Yeah, it certainly makes explicit that all this is subjective rather than reaching for the illusion of objectivity that sometimes just focusing on how it fits within specific boxes can create. But as I think you say further up, it is a bit of a balancing act.

Ditto. But at the same time, when I'm reading reviews, particularly for something fairly popular I find it helpful as it differentiate reviews which might come to the same conclusions but for different reasons

I know it's definitely something I struggle with when writing my own reviews. As so much of how I respond to a book is down to my experiences and perceptions and thus only writing *what* i felt without *why* might result in half a review. Otoh feels slightly overindulent/oversharing at times.

Time relocate to the sofa where I will inevitably fall asleep within 20 minutes but at the cost of various aches and pains and losing circulation in at least one limb.

Apparently what I needed to work on this project was people talking and train travel.Luckily at the point with some solid blocks of colour so slightly less counting required

If it's particularly not my thing about 2 pages but most other times it's about 25%. Most of the time an instant reject is either the book's voice or its prose. Most other things will depend on how it's written.

Thanks, that looks really useful. I'll give it a go, next time I start a cross-stitch. 😊

Thanks. That's a good shout, I should probably take a look for one - I have another that was about an inch too short and I'm completely demoralised to do anything with it.

More progress. Also proof that I really need to allow more fabric than I think. It'll fit but it's going to be tight