MiembroLaura400
- Colecciones
- Todas las colecciones (1,856), Tu biblioteca (1,081), Lista de deseos (2), Actualmente leyendo (100), Por leer (3), Lo he leído pero no lo tengo (683), Pat's (18)
- Etiquetas
- photography (272), mystery/thriller (114), gardening (59), poetry (56), short story collection (45), non-fiction (35), contemporary poetry (35), history (24), art (21), decorating (20), essays (19), memoir (18), biography (17), Latin America (14), literature (13), books about books (13), technical photography (13), Ireland (13), music (11), graphic novel (10), Paris (9), Russia (8), Man Booker (7), manga (7), reference (7), Iceland (6), finance (6), nature (6), novella (5), Germany (4), movies (4), dogs (4), book collecting (4), humor (3), 20th Century art (3), writing (3), journalism (2), letters (2), Chicago (2), France (2), health (2), science (1), street art (1), philosophy (1), autographed (1), literary criticism (1), London (1), Pat's (1), India (1), business (1), Italy (1), Native Americans (1), non-ficton (1), early reviews (1), fountain pens (1)
- Nubes
- Nube de Etiquetas, Nube de autores, Espejo de etiquetas
- Medios
- Grupos
- Unido/a
- Aug 8, 2011
- Nombre verdadero
- Laura
- Sobre mi biblioteca
- I recently joined so I am slowly adding my books. There are still a lot to go. My library mainly contains books of literary fiction, poetry and art and photography, but I love a good mystery or a good essay collection.
I don't rate every book, but I like this feature. Don't take them personally. If you love a book and I give it 2 1/2 stars, it's just a matter of taste. We might agree on something else.
As my ratings are at best personal, and at worst, idiosyncratic, here's a rough guide:
1 star: It's hard for me to rate any book 1 star. It would have to be without merit or personally objectionable.
2 stars: A book I couldn't connect with or actively disliked. I might not even have been able to finish it. I generally bestow this on books that seem overpraised. But that's just my opinion. This rating is usually just to remind me to skip further works by that author.
3 stars: A good book, a book that has a lot going for it, that I was glad I read. It just doesn't quite reach excellence in my mind. It might be a book from a beloved author that didn't live up to previous books, but still shows flashes of what I like about the author.
4 stars: An excellent book, one that I eagerly recommend, discuss, loan, or give as a gift. It's excellence in context, of course: an excellent mystery will earn the same 4 stars as an excellent literary novel, even though I believe the literary novel is probably a more worthy achievement.
5 stars: A tremendous book. A book that seems essential. This is a book that I probably reread regularly. A desert-island book. I feel like a lot of books earn my 4-star rating, but I can only think of a handful that are 5-stars. - Ubicación
- Chicagoland
- Membresías
- Actualmente leyendo
- Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence por Lisa CronRose's Baking Basics: 100 Essential Recipes, with More Than 600 Step-by-Step Photos por Rose Levy BeranbaumHeritage Baking: Recipes for Rustic Breads and Pastries Baked with Artisanal Flour from Hewn Bakery por Ellen KingThe Hound of the Baskervilles: 150th Anniversary Edition (Signet Classics) por Sir Arthur Conan DoyleDying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland por Jonathan M. MetzlCoffin Road por Peter MayPlant-Based on a Budget: Delicious Vegan Recipes for Under $30 a Week, in Less Than 30 Minutes a Meal por Toni OkamotoThe Economists' Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society por Binyamin AppelbaumAmerican Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump por Tim AlbertaThe Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time por John KellyDirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking por Bill BufordRichard Hofstadter: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, The Paranoid Style in American Politics, Uncollected Essays 1956-1965 (LOA #330) (Library of America) por Richard Hofstadter
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- Amigos
- Biblioteca interesante
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