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It’s time for another Sunday Post!
The sun is shining, it’s warming up to be a beautiful day, and “I’m Alright.” 
That song is stuck in my head!
Do you remember the gopher in Caddy Shack? The battle between that furry pesky rodent and Bill Murray cracked me up. I have to share a few favorite scenes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR0sWU1HzTE
I have watched this movie so many times and I still laugh so hard I almost pee my pants. LOL
I’ve got some awesome books to share with you today. But first lets talk about review ratings.
The other day I was talking with my sister and she asked me a question I’ve been pondering myself. It’s about the Amazon review rating system. You know they changed how the ratings work, what the stars mean. Their rating description doesn’t reflect mine on my blog and my sister asked, do I give a book 5 stars on Amazon when I gave it 4 stars on my blog.
I mostly review books on my blog that I really like. So my ratings are between 3 and 5 stars. A really good book gets a 4 star rating from me but Amazon’s description for a 4 star rating doesn’t coincide with mine. It’s like I need to give it 5 stars to show how I felt about it. So far I use the same star rating as on my blog but each time it bothers me.
The question I have today is, do you change your ratings when posting on Amazon?
I’ll be hopping over to check out your Sunday posts so be sure to leave me your link!
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Here are my new books for review.
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New ones just because!
On my Kindle
Print Books
From the library.
These are some rereads. This series is why I first started reading cozy mysteries and began my love affair with them!
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And here are some freebies for ya!
Click on the covers to get yours and remember to make sure they’re still free before you click that buy button!
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Books I reviewed this week.
Click on the cover for my review.
I know! Only one this week.
I had several others ready but decided to wait as I had a lot of tour posts this week.
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Books I’ll be reviewing next week.
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What I won.
Not the greatest picture but it would have covered the whole table if I spread out all of these goodies!
I won this big box of awesome swag from a giveaway on Angela Roquet’s Website.
Thanks for the lovelies, Angela!
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Fun news from around the web!
On Happy Indulgence, Jeann has a fun Chatterbox: Do you remember book specifics?
Ron from Painting With Light talks about, Why Review Your Own Blog?
On A Daydreamer’s Thoughts, Faye talks about review books.
Carmel at Rabid Reads wants to know if you ever peek at the endings?
At Lola’s Ramblings she asks: Do you Reply to Review Requests?
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Other Posts on my blog this week.
Three Two One ~ Blast Off! Giveaway Blitz for JA Huss and her Steamy Romantic Suspense
Teaser Tuesdays #100 ~ One More Day ~ What If Tomorrow Never Happens
Game on for…Ultimate Prey by Kristine Mason ~ Blurb Blitz and Giveaway
Blitz Giveaway ~ Rescue me ~ Second Chance Ranch Series by Catherine Mann
Find Me Trilogy ~ Paranormal Romance Blitz and Giveaway
Friday Cover Reveal and Giveaway ~ Summer of the Oak Moon
The Friday 56 #51 ~ The Promise
Skeletons ~ Everyone Has One ~ Tour Review
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So, what did you get to read this week?
Got any recommendations?
I’d love to know and thanks so much for visiting fuonlyknew.
I haven’t heard of that series that got you started on Cozies so I will check it out. Yet again I snagged some of those freebies..had to limit myself or I would have grab them all..lol. Trying to be good but it’s not working. 🙂
Stormi
Week in Review
Uh oh. I’m feeding your freebies addiction. LOL
I love that movie. The Gopher is all around awesome.
It’s one of my all time favorites!
Here Here for the Gopher and of course Bill Murray. I love the scene where he playing golf with the flowers. LOL I grabbed so many freebies last week, that I just skimmed over your new ones and…Awesome win!
sherry @ fundinmental
The Cinderella story! LOL I wanted to use a video that included it but it wasn’t very good. Too much buffering.
I picked a couple freebies that made me think of you. Are you SURE you don’t want to look again?LOL
I use my own ratings on every site where I post my reviews. (I use half stars and round down when I have to.) Not my problem if theirs is different. I don’t have time or care enough to figure out other sites’ systems.
Book of the Dead looks interesting, and I like the cover of Night Carnival. You won some great swag!
I use the same rating everywhere but Amazon changed the descriptions for their star ratings and they don’t always reflect my feeling accurately. I figure everyone goes more by the stars than the descriptions:)
I’ve always loved Caddyshack! I fell in love with the gopher when I was little. You picked up tons of goodies this week! Enjoy!
He;s so cute and so clever. LOL
I’ve always loved Caddyshack and the gopher!! That was a great movie and I will be really mad if they try to remake it. I wish they would leave the great 80’s movies alone!
I did notice Amazon’s changes for their ratings but I still leave a review based on my rating system. It gets too confusing to change for each site.
You have a great haul this week again. Have fun reading all your new books and have a great week!
That gopher is clever but it couldn’t have been to hard to fool Murray. LOL
It just bothers me that Amazon changed their descriptions. I still use the same rating as on my blog but it bothers me sometimes.
Yes, I give higher reviews on both Amazon and Goodreads more because of people who post one and two stars on great books, than what their rating descriptions are. I really loathe when I see reviews that say they gave a book two stars because the book was Science Fiction and they don’t like that genre, or they couldn’t stand the MC’s name. Ugh. I feel it kind of off sets the the crazy reviews. On Goodreads I always lead my mini-review with what my blog star rating is, if it is different. I almost never give five stars on my blog. Have a fab week!
