I’m about to post my first review of a book on this blog so I figure I should explain what my ratings mean. I’m planning to include 3 ratings for each book. The first is my estimate of the audience type: MG – For Middle Grade, YA – For Young Adult, AD – Adult.  The next is notes on explicit content. Finally I have my overall five-star rating.

Here’s what that five-star rating means to me.

1-star
Dreadful. I didn’t enjoy this book at all and I likely didn’t finish it.


2-star
Meh. It had some good moments, but mostly I didn’t enjoy reading it.


3-star
Okay. There were things that bothered me about, but I’m not regretting the read.


4-star
Good. I really enjoyed this book. There were flaws here and there that hurt the story for me, but overall it was a good read.


5-star
Great. I really enjoyed every bit of the story and looked forward to getting back to it when I had to stop. This doesn’t mean I think the story was perfect, but the flaws didn’t bother me.

So at the end of the review, there will be a table of ratings like this.

Age Group:
YA – Young Adult


Explicit:
Mild Language and Violence


My Rating:

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