I'm Laurie Likes Books, aka LLB, aka Laurie Gold, the founder and publisher of All About Romance (allaboutromance.com or likesbooks.com) - and creator of AAR on Shelfari, too. My Shelfari shelf includes all the books I've read since I began to keep records about 15 years ago.

I use grades, not stars (5 stars=A, 4 stars=B, 3 stars=C, 2...more »

I'm Laurie Likes Books, aka LLB, aka Laurie Gold, the founder and publisher of All About Romance (allaboutromance.com or likesbooks.com) - and creator of AAR on Shelfari, too. My Shelfari shelf includes all the books I've read since I began to keep records about 15 years ago.

I use grades, not stars (5 stars=A, 4 stars=B, 3 stars=C, 2 stars=D, and 1 star=F) and three stars does not equate to "liked it," as it does in the Shelfari system. To compensate somewhat, I've entered all my C-'s as two star reads. My shelf is mainly in alpha author order, but most anthologies and two-in-ones (if by differing authors) are shelved last. If an anthology features a stand-out story, though, I shelve it by author. And, where anthologies are concerned, I grade by averaging all the stories. and so listed those in the "review" area for the book so that hidden gems can be more easily found.

Finally, if I've written about (or reviewed) a book on my blog (http://laurielikesbooks.blog-city.com) or at AAR, it's so indicated in the "review" section for that book. « less