Crafty Scribbles, How Do You Rate Books?

Nice question. 

With care.

Not enough of an answer?

I understand. 

Nothing's simple, and neither should book reviews. In a world of readers enamored with using five-stars and gushy reviews without a single critique, I guaranteed my place as an outlier - a rating rogue, if I may. 

Five-stars occasionally happen and one-stars, well, if I one-star a book, it's because I did not finish (DNF), or if I completed the book, I suffered devastating calamities. In my opinion, these two options should have limited life online and in print. You want readers to take ratings seriously, and when I venture onto book sites that have too much of these two ratings permeating the book in question, my eyes sweat as they roll to the back of my head.

Yet, I use a system based on fairness, honesty, and a bit of snark. Okay, I use a lot of snark. But, rating wouldn't be fun, if you eliminate sarcasm from the mix, right?

Without further adieu, let me present to you my rating system.