I have been going for a lot of changes since the last time I tried to set up a rating system. I am giving up for now on pretending to be objective. Reading is a hobby and I do it for no other reason than I enjoy it. After trying to be "objective" about the opinions I share and failing its time to accept it and move on. I am not an objective, critical reader. For that type of breakdown of literary work, there are plenty of people online who can be of assistance in that regard. My opinions on books are completely subjective, if you want to hear someone ramble on about books welcome! With the intent of making my rambling have some semblance of understanding for others here is the way I rate my reading. I will use a 1 to 5 stars rating . (Effective immediately). I used to have a 1 to 10 then convert it to a scale of 1 to 5 in order to rate it in Good Reads. After a while, it was too much hassle and I gave up on that and just tried to use a 1 to 5 but with .5 in the middle. Agai...

So after much consideration, which means one afternoon really. I decided to make my rating of books more systematized. Because it really needs to be a more defined way. So far I have done it not arbitrary but for opinion and not always following the same criteria for each of the books I read. So the plan is: 1. I want to consider several categories. Seven to be specific and they will be rated from zero to ten, with zero being the worst and 10 the best. 2. Then be averaged in order to get an overall value for the book. 3. The average value will be then be converted into the 1 to 5 star rating I normally use.