Giving books a rating number from 1 – 10 is very subjective.  It can depend on so many personal things.  Also, in my opinion, you can’t really compare one genre of book to a different genre of book.  But, I did my best to rate all the books I have read just to give everyone a general overview of my overall feeling about the book.  Most places only do a 1 – 5 rating, but I felt that would not give you enough information.  I think that doing 1 – 10 is more specific and helpful.  But, you should not decide to buy/read a book just based on my numerical rating alone.  You should read my whole review of the book and then decide what you think.