http://www.gravitycollapse.com/2009/01/when-five-is-not-enough from Marc's brain to yours Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:42:19 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.gravitycollapse.com/2009/01/when-five-is-not-enough/comment-page-1#comment-7868 Miss Lord Thu, 28 May 2009 06:47:14 +0000 http://www.gravitycollapse.com/2009/01/when-five-is-not-enough#comment-7868 I refuse to type "LOL" but I did, in fact, laugh out loud when I read this. I rate the hundreds and hundreds of books I read on scale of 1-5 (and log them with author, title, first sentence, last sentence, review, notes on the edition, index of good quotes, etc.). I have yet to transfer these logs from old fashioned PAPER journal format to a database, but I already know that the books are mostly ALL FRIGGIN 3's! At some point last year I started cheating and using decimals. You have helped me recognize that when I do go digital, I'll have to just admit defeat and go to a 10-point rating system. If you go to a 20 or 50 point system, or weighted excel algorithm, or other such viral, compelling OCD nonsense -- PLEASE DO NOT MENTION IT IN MY PRESENCE. I refuse to type “LOL” but I did, in fact, laugh out loud when I read this. I rate the hundreds and hundreds of books I read on scale of 1-5 (and log them with author, title, first sentence, last sentence, review, notes on the edition, index of good quotes, etc.). I have yet to transfer these logs from old fashioned PAPER journal format to a database, but I already know that the books are mostly ALL FRIGGIN 3’s! At some point last year I started cheating and using decimals. You have helped me recognize that when I do go digital, I’ll have to just admit defeat and go to a 10-point rating system. If you go to a 20 or 50 point system, or weighted excel algorithm, or other such viral, compelling OCD nonsense — PLEASE DO NOT MENTION IT IN MY PRESENCE.

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