Rating System
The idea for this blog came from the phrase: "I love you to the moon and back". Because of that, rather than using a standard, and boring, rating system of numbers or stars, I will be giving each book I review a moon phase rating. Those ratings will be one of these five: crescent, waxing crescent, waxing half moon, waxing gibbous, and full moon.
The full moon will be equivalent to a 5-star rating or a 10 on a standard scale of 1-10.
The waxing gibbous will be like a 4-star rating or anywhere from a 7-9 on a scale of 1-10.
The waxing half moon will be the same as a 3-star rating or a 5-6 on a scale of 1-10.
The waxing crescent will be equivalent to a 2-star rating or a 3-4 on a scale of 1-10.
And the crescent will be similar to a 1-star rating or a 1-2 on a scale of 1-10.
I have chosen not to use the new moon as part of the rating system because I feel that the new moon would be equivalent to a 0 in either rating style described above. No matter how much I may not like a book, nor how much I feel like the story and writing needs improvement (up to even needing a full rewrite), I do not believe that anyone who put in the effort to complete a book deserves a 0 for a rating. The time and investment alone deserves the bare minimum for a rating because regardless of quality of the content, they still took the step to try which is more than many people will ever do.
As always, I hope I'll be able to help you find the next book that you'll love to the moon and back.
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