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Unread 09-21-2019, 10:31 AM
Susan McLean Susan McLean is offline
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Roger, I would prefer not to give stars. Differentiating degrees of good in poetry is awfully subjective. But I think readers would trust my reviews less if I gave every book I liked five stars. I don't tend to bother to review a three-star book, but I like all of the four- and five-star books very much. I wish I had time to review all of the books I really like. But sometimes I am very busy at the time I finish the book and don't have time to review it at all. Other factors influence my choices, too, such as whether there are other good reviews of the book online already and whether I have already reviewed a book by that author. Part of my goal is to bring good formalist authors to the attention of people who like formal poems.

Susan
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