My June reading has not been good and it made me look at my ratings and the books. All different categories, so that was good not like all YA or something. I definitely don’t think dystopian genre is for me though.
3 = More Sugar Please
To be clear now, 3 really means I could have done without reading it, just wasn’t my cup of tea. But that Not my Cup of Tea rating is only a 2 on my blog and I realize I abandon those books and consider trying to complete them. I also feel a 2 is really low if I completed the book so will continue with rating 3. I want my readers to understand it is my opinion and taste not that the book was terrible and I wouldn’t recommend to others, the 1’s and 2’s would be in that category.
What I will do is if I abandon a book for more than a month I will rate it and move on.
This is what I need opinions on please….
I am wondering if I should give up ½ ratings. Amazon doesn’t allow ½ ratings and LibraryThing does. Some 3 ½’s will become 3’s and others 4’s. I need more time to think about this, what do you think?
These are the books that weren’t my cup of tea but I know others will enjoy and if they are on your TBR list I say give them a try. I can honestly say I probably won’t read another book by the author either.
- Sexaholics by Pynk (note – I abandoned for a few days then completed it)
- Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
- Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher
- The Prisoner's Wife by Asha Bandele
- Uglies, Scott Westerfield
These are my 3 ½ rated books, I will put in order of my enjoyment. They get 3 ½ because there was parts of the book I LOVED in some way. I will definitely read more books by them.
- Happiness Sold Separately, Lolly Winston 3 1/2 stars
- Such a Pretty Girl, Laura Wiess 3 1/2 stars
- Heartsick by Chelsea Cain 3 1/2 stars
- Push by Sapphire 3 1/2 stars
- Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk 3 1/2 stars
- Gone by Lisa McMann 3 1/2 stars
- The Murderer's Daughters by Randy Susan Meyers 3 1/2 stars
- Halo Effect by M J Rose 3 1/2 stars
If not completed by end of year, I will rate accordingly, this is what I think will be best. I may do a 1 year abandoned books post at the end of each year. These are the 2 books I have abandoned so far and may or may not complete. If you have read them and feel the ending was great I should read it, please post your review in the comments.
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So my questions are:
Should I give up ½ ratings?
How do you do reviews on books you have abandoned?
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