The title of my blog comes from one of my favourite books: The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton. "The Year of the Rose" was one of her working titles for the novel prior to its publication.
For the past few months I have been avidly frequenting goodreads.com and also posting book reviews on my tumblog. Because of my great passion for books, I have decided to start a blog entirely devoted to my reviews.
In my reviews, I will use goodreads' rating system. It's easy to use, and I also find that it has the added bonus of not presuming to actually rate the value of the work. It is just my opinion, and I don't presume that my opinion is the be-all-end-all! For those not familiar with goodreads' rating system, this is how it works:
One star--I didn't like it.
Two stars--It was okay.
Three stars--I liked it.
Four stars--I really liked it.
Five stars--I loved it!
So, here it goes :)