52 in 52, and The Scale

My biggest flaw has always been budgeting time. Deadlines at school, getting to a restaurant on time, finding time to workout, they’ve all taken hits because I’d rather watch just one more thing on Youtube. One thing that I’ve actually been pretty good about budgeting time for is reading. In 2019, I read 30 books ranging from The Old Man and the Sea to Jurassic Park to Kitchen Confidential. This year I want to be a little more ambitious and go for 52 books in 52 weeks. That’s the big goal. I figured I would be able to motivate myself a little bit more if I wrote about each book. So you know what that means! Another book blog, baby! Watch out world, the opinion of this white guy on books is about to blow you away.

By the way, here’s what I read last year if you were interested:

Why yes that is goodreads’ year in review compilation photo

I also figured if I was gonna write about books I might as well give them a rating, but every time I read a rating of something somewhere, I have no context for what it means other than good or not good. So it’s context time.

1/5 - The “I wasted my time so you don’t have to” group. It’s not good.

2/5 - I didn’t like it, but someone else might if they like the genre. AKA the “old Carmelo” group.

3/5 - I liked this book, but if someone else doesn’t like the genre, they won’t like it. AKA the “TJ McConnell” group.

4/5 - I liked this book and am pretty sure that everyone else would, but some may not. AKA the “Lou Williams” group.

5/5 - The “It doesn’t matter what kind of book it is, you’re reading it” group. I loved this book and would recommend it to anyone, no matter their preferences.

5/5 and 1/5 are reserved for a dealer’s choice when it comes to what kind of player they are.

Yay nebulous definitions for a ratings system! These will almost all definitely be thrown out for each book, but they’re the starting place/reference point for the scale.