Occasionally I run this feature called "Memory Lane," where I look back at whatever I was reading approximately one year ago (or sometimes two).This time, though, I wanted to take a look at all the 5-star "fangirly" reviews I've written in the past twelve months, April-to-now.
The Dark Divine - Bree Despain
Eyes Like Stars - Lisa Mantchev
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
Jellicoe Road - Melina Marchetta
The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness
Nevermore - Kelly Creagh
Sabriel - Garth Nix
Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater
Tyger Tyger - Kersten Hamilton
Uglies - Scott Westerfeld
Wildwood Dancing - Juliet Marillier
Wondrous Strange - Lesley LivingstonI guess you could say that these (and some 4-star rated books I've read) are my favorites.
So...yes, I do use the 5-star rating, though the most common rating I give out is 4-star (which is still really good!). Just wanted to showcase these fangirly reviews from the past year.
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Food-for-thought-question:
Does rating a book 5 stars mean that you liked every single sentence? Can you still rate a book 5 stars overall, even if there were parts of the plot you wish had been done differently?
Because that's true for me with pretty much all of those...still loved them overall!
5 shout-outs!:
This is really fun to look at! I might do it when I get to a year ... Sounds like a good idea.
yes I've rated books 5 stars even if something bugged me or I wish they did something diffrent like 13 to life for example but normally if something really bugs me I dock a star and give it 4 stars instead
Jellicoe Road!! Loveeeee it... I just read it recently, and I adored it so much. I need to own it, pronto.
Yes, I can give a 5 star to something even if I thought 'well, ___ could have been better' ... but generally 5 stars are ones where I loved a book so much that even if I expected something to happen differently I accept it and love the book so much for the other reasons.
I think that in that, books are like people. There are things in them you don't appreciate very much, but you can't help but love them anyway ;)
I've been wanting to read the dark divine for a while now, and now that i know you loved it Im even more anxious
I agree on TDD, Hunger Games, Tyger Tyger and Uglies!
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