon wrap-ups #1

Posted on 30/11/2011 by Kris

Tis the season for end-of-year wrap-ups,Fa la la la la, la la la la.Yeah, I’m lazy and can’t think shit up,Fa la la la la, la, la la la.Also, I may have used this tune before.  See lazy comment above. … Continue reading →

Posted in best of 2011, best ofs, between the covers, cole, cryselles bookshelf, Jenre, kassa, reading, reviews, reviews-not mine, serious randomness, serious shit | 17 Comments

ratings and… THE FUCK?!

Posted on 14/05/2011 by Kris

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 | 22 Comments

ratings and what i’d like to see

Posted on 10/05/2011 by Kris

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.

Posted in ratings, reviews, reviews-not mine | 20 Comments