My Book Reveiw Rating Scale 1-10

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10 hearts: I'm speechless; this book is an extraordinarily amazingly wonderfully fantastically marvelous masterpiece (x)

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9 hearts: Loved it! This book has a spot on my favorites shelf (x)

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8 hearts: An engaging read; highly recommended (x)

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7 hearts: Not perfect, but overall enjoyable (x)

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6 hearts: Satisfying for a first read, but I'm not going back (x)

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5 hearts: Doesn't particularly light any of my fires; I feel indifferent about this book (x)

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4 hearts: So-so; reading this book may cause wrinkles (from frowning so much) (x)
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3 hearts: Not a fan; I don't recommend this book (x)

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2 hearts: Not completely a lost cause, but could not finish; I did not enjoy this book (x)

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1 heart: Could not finish and have nothing positive to say; use this book to see if your pens still have ink (x)


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A+ = This book is as close to perfect as it gets! I love it and will probably reread it a billion times.

A = This book is terrific and I really enjoyed reading it! It does have some minor flaws that take away from the story, characters, etc.

A- = This book is excellent, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. It does have a few flaws.

B+ = This book is good, and I enjoyed reading it. However, there are some flaws.

B = This book is good, and I enjoyed reading it. There are a few very noticeable flaws.

B- = This book is good, and I liked it okay. There are several noticeable flaws.

C+ = This book is okay, but certain aspects really grabbed me/kept me interested.

C = This book is okay, and I finished it relatively quickly. It didn't blow me away, and something was definitely lacking (characters, plot, dialogue, etc.)

C- = This book is okay, and I finished it in a decent amount of time. I didn't enjoy it very much, and two or more things were definitely lacking.

D = This book is not the best I've ever read, but I begrudgingly finished it. It was lacking in almost every aspect.

F = I hated this book. I finished it, but was not happy with it. It was lacking in every aspect.

First Line Friday: Jan. 25th 2013

Welcome to the last FLF in January.
This being said, my theme of Jane Austen books will also close (for now) with this final entry from her final novel, Persuasion.


"Sir Walter Elliot, of Kellynch Hall, in Somersetshire, was a man who, for his own amusement, never took up a book but the Baronetage."


Come Feb. 1st, a whole new theme focused around Dickens will start. After all, Charles Dickens wrote a lot of classic first-liners too. And not JUST from Christmas Carol.

First Line Friday: Jan. 18th 2013

This week on First Line, we are still continuing the Jane Austen theme.

"No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be a heroine."

So starts Northanger Abby by Jane Austen. I have yet to actually read this novel yet like last week's First Line's choice. However, when I do, be rest assured that I WILL review and link it here as well!

First Line Fridays: Jan. 11th 2013

Welcome to another First Line!
This week, more continuation of lovely Jane Austen with Emma:

"Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her."




Now, I haven't actually read this book yet. However it is on my TBR pile And I shall review and link as soon as I've read!

First Line Friday: Jan. 4th 2013 (Happy New Year!)

Hello and welcome one and all to a New Year!
This is the first FLF of 2013!

To continue with the Jane Austen tribute next is the opening from Sense and Sensibility

"The family of Dashwood had long settled in Sussex. Their estate was large , and their residence was at Norland Park, in the center of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance."

First Line Friday: Dec. 28th 2012

Again, I am late, I know.
And, although December hasn't quite finished, I'm bringing my First Line this week from another classic author, Miss Jane Austen.

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune MUST be in want of a wife."


So starts the first book I EVER read by Austen. She is an author I will go back to again and again.