I can't quite remember why I started using a rating system on my blog, but at some point it happened.  I figured, sure it's a great idea!  I can use little pencils to represent stars and then I can show quickly how much that I liked a book. Sure it worked nicely for a while, until I ran into my first problem.  What if I liked a book with five stars, but it wasn't my favorite?  So then I added a sixth star to my system to represent my favorites. Then my most recent problem arose; I sort of like … Read more»