About Me
Welcome to a mood reader’s book nook! I post book reviews, reading recaps, book quotes, and book-related news I stumble upon my time on the internet.
Like a lot of readers, I love staying indoors curled up in a blanket with a book or an e-reader treating the storm sounds outside like my personal white noise. Biggest dream? Owning a personal library of course!
Why do I read? Escapism, probably. I love fiction. And while my mood dictates what genre I pull my next read from, Young Adult (YA) and fantasy are my default genres.
Review Rating System
My rating system is mostly dependent on how I feel about the book as soon as I finish it. I try my best to only read something when I’m the most open to them so I can have the best reading experience possible. That means I will definitely avoid high fantasy if my brain can’t handle processing big chunks of information no matter how much I love the genre, and heck yeah, I’ll go on a regency romance binge after watching Bridgerton even though I typically don’t like pure romance books.
That said, I still try to maintain some objective aspects that affect my rating such as the technical research that shows in the book, the author’s signature style if I’m familiar to them, knowing if I’m the target audience, and other stuff like that.
Generally, though, here’s how my rating system goes:
- I was so engrossed that I forgot I was reading. It was an experience! There’s a huge chance this gave me a book hangover.
- Plot execution was excellent, characters are not flat, dialogues feel natural, the atmosphere was incredible.
- It evoked strong emotions in me that there’s a huge chance I either cried, audibly gasped, sat at the edge of my seat, hid under the covers, stared at the wall to think about what I just read, or all of the above.
Examples:
- I liked it but not impressionable enough to be a 5-star read.
- In a week or so I will forget the majority of the book but the vibes will remain in my memory.
- This will still be a highly recommended book!
Examples:
- The book has a really great potential but there are huge weak spots (e.g.: plot holes, one-dimensional characters, clunky dialogues, off-pacing).
- Some chapters would feel like a chore to read or the ending might not be satisfactory, but overall still worth checking it out.
- I may not be from the target audience so I would recommend it to only a specific group of people.
Examples:
- Everything feels surface-level (e.g.: the plot is predictable, the characters and dialogues don’t feel like real people, the plot flow/structure is off).
- I felt disappointed after reading this book.
- I’m still open to the idea that it could be a great beginner or a light read to a specific set of people.
Examples:
- I was irritated for the majority of the book (i.e.: eyerolling at every unrealistic and inconsistent plot points and flow, actively disliked almost everyone especially the main characters).
- I skipped so many narration parts and relied on the dialogues to give me context because I cannot endure any more bad writing (in my immaterial opinion).
Examples:
The Stray Reader 