A Bookish Friday – Goodreads.com
23 April 2010
Awhile back, my friend, Kelli, suggested I join Goodreads. And the obsession began.
Goodreads is basically a social networking site for readers. I actually hate the social networking aspect and mostly ignore it. (Especially authors sending me messages recommending their own books. Ugh.)
But the list person in me adores Goodreads. My entire life, someone would say to me, “Hey, you should read such-and-such,” and I’d be like, “Okay.” Then I’d totally forget. I had no method for tracking books I wanted to read. A few years ago, I started keeping a list on Amazon, but it was annoying because I didn’t necessarily want to own the books, I just wanted to read them.
I’m in the process now of uploading all the books sitting on my bookshelf waiting to be read. Thus far I’ve done one—_Rekindled_ by Tamera Alexander. I don’t lack interest in the project, just free time.
If you’re a reader and a list person, you should definitely check out Goodreads. There’s also Shelfari, but there was some pretty negative talk on my writers loops about how Shelfari raped their address book, so I never checked it out. So far Goodreads hasn’t minded me being anti-social.
Also, if you write young adult fiction, I wrote a “how to” sort of article for a blog featuring various genres. Some people apparently view me as knowing what I’m doing. Shh, don’t tell them I don’t.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
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