200

I checked the Amazon page for First today and it reached a milestone - 200 ratings. It maintains a 4.5 rating, which is very exciting. When you have a pool of that many people giving their opinion, it evens out the highs and lows. It’s also exciting because 200 is a nice number. By way of explanation, a very small percentage of people give ratings on the books they read. I’m not talking about reviews, which are the written opinions you see in even fewer cases. These ratings are the number of stars, from one to five, that people can leave quite easily on their Kindle when they finish the book. Would be nice if everyone did it, but it’s a voluntary activity. It’s interesting to click into the ratings and realize four people gave the book one star, while 124 have rated First as a five-star read. Sorry those four people didn’t like the book, but really happy that so many people did. It’s a nice little marker on the road for this book, which has now been out for almost 18 months. TBH, I didn’t really know what to expect with the number of ratings. I thought a few dozen were great, but the total continues to grow steadily. Thanks to all who left a rating.