My Book Rating System

Thanks to Melanie2474
(Not used for books rated by my kids, they rate them on their own)

10: Excellent - this book really made me think and/or feel or has just been great to read
9: Great book - not much between it and a 10
8: Good book that I would recommend to others & could read again
7: Good book and I'd still recommend to others, but not necessarily one I'd re-read
6: Decent read, but not quite my style or one I'd recommend to others
5: OK. Maybe somebody else would like this book but I didn't
4: Barely worth reading
2-3: Major problems with this book. I don't recommend it
1: It's hard to imagine anyone liking this book. I didn't even finish it!

My Reading

- started April 2008 -
The Last Explorer: Hubert Wilkins - Australia's Unknown Hero: Simon Nasht (19 April 2008)
All Quite on the Western Front: E M Remarque (23 May 2008)
To Kill a Mocking Bird: Harper Lee (21 June 2008)
Warriors of the Dragon Gold: Ray Bryant (29 July 2008)
Lords of the White Castle: Elizabeth Chadwick (26 August 2008)
The Scarlatti Inheritance: Robert Ludlum (3 September 2008)
Dirt Music: Tim Winton (25 September 2008)
The One That Got Away: Chris Ryan (02 October 2008)
The Collectors: David Baldacci (12 October 2008)
The Wild Hunt: Elizabeth Chadwick (21 October 2008)
The Catcher in the Rye: J.D. Salinger (5 November 2008)
Where Underpants Come From: Joe Bennett (16 November 2008: 7 Stars)
Monash: The outsider who won the war: Roland Perry (02 December 2008)
River God: Wilbur Smith (12 January 2009)
Warlock: Wilbur Smith (21 January 2009)
East of Eden: John Steinbeck (06 April 2009: 9 Stars)
The Book Thief: Markus Zusak (13 April 2009: 9 Stars)
The Time Traveler's Wife: Audrey Niffenegger (09 May 2009)
Gone Tomorrow: Lee Child (23 May 2009: 7 Stars)
Black Cross: Greg Iles (30 May 2009: 7 Stars)
Great Expectations: Charles Dickens (18 July 2009: 7 stars)
The Day of the Triffids: John Wyndham (01 August 2009: 9 Stars)
The Kite Runner: Khaled Hosseini (15 August 2009: 7 Stars)
Churchill's Triumph: Michael Dobbs (3 September 2009)
Whirlpool: Douglas Scott (12 October 2009)
Ice Station: Matthew Rielly (28 October 2009)
Goodbye Mickey Mouse: Len Deighton (November 2009)
Passage to Mutiny: Alexander Kent (23 November 2009: 7 Stars)
The Burning Land: Bernard Cornwell (6 December 2009)
Temple: Matthew Rielly (25 December 2009: 5 Stars)
Tyrant : Christian Cameron (January 2010: 7 Stars)
Wolf of the Plains: Conn Iggulden (January 2010: 8 Stars)
Lords of the Bow: Conn Iggulden (January 2010)(Library Book: 8 Stars)
Breath: Tim Winton (January 2010)(Library Book: 8 Stars)
13 Things That Don't Make Sense: Michael Brooks (January 2010: 8 Stars)
Tyrant: Storm of Arrows: Christian Cameron (February 2010)(Library Book: 8 Stars)
The Chrysalids: John Wyndham (February 2010)(Library Book: 8 Stars)
Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You: A Guide to the Universe: Marcus Chown (February 2010: 8 Stars)
Blitzkrieg : Len Deighton (March 2010)
The Road to Gandolfo: Robert Ludlum (March 2010: 5 Stars)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer: Patrick Süskind (March 2010: 6 Stars)
61 Hours: Lee Child (April 2010: 6 Stars)
The Partner: John Grisham (April 2010: 8 stars)
The Name of the Rose: Umberto Eco (May 2010: 9 stars)
Imprimatur-: Rita Monaldi & Francesco Sorti (June 2010: 8 Stars)
Of Mice & Men: John Steinbeck (June 2010: 8 Stars)
Hawk:George Green (July 2010: 7 stars)
Fatherland:Robert Harris (July 2010: 8 Stars)
Adrenaline:Jeff Abbot (August 2010: 5 Stars)
The Things They Carried:Tim O'Brien(August 2010: 9 Stars)
Monstrum:Donald James (August 2010: 8 Stars)
Masquerade:Gayle Lynds(September 2010: 7 Stars)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time:Mark Haddon(September 2010: 9 Stars)
Beyond the Black Stump:Nevil Shute(September 2010: 7 Stars)
The Broker:John Grisham(September 2010: 5 Stars)
Life of Pi: Yann Martel (October 2010: 8 Stars)
Worth Dying For: Lee Child (October 2010: 6 Stars)
The Last Day: Glenn Kleier (October 2010: 7 Stars)
Sixy-One Nails: The Courts of the Feyre Vol. I: Mike Shevdon (November 2010: 8 Stars)

The Road to Bedlam: The Courts of the Feyre Vol. II: Mike Shevdon (November 2010: 7 Stars)

The Fort: A Novel of the Revolutionary War: Bernard Cornwell (December 2010: 8 Stars)

The Paradise War: Stephen Lawhead (December 2010: 8 Stars)

The Silver Hand: Stephen Lawhead (December 2010: 7 Stars)

The Endless Knot: Stephen Lawhead (December 2010: 7 Stars)

Bligh: Rob Mundle (January 2011: 8 Stars)

The Fortune Teller: Donald James (January 2011: 7 Stars)

Started 25 July 2008

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