Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The Ratings and Reviews Tag
Original by Gunpowder, Fiction & Plot
youtube.com/watch?v=IuynyN67WI4
Books Mentioned:
The Pleasures of Men by Kate Williams
The View from the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman
PS I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
Booktubers Mentioned:
Bookish- youtube.com/c/BookishTexan
SniderBeeBooks- youtube.com/c/SniderBeeBooks
Book Zealots- youtube.com/c/BookZealots
Abi of Pellinor- youtube.com/c/AbiofPellinor
Questions:
1. Tag folks.
2. How do you know you’ve just finished a good book? Is it a thinking or a feeling response?
3. When you begin to form your review/rating - what is the first question you ask yourself?
4. Do you do star ratings? Why? Why not?
a. If YES
i. Explain your star rating system – what does a good book get in your rating system?
ii. Is your star rating consistent? ie. are all your 5 star books better than all your 4 star books?
b. If NO
i. What language do you use to convey the quality of a book in your reviews?
ii. Does this form an informal rating or ranking?
5. Do you believe every book has its perfect reader? Does this contradict the idea that a book can be “bad”?
6. What book that you hated have you recommended?
7. What makes a book good, bad or great by your evaluation?
8. When evaluating the quality of a book do you have specific criteria or aspects of the book, such as character development, that you consider? Does this change if you are writing an in-depth review vs. just thinking about the book for enjoyment?
9. Do you consider star ratings or ave. ratings when choosing books to read/add to your TBR?
10. Who on BookTube; does reliable and interesting reviews of books that you know you can use to decide if a book is for you or not. What makes their reviews so good?
11. Does that/those booktuber(s) use different language than you to evaluate and review the overall quality of a book?
Goodreads: goodreads.com/alexblackreviews
Instagram: alexwriter6
Twitter: twitter.com/alexwriter61
Email: alexwriter6@gmail.com
TBR List: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UpPPNnR9B8Jzc77FA_DLjSQt_AZaqmKgNFhfcpXcZoU/edit?usp=sharing
The Ratings and Reviews Tag
Original by Gunpowder, Fiction & Plot
youtube.com/watch?v=IuynyN67WI4
Books Mentioned:
The Pleasures of Men by Kate Williams
The View from the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman
PS I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
Booktubers Mentioned:
Bookish- youtube.com/c/BookishTexan
SniderBeeBooks- youtube.com/c/SniderBeeBooks
Book Zealots- youtube.com/c/BookZealots
Abi of Pellinor- youtube.com/c/AbiofPellinor
Questions:
1. Tag folks.
2. How do you know you’ve just finished a good book? Is it a thinking or a feeling response?
3. When you begin to form your review/rating - what is the first question you ask yourself?
4. Do you do star ratings? Why? Why not?
a. If YES
i. Explain your star rating system – what does a good book get in your rating system?
ii. Is your star rating consistent? ie. are all your 5 star books better than all your 4 star books?
b. If NO
i. What language do you use to convey the quality of a book in your reviews?
ii. Does this form an informal rating or ranking?
5. Do you believe every book has its perfect reader? Does this contradict the idea that a book can be “bad”?
6. What book that you hated have you recommended?
7. What makes a book good, bad or great by your evaluation?
8. When evaluating the quality of a book do you have specific criteria or aspects of the book, such as character development, that you consider? Does this change if you are writing an in-depth review vs. just thinking about the book for enjoyment?
9. Do you consider star ratings or ave. ratings when choosing books to read/add to your TBR?
10. Who on BookTube; does reliable and interesting reviews of books that you know you can use to decide if a book is for you or not. What makes their reviews so good?
11. Does that/those booktuber(s) use different language than you to evaluate and review the overall quality of a book?
Goodreads: goodreads.com/alexblackreviews
Instagram: alexwriter6
Twitter: twitter.com/alexwriter61
Email: alexwriter6@gmail.com
TBR List: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UpPPNnR9B8Jzc77FA_DLjSQt_AZaqmKgNFhfcpXcZoU/edit?usp=sharing
