we had friends categorize our reading likes/dislikes? Or categorize ourselves? For example, I'd say I'm a Satire/Historical Fiction/Classics/Non-fiction/Beat-gen Lit, and that I'm moderately-well-read-but-nothing-like-Camilla.

those terms need to be clearly defined, and really doesn't say much. So you like historical fiction. that statement includes nothing about the quality of writing, it hardly says anything about what type of literature it is at all... is it about the 70's or 3000 BC egypt? a vengeance story like the count of monte cristo or exploring the dark jungles of the african continent? Or is it from your youth, like children's books (The T-Rex and the Brontosaurus)? I hate to say it, but you cannot narrow it down like that... Now, we know each other somewhat at this site, and most people are prepared to take a chance on some reviews. However, look at Jacob's or Larry's reviews... they have done so many reviews over the years that I can take a look at them, see what they thought about specific issues, and realise that "I don't agree with them on this point, so them hating that part is not necessarily a negative".
and the sad part is that I had to go back after writing this and edit in the things about your age. I almost forgot.

"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world" - Calvin.
Do you care about Reviews?
12/10/2009 11:14:39 PM
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Re: Do you care about Reviews?
13/10/2009 01:10:05 AM
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I enjoy the reviews greatly. I wish I could access them all on one page.
13/10/2009 01:12:25 AM
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Well...
13/10/2009 02:06:59 AM
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Special Ed classes? Are you really that behind on your education, young man?
*NM*
14/10/2009 04:01:45 AM
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I am rather idiosyncratic about such things.
13/10/2009 05:02:32 AM
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I think you're fairly idiosyncratic about most things.
13/10/2009 11:32:44 AM
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Yes, but...
13/10/2009 10:46:58 AM
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Bien sûr.
13/10/2009 04:31:24 PM
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I had to ask Tim what that means.
13/10/2009 11:32:48 PM
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Wasn't he going to teach you French?
13/10/2009 11:41:28 PM
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Yeah. We kind of stopped doing that. Must get back into it at some point.
14/10/2009 12:05:26 AM
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Usually they're tl;dr *NM*
14/10/2009 12:50:54 AM
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I pretty much read all of them.
14/10/2009 04:51:39 AM
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Speaking as a reviewer, it's just nice to get an affirmation once and a while...
15/10/2009 04:42:56 PM
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