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Thursday, May 1, 2008

My Ratings Guide


Incomparable, a book I’ll read more than once.


Outstanding, not to be missed!


Excellent, worth reading.


A good, satisfying read.


Average, maybe a few minor glitches, but an agreeable diversion.


Author had some great ideas, but I couldn't get enthused.


A “meh” story, only worth reading if its part of a series.


I’m sure lots of other people liked it.


Not my cup of tea.


Hey, it got published…That must mean something…

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Revised Book Reviews Policy

It's simple, if I read it, and want to review it, I will. If you read a review posted here, and I don't mention having received the book from a publisher, then you can assume I either got it from the library, borrowed it from a friend, or obtained it myself.

I'm not reviewing for publishers, publicists or authors anymore. It stopped being fun, I felt like I was sort of 'self-limiting' my reviews to sound more professional than I am, and well...I just don't want to review for anyone but myself and any readers that I may have. So...if you're a publisher, author or publicist....I probably can't help you. I'm gettin' ornery in my old age.....

About Me

Our dog, Cookie

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I'm a wife of an wonderful guy and mom of four terrific people, 50----"ish", Bookworm and quilter. I've been a reader since my big sister taught me to read at age 4. My first book..."Skip", and my first word..."Kentucky". My sister, who was 7 at the time decided to teach me to read. She opened up a book about a horse named Skip and asked me, "Which word do you want to learn?" I pointed to the biggest word in the book, and we were off and running. I've always wondered how many kids learned to read because their bossy big sisters wanted to play school.

I grew up on a dairy farm outside of a little town in western Montana, Big Sky Country. By the time I was finished with elementary school, I had read pretty much everything in the junior high school library. And, by the time I finished junior high, I had pretty much polished off the high school library. Then it was on to the dinky little city library. My mom told me later that barely a month would pass without a phone call from whomever ( or is it whoever?) the volunteer librarian was that month, asking, "Do you know what your daughter is reading????!" I'm grateful that my mom's only reaction was, "Yup!" Then she'd ask me, after I'd finished whatever the objectionable book was of that week, "So, what'd you think?" She gave me the freedom to read anything I wanted, and it led me to some interesting,(and often highly inappropriate) places, at a young age!

We moved to southern California in 1987, and I discovered the joys of actual honest-to-God bookstores and the huge seemingly unlimited Los Angeles County Library system. I've been in "book heaven" ever since!