Category: Click Date Repeat

Book Promotion, Click Date Repeat

Bookbzz.com Prize Writer Competition

K. J. Farnham

imageI’m happy to announce that Click Date Repeat has been chosen as a finalist in the Romantic Fiction Category of Bookbzz.com’s Prize Writer Competition.

Finalists were chosen by a panel of independent reviewers, and winners will be chosen by public vote.

To view a list of romantic fiction finalists or to vote for Click Date Repeat, please visit the voting page no later than February 28. Winners will be announced on World Book Day (March 5).

Thank you for your votes!

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Click Date Repeat, Self Publishing

Coming to Terms With Ratings

K. J. Farnham

My book received a new rating on Goodreads yesterday. Three stars.

Goodreads Rating Scale

5 = It was amazing.

4 = I really liked it.

3 = I liked it.

2 = It was okay.

1 = I did not like it.

While three stars isn’t a bad rating, it still hit me hard. I can’t help it. Anything less than four stars pushes my self-critical nature into a tailspin and my mind into overdrive.

After seeing this particular rating, questions flooded my brain for a good 15 minutes.

  • Why didn’t this reader include a review?
  • What didn’t she like about my book?
  • What is this person’s average rating on Goodreads?
  • Does she normally read books like mine?
  • To what other books has she given three stars?

Craziness, right? Don’t worry. It was only temporary insanity.

When the reader in me finally spoke up, I started to come to my senses.

  • Maybe she didn’t have time to write a review or maybe she never writes reviews.
  • Maybe the main character annoyed her. (Chloe Thompson is unnecessarily picky at times, you know.)
  • This person’s average rating is completely irrelevant! You have given plenty of three-star ratings, and your average is currently 4.14.
  • Whether she normally reads books like yours doesn’t matter either! You read all sorts of books, and genre never influences your ratings.
  • No two books are exactly alike. HONESTLY. Let. It. Go.

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And when this entire thought process came to an end, I reminded myself that most of my favorite books have gotten three-, two- and even one-star ratings. All of them. Even books like The Hunger Games, Cutting for Stone and Charlotte’s Web.

I wonder if Suzanne Collins ever obsessed over a less than perfect rating.