I’ve had a special rating system to categorize books based on my personal experiences (i.e. whether I deemed it required reading, worth every penny, or whether I’d buy it used, borrow it, or wish I hadn’t wasted my time on it).

While it still applies, I want to revamp the system to reach a wider audience, basically put it in familiar terms. To that end, I’ve decided to use a Netflix/Amazon style star rating system: 5 stars (loved it/required reading); 4 stars (really liked it/worth every penny); 3 stars (liked it/buy used); 2 stars (didn’t like it/save your money); 1 star (hated it/save your time).

I’ll be updating the legend and links around the site, to include re-filing my existing reviews, so my apologies if you run into a “page not found” error here or there.