I will freely admit that as a reviewer (hobby and fun passing along my opinions) – I do give a higher ratio of 5 – 4.5 – 4 – 3.5 – 3 star reviews.  The truth is I will request and/or buy the type of novels that I normally enjoy so I’m not surprised by that.  I fully expect to enjoy, on some level, what I’ve decided to read.

I have to tell you that as a READER – the number of stars matters not one little bit to me.  *gasp*  Perhaps I’ve said something impolite there – but truth nonetheless.  A well written, descriptive Story Blurb/Cover Description will make my decision to plop down my hard earned money faster than the number of stars some anonymous person gives a book.  (and yes, I know that I’m one of those antonymous persons)

It goes without saying that authors and publishing houses want as many stars as they can gather.  After all, the author has spent hours, bled tears and sweat, consumed copious amounts of coffee, torn their hair out and spent many a sleepless night delivering their book baby.  I am astonished by the ability of writers who can do what they do time and time again.  So, the number of stars on a review does reflect somewhat on how their baby has done out in the world – to a certain extent.

Yet, for me personally, as purely a reader – I base my interest on the description of the story I’m about to decide to read or not.  If I had one wish for authors it would be to please spend some time thinking about, designing that Cover Description – pique my interest, make me want to know more, ask me into your world because I’m going to love the experience.  I have seen Story Blurbs that come no where near the story that was within the pages – and honestly, it annoys me, feel kinda cheated in a way that I didn’t get the story I was expecting.

So my question to anyone who wanders in and discovers this discussion post – as a READER only… do the number of rating stars a book gets make a difference in your decision to buy or read that book?