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how I rank books now

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From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com (Lynn McGuire)
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by: Lynn McGuire - Thu, 22 Feb 2024 01:49 UTC

Several people on reddit have asked me to explain my method, or lack
thereof, of ranking books. Since the infamous xkcd on star ratings came
out,
https://xkcd.com/1098/
, my bottom rating for a book is four stars. That means that I could
finish the book and it was a good book.

The xkcd:1098 is explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1098:_Star_Ratings

Five stars means that the book was very good and is a candidate for
possible rereading.

Six stars means that the book (and the possible series also) was awesome
and rereadable. Many of my six star books are comfort books and I
reread them when stressed out.

Lynn