I do get taken aback because someone rates a book because they didn’t like the genre. Always makes me wonder why they read the book?
Enjoy that haul! Thanks for sharing…and as for my review ratings, I use the same on my blog, on Amazon, and on Goodreads.
Love that book bag! Here are MY WEEKLY UPDATES
I got some good ones! I stick to the same star rating everywhere. But on Amazon, their description for let’s say a 4 star rating, doesn’t fit with mine. I figure it’s best to go the same all over.
I never change my rating when I cross-post my review on amazon and to be honest I do’t know what amazon their descriptions are for eahc star as I never pay attention to it. I think it’s too much effort to correct it and hwen I give a book a 4 star rating that means my 4 star definition. And beside that my review stays the same and tells the reader more then the actual rating. But yeah it’s a issue worth considering.
Have a great week and enjoy your new books!
I agree Lola. And it sounds like most people go by the stars rather than by what Amazon’s meaning for them is.
You have a lot of fun looking books, some edgy ones and some fun ones too. Caddyshack was a trip! And love that song by Kenny Loggins.
Yep. I’m all over the place in genres. I always am. I don’t want to miss anything!LOL
I’ve listened to that song a few times too! Now I have to watch the movie, AGAIN.
Interesting question about the review ratings for Amazon- I don’t change mine because then what would the five stars be? I do wish they had half ratings, I always add a line saying “actual rating is 3.5 stars” or whatever. I really struggle deciding whether or not to round up or down! I’m so inconsistent with that!
Have a great week! Enjoy your haul 🙂
I’ve pondered using the half star ratings. I do it in my head and then round up or down accordingly. It’s easier to just not use them when posting though.
Honestly, I’ve never paid attention to Amazon’s special rating system (I didn’t even know they had one), I rate books the same way I rate them on my blog. Enjoy your book haul and have a great week 😉
If you hover on a star it will give you their description for it. I stick to the same everywhere I post but it bugs me sometimes.
I don’t change my rating for goodreads or amazon. My reviews on my site pretty much mean the same thing. 3 stars=maybe, 4 stars=i like it, 5 stars=i love it.
You got a great haul this week! Ask the Dark is something I have heard creating a buzz. I hope you like it. Book of the Dead looks really good too. Enjoy your week!
It sounds like most of us just use the stars and our own descriptions.
I couldn’t resist Ask The Dark!
The only one of these I’ve heard of is Ask the Dark and I thought about requesting that one… Have you started it yet? Thanks for stopping by my blog!
Yes, I’ve started it and so glad I requested it!
I hope you enjoy all your reads. A lot of them are new to me.
Have a great week!
Thanx for visiting My Weekly Wrap-Up!
Naomi @ Nomi’s Paranormal Palace
I’m tearing through them!LOL
Ha Caddshack!!! I haven’t seen that in years. Funny movie. 🙂
No I don’t change my rating even if the two don’t coincide what they mean. I just keep my rating consistent across all the sites I post on.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. Have a great week. 🙂
I loved the movie and can’t ever watch it enough.
Most people who’ve commented are the same. Stick to their rating. I do it to be consistent also.
I don’t use stars on my blog, but when I do Goodreads or Amazon I use their system. My post: http://fangswandsandfairydust.com/2015/02/snowday.html
I do them on my blog so the readers know my rating:)
Fantastic haul! Enjoy all your goodies!
I sure will!
I hate that the Amazon stars are so off…I think it really depends on what my overall feeling is for the book. Sometimes the stars are matches and other times i have to rate up. I hope you enjoy your new books and have a great week!
I know. It’s like they are saying 4 stars is an okay read. I think most people ignore their descriptions and stick with the same rating anyway. I do, but it bugs me sometimes.
Ooh nice about all the free books (so many books, so little time, right?) I wasn’t aware of the Amazon thing. When I do cross post reviews there I always use the same as on my blog – I guess I just wasn’t paying attention. I’ll certainly look out and see it it matches next time I review there.
I know. So many new ones to read:)
Yeah, they changed their definition for what the stars mean and it doesn’t work for me, but I stick to the same rating everywhere.
Great haul. I love all your swag thanks for stopping by my blog have a great week 🙂
I had a great week!
I don’t think I heard of Jonnie Jacobs before. Those books all look so good. Enjoy!
I read her books many years ago and felt a hankering to read some again:)
Wow, so much news from you this week! I also just got a copy of Vostok, I think I’m on the blog tour. Hope you enjoy everything!
My sister and I are also on the tour. Doesn’t that cover for Vostok look killer?!
Lots of fun additions this week. I love your little dancing guy towards the top. 🙂 The Amazon thing kind of bugs me too. I keep my ratings the same, but it’s kind of annoying. Thanks for stopping by!
Another slew of books I haven’t heard of but look interesting. You are going to kill my TBR. 🙂 Love the swag package, looks like you got some new stuff.
That is some seriously awesome book swag! That must have been a happy mail day! I read Valentine’s Day is Murder a few weeks ago and enjoyed it. Hope you do too! You’ve got some interesting looking books this week – especially the cozies!