Hello! Welcome to my blog! My name is Audra Watts and this site is where I write reviews and simply chat about books. 😀
I rate books based on grammar, how well they held my attention, format, topic, and cleanliness (cursing, violence, sex, etc.) I try to always be specific when rating.
If you’d like to submit a book for review, head over to my contact page for submission guidelines!
How my cleanliness scale works:
Children’s books – Any questionable content appears above the star rating.
5 Very Clean – Possibly mature topics, but completely appropriate content.
4 Slightly Tainted – Possibly some violence, cursing, sexual things, etc.
3 Yuck – Adult content in small amounts.
2 Disgusting – Medium amounts of adult content throughout.
1 Trash – Large amounts of sex, foul language, and/or violence throughout.
How my star system works:
5 stars – That was AMAZING!!!!! I want to reread it already!!!!!
4.5 stars – That was almost perfect!
4 stars – That was really good, but I would change a couple things.
3.5 stars – That was decently good, but not my favorite.
3 stars – Eh, that was okay. I’m probably going to donate this book.
2.5 stars – That was not too good.
2 stars – Well, that was a pretty awful book.
1.5 stars – That had maybe one redeeming quality.
1 star – That was TERRIBLE!!! What a piece of junk!!!
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Thanks for the visit to my blog. I like how you explain your rating. It is very similar to mine but I spelled it out. One thing I do not put negative ratings on my blog. I will let the author or publisher know, but don’t put it on my site. I have been reading books for around 75 years. I know what I like: satire. Right now, I write a review on every book I read. I read almost all the mysteries. I accept very few books from authors as I tend to forget. I tried to keep a promise. Thanks, again.
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Thank you! I hate putting bad reviews on my blog, and I always try to be as nice as possible! I also ask them if they are sure they want me to continue reading if I’m not enjoying it. I accept too many books from people, sometimes! Haha. Thanks for commenting!
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Hello Audra, I too do not enjoy the task of writing a bad review. But sometimes, even a bad review can still show strengths in a book… Unless it’s just a pure lemon all around!
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Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Yes! I agree! I always try to highlight negatives in a way that explains why I thought it was bad. After all, not everything I disliked will necessarily be disliked by others.
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I’m glad to find a book reviewer who will rate Cleanliness factors. That is always a concern for me and other readers. I’ll look at your other reviews.
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Thank you!! Cleanliness is very important to me but I’ve always found it hard to find reviews that will actually tell you what’s in the book. So, I decided to do my own! 🙂Thanks for stopping by!
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So Henry Miller and Charles Bukowski and so many other greats would be disgusting trash to you? Jeezuz
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My “cleanliness” rating is no reflection on how good or bad the book is. It’s simply an easy way to describe how much adult content is in a book for those readers who care. If you’ll notice on my latest reviews, I have moved away from that terminology to a 1-5 scale in order to not confuse people by what I mean by “disgusting” or “trash.” (The words just remain on this page so people can reference it for older reviews when needed.)
A 5-star book could easily be a 1 (previously “trash”) or 2 on my cleanliness scale, but still be a spectacular read! Thanks for stopping by!
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