Please read my introductory notes before looking at any of these pages. Thank you kindly.
fantasy
tier 1
novels
tier 1
science fiction
tier 1 /
tier 2
Introductory Notes
Item One: My apologies.
Item Two: Tiers & categories.
Item 2a.: Tier Definitions.
Item 2b.: Opinions.
Item 2c.: Series
Item 2e.: Novels
First of all, I started a TV review section. Later, I added a movie review section. Both are far from finished, especially the latter. And eventually I thought there's something seriously, heinously, egregiously wrong with my not having a book review section. So here it is. Now, I was all proud of myself for making the TV directory be "tv" and the index page be "shows." And later making the movie directory be "feature" and the index page be "films." You follow me? See what I was going for there? TV shows and feature films? Well, I must now apologize that the best I could come up with for this section is "book reports." Which in a way isn't so bad, because my talent for writing book reviews is generally pretty poor, even compared to my generally poor talent for writing TV or movie reviews, and so my entries will mostly be more like reports than actual reviews. Very sort of grade school-quality stuff, I shouldn't wonder. I must apologize for the fact that there will be next to nothing here for the foreseeable future. I can't imagine writing reviews of stuff I haven't read for, like, ever. I'll try to get to something eventually, but no telling when it'll be, and since my memory sucks, the reviews shall no doubt suck, as well. Anyway, I'm sure I'll think of more to apologize for, later....
I've decided to use a tiered system for each category, though there are some categories which are not tiered, and some categories may skip tiers if I can't think of any books that fit each tier's definition. The tiers are not necessarily about my estimation of the quality of a book-- in large part they are, but other important factors include how much I just plain enjoy(ed) them and how well I remember them, etc. If you don't find a show you're looking for in the category you think it should be in, don't worry, it might still be in a different category somewhere. Also, I may occasionally move a show from one tier to another, or even from one category to another, if I decide to reconsider my opinions and/or the structure of this project, from time to time.
Tier 1 will be my "favorite" books in each category, which may generally (though not necessarily always) be interpreted as "loved" books.
Tier 2 will be my "very well-liked" books.
Tier 3 will be my "middlin' well-liked" books.
Tier 4 will be my "fairly well-liked" books.
Tier 5 will be my "liked, but not well-liked" books.
Tier 6 will be my "somewhat liked" books.
Please note: There may be any number of books not mentioned on any of my pages, which I don't necessarily dislike, but either forgot to include, or for one reason or another (or even no particular reason at all) choose not to include. (I'm just crazy that way, I guess.)
Of course, my placement of these books, and anything I have to say about them, is merely my opinion. You all are completely entitled to your own opinions. You may completely disagree with some of what I have to say here. I don't mind, and I hope you won't mind, either.
I expect I'll usually put reviews of a series of books in a single entry rather than reviewing individual books (unless I've only read one book in a series). Just to make it easier for me, and, hopefully, for you as well.... Of course, there may be some difficulty if I feel some installments deserve to be on different tiers than other installments....
Something else I feel I should apologize for. There will be some books that I really don't know how to categorize. I'm afraid I'm not much good at such things. You know, I read mostly science fiction and fantasy. But some books are just... books, to me. So I will think of them, and categorize them here, as novels. Which is just wrong, because pretty much any book in any genre can be considered a novel. Personally I tend to think of the words "book" and "novel" as almost interchangeable. Nevertheless... Sigh. This is just what I'm going to call some books. Unless someone tells me what genre to call such things....