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Rules? Guidelines? Miscellaneous?

Somewhere, someway, someone established the idea of a rating system. I don't know about you but I don't think in terms of rating stuff. However, I guess I must if I'm going to review books, movies or anything else that strikes my fancy. What is a five star? How does a five star compare to a four star? I don't know. Wish I did, that would make a huge difference. I do know that even the five stars are far from perfect. If I have to make a distinction, a four star will get reread many times (sometimes hundreds of rereads because that's what I do) and a five star will get entire fantasies created for my brain's entertainment. If I read either a four or a fiver on Kindle, then I am probably putting a print copy on my wish list. A three star means "okay, I've read that. Nice. Interesting. Might read again when I've forgotten certain elements." If a three star is part of a series, I might or might not continue with the next book. A three-bie proba...
I am a native Texan who started reading shortly after birth, thanks to a serious literary addiction which runs in the family. I'd rather read than sleep, but then I get even more cranky so let's move on. I started writing seriously in 2013 and started my first blog,  TexasNSanity , on my birthday in 2014. In 2015, I self-published my first book baby,  If You Touch My Mind , a contemporary romance set in Texas. The sequel,  Keep Your Eyes On Me , was delivered in 2016.  Healer  is a fantasy romance and the first of a trilogy will be out as soon as I finish editing (which will be soon, I promise). There are other novels in the wings, waiting impatiently for their time to come forth. You can expect all of my books to contain at least one of the following: fantasy or some reason why 'this can't happen in real life' (that's the way I like my movies, too), family names, family stories, or family objects. (My mother has genealogy research dating back to before...