Book Reviews by Rating Index

10 Stars--Video Playlist:

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass,

The Storm Before the Storm by Mike Duncan ,

9 Stars--Video Playlist: 

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 

The Iliad by Homer

8 Stars--Video Playlist: 

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells ,

The Histories by Herodotus

Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs ,

The Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan ,

7 Stars--Video Playlist:

The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien,

The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien,

The Wayfarer Redemption by Sara Douglass ,

The Odyssey by Homer,

Dune by Frank Herbert ,

6 Stars--Video  Playlist:

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum ,

Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum

Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum 

The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien

Rinkitink in Oz by L. Frank Baum

The Lost Princess of Oz by L. Frank Baum

The Tin Woodman of Oz by L. Frank Baum

5 Stars--Video Playlist:

The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum

The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Little Wizard Stories of Oz by L. Frank Baum ,

The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

4 Stars--Video Playlist:

Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Animorphs 1: The Invasion by K.A. Applegate,

3 Stars--Video Playlist:

The Road to Oz by L. Frank Baum

The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney

Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum 

Notes: I started using this rating system on September 21, 2021, when I introduced my new format for book reviewing.  

As I stated in that post, the rational for doing star ratings comes from Fredrik DeBoer: 

The Star Rating, something I've avoided doing for years, I've decided to try out after reading Freddie DeBoer's thoughts on book reviewing:

Grades/Stars/1-10. My impression is that many people chafe at these, and I get it. They’re immensely reductive and suggest that they function on some sort of consistent scale which we can use to ordinally rank different things, which we can’t. And Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes are indeed a plague on critical culture. That said, do you think it would be fun to give these kinds of scores in your reviews? Do you think your readers will enjoy it? If so, then go for it. If it’s low status, be low status. Who gives a shit? Have fun. If you aren’t having fun, why bother?

Yeah, okay, let's have some fun with it.  The Star Rating it is.

 Video Review Playlist HERE: