***** = Thought the book was excellent, one of my all time favorite reads, would highly recommend to others, and will probably read again someday.
**** = Very good book, not one of my absolute favorites but would certainly recommend to others.
*** = Good book, worthy of reading at least once, would recommend to others.
** = Book was just OK, would not read again however, and as far as recommending it...well, you can be the judge of that.
* = Didn't really care for the book, was slow reading and very uninteresting, would not recommend to others unless of course you have nothing else to read.