Loved this reframing away from ratings to experiences. The sensory details (steam on jackets reading The Dark is Rising, driving through snowcapped Glencoe with The Last Chairlift) show how books imprint on specific moments way more than any 5-star system could capture. I've got a similiar thing with Murakami where Norwegian Wood is forever tied to a rainy week in Portland, even tho the book has nothign to do with rain or Portland.
Loved this reframing away from ratings to experiences. The sensory details (steam on jackets reading The Dark is Rising, driving through snowcapped Glencoe with The Last Chairlift) show how books imprint on specific moments way more than any 5-star system could capture. I've got a similiar thing with Murakami where Norwegian Wood is forever tied to a rainy week in Portland, even tho the book has nothign to do with rain or Portland.
After all, reading is an experiential, emotional,and sensory emersion between me and those lovely words collected on paper.