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Memory

About My Library

I only keep books that're important to me. These form my Permanent Collection (with the caveat that I've gotta reread a bunch of the early additions to see if they're still PC-worthy). My discards are tagged as Sellers, while books I've borrowed are tagged as Library Books or Loaners, depending on who I got 'em from. E-books are filed under Electronic, regardless of whether I purchased them, borrowed them, or received them as time-sensitive ARCs. They aren't included under Permanent Collection, even if I intend to reread them at regular intervals for the rest of my life.

My ratings reflect the intensity of my feelings for a particular title. They break down as follows:

5 stars - I'm incoherent and/or verbose with love
4.5 stars - I loved the hell out of it
4 stars - I loved it
3.5 stars - I really liked it
3 stars - I liked it (this is not a bad rating, in my estimation)
2.5 stars - it's not necessarily a bad book, but it didn't engage me.
2 stars - I disliked it
1.5 stars - I hated it
1 star - why the hell did I finish this?
0.5 stars - seriously. The hell???

3.5 stars is my most common rating. I like a lot, but I'm terribly picky about what I love.

I don't rate poetry, religious texts, writings from the ancient world, anything I abandoned, or books I've read so many times that I've lost all impartiality.

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