Book review

I love books, I love to read, and I never seem to have enough time to read all the books that I want to.  I keep a list of books that I have read, and I rate them on a scale of 1-10.  Here's part of my list with the ratings, which are:

7-10 : Excellent
6 : Good
4-5 : Average
1-3 : Don't bother

7-10 : Excellent

• 3 cups of tea by Greg Mortenson (10)
• A thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini (10)
• The happiness project by Gretchen Rubin (9)
• A guide to the birds of East Africa by Nicholas Drayson (9)
• Julia's Chocolates by Cathy Lamb (8)
• Baking cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin (8)
• Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (8)
• Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (8)
• My sisters keeper by Jodi Picoult (8)
• Sky Burial by Xinran (8)
• The promise of rain by Donna Milner (7)
• Red tape and white knuckles by Lois Pryce (7)
• Message from an unknown Chinese mother by Xinran (7)
• Body Clutter by Cilla & Ely (7)
• Two little girls in blue by Mary Higgins Clark (7)
• Fabulously 40 and beyond by M Orford & K Schimke (7)

6 : Good

• The Good Women of China by Xinran
• The camel bookmobile by Masha Hamilton
• The Rabbi's daughter by Reva Mann
• Tears of the desert by Hamila Basheer
• 90 minutes in Heaven by Don Piper
• Do I look fat in this? by Rhonda Britten
• Daddy's girl by Margie Orford
• When hungry, eat by Joanne Fedler

4-5 : Average

• Valeria's last stand by Marc Fitten (5)
• Five wishes by Gay Hendricks (5)
• The Russian concubine by Kate Furnivall (5)
• The cross country quilters by Jennifer Chiaverini (5)
• The handbag and wellies yoga club by Lucy Edge (4)
• The fall of lucifer by Wendy Alec (4)
• Mercy by Jodi Picoult (5)

1-3 : Don't bother

• The bodies left behind by Jeffery Deaver
• Chicken Hawk by Robert Mason
• I usually stop reading books by chapter 3 or 4 if I am really not enjoying it

This is my personal list and the ratings are based on my enjoyment of the books, so relax if there is a book on the list which you enjoyed but I didn't. I can highly recommend the books on my 'excellent' list - enjoy!