How I Review

I may have a more... unique way of rating my books. First, I try to analyze them on a more standardized level. This is point system which closely remsembles what a teacher might use to grade a paper, with each point value representing what I find the most important in a story:

Plot: 20 points
Main Character(s): 20 points
World-building/situation set-up (for contemporary novels, because they don't have to do much world building): 15 points
Minor Character(s): 10 points
Setting: 10 points
Writing Style: 5 points
How easy it is to get into: 2 points

Total Avaliable: 82 points

You can probaby tell where I was going when I referenced this system like a teacher - "grades". Following most school's grade scales, a 90% is an A, 80% a B, 70% a C, 60% a D, and 50% or lower is an F.

However, books aren't essays. The books that I read are meant for their emotional and/or enertainment value. So, the second section of my review is my notes and my thoughts. This won't always be along section of the review, but it will help with one thing:

No two books are alike.

Three books with a "grade" of C won't be the same. So, this section will either bump them up or down. For example, there are several reasons why I liked Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging better than I did The Chronicles of Vladamir Tod: Eight Grade Bites, but they're both D's on the gradeing scale. But Angus... is a fun and quirky novel that I would recommend, where Tod is very different and I would be more selective when I recomment it.

Finally, the star scale. It's easy to understand. I star = bad, 5 star = supermegafoxyawesomehot. I'll take into consideration both sections of the review to come up with my final placing. So, it's simple enough - it just takes a full page on my blog to explain!