#mochameter

I call it the Mocha Meter (if it sucks, please don't tell me 😭). This comes from my hatred for the goodreads rating system, but also how I don't want to write essays about every single book that I read, though some do demand it. This is my rating system, if you have any ideas let me know. So first things first, I was thinking of giving it a letter scale instead, from A+ to an F, including + and - grades because that gives me more range. Another idea I was thinking of was putting books on hypothetical shelves (I know goodreads has that maybe I'll start using it). The shelves would indicate if I would recommend or not. But I don't know if I would recommend it or not. I think from A+ to B would be really good books that I would recommend. From B to C+ would be books that are mid, good but nothing special. C to D is not my style while F is a book I despised. This has nothing to do with grades, but I think it's better than giving them a numerical grade out of 10 or even a 100?. There is also some emojis I'd like to add: ⭐some of my favorite books of all time ☕ gripping, couldn't put it down ❤️ good romance 🌺 good vibes 🤍 good plot ☀️ good writing 🌑 made me feel things

I think I made this system mostly because I want to be able to catalog books and rate them based on more than just how well they're written or even how much I like them, but more on just if they make me feel or think (sort of like how on letterbox you can give a movie a high rating without actually pressing the heart button, yes, it's a good movie, but I didn't like it). I also needed to have more freedom in my rating. All of these emojis I can draw and put in my journal so that'll help for sure.