in one's book

According to one's opinion or way of thinking. For example, In my book he's a wonderful father. This expression alludes to a book containing a personal list of some kind. [Slang; mid-1900s] Also see black book.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Maurine	maw-REEN, MAWR-een	English, Irish
Pratik	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali
Meital	-	Hebrew
Hagar	HAY-gahr (English)	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Nori	no-ṙee	Japanese
Imogen	IM-ə-jən	English (British)