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Created: July 24, 2021 / Updated: November 2, 2024 / Status: draft / 1 min read (~124 words)
Created: July 24, 2021 / Updated: November 2, 2024 / Status: draft / 1 min read (~124 words)
In this article I define a 1-5 rating scale for books in order to be consistent across my evaluations. Given that rating books is somewhat subjective, introducing some amount of standardization on how I rate them should help with managing my reading.
Format of presentation:
Score (from 1 to 5) Representative emoji
- Satisfaction
- Words expressing the level of satisfaction
- Strength of recommendation
1 đ¤Ž
- unsatisfactory
- very bad, horrible, boring, repetitive, disagreeable to read, waste of time, can't force myself to read
- strongly not recommended
2 âšī¸
- unsatisfactory
- bad
- not recommended
3 đ
- satisfactory
- neutral
- might want to read
4 âēī¸
- satisfactory
- good
- recommended
5 đ
- satisfactory
- very good, great, amazing, exciting, intriguing, fascinating, full of new knowledge, can't stop reading
- strongly recommended