About

I enjoy books, libraries, and bookstores, and I want to share that enjoyment with others. I intend to use this blog to post reviews of books I read, and to replace privately-owned book trackers (update 2023-06: bookwyrm is a nice alternative to privately-owned book trackers.)

This blog isn’t intended to make me money,. I have no plans to have affiliate links; this is solely a project for fun.

How I rate books

I generally use the following rating system when I rate books:

• 1: Did not finish. I couldn’t find the care to finish the book, and likely had to resist the urge to throw it across the room. I may have yelled at the book.

• 2: I didn’t like the book. But I finished it! I wouldn’t recommend it.

• 3: The book was okay. I felt the book had some problems, but it mostly worked. I might recommend it as something to try, but not necessarily love.

• 4: I liked the book. I felt that it had minor issues and overall it was good. I recommend that you try reading it.

• 5: I enjoyed the book, I stayed up late reading it, and I’d consider buying a copy (or already did). I strongly recommend that you read it.

Socials

• Mastodon: crafty_crow@mastodon.sdf.org
• Bookwyrm: flashy_dragon@bookwyrm.social

Affiliation policy

I do not participate in any affiliation programs.

When possible, I provide two links for each book:

• A link directly to a book’s publisher’s web page for the work.
• A link to what seems the most relevant entry for the book in WorldCat, a library search engine.

For non-book items (if I post about them), I’ll try to provide direct links to relevant product pages.

I have no plans to participate in affiliation programs. First, I want to avoid any conflicts of interest (or appearances of such). Second, I want this to be a fun outlet to record short reviews and a spot where I can tinker with hosting a website. I have no interest to earn money from this, because I do enough writing during the day that having a break to write for pleasure is nice.