Goodreads, Anyone?

[rolanni]

Apparently I'm now a Goodreads Author. Still trying to figure out how it all works. Thanks to Red -- I'm assuming that's you, redpimpernel? -- for starting the author page and starting with the decorating.

Anyhow, everybody feel free to drop by.

Comments

[missingvolume.livejournal.com]

I love using Goodreads. but of course I still only really post reviews on my LJ. But Goodreads makes it very easy for me to track what I am reading and keep a list of books I want to read at some point down the road.

[reedrover]

Goodreads is fun for keeping in touch with friends' libraries. I force-fed the system "Misfits" a while ago.

Happy to help

[redpimpernel.livejournal.com]

Your welcome!
I love Goodreads just for the ease of tracking what I have read, and what I *want* to read. Now I have a central place to note interesting books whenever/wherever they get mentioned. Whenever I am in a bookstore and I see books I'm interested in, I write the names down on whatever scrap paper comes to hand and then loose them when I get home. Now I just add them to my "To-Read" shelf. Much, much tidier.

I became a librarian on Goodreads just so I could add a profile for Barry B. Longyear, and straighten out the Lee & Miller shelves, and now I enjoy helping to maintain the books I read. I didn't start your profile page, it was already there with a link to your blog. But I did start Steve's and added basic bios for you both, cleaned up the book listings so that the Sharon Lee (at least 2 or 3 of you) and Steve Miller (OMG 8 or 9 of them! If he were to start over I would strongly recommend the use of a middle initial) who write Liaden books, only show your books, and not religious crafts, or photography or architecture books. It was cool to find the books you've contributed short stories to.

I know you like to list the books you've read so far this year. Goodreads has several widgets (listed under TOOLS at bottom of the bookshelf list column) that can display the cover art of any of your shelves. You can customize to a point cover art size, and other options. So if you had a shelf called 2009 it might look like this (this is my currently reading shelf):

Read in 2009: (http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/98395-red?utm_medium=api&utm_source=grid_widget)

(http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1702611.Full_Blast)

(http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6104759.An_Echo_in_the_Bone)

Re: Happy to help

[mardott.livejournal.com]

Hey, thanks! I didn't know that we could add shelves, or post it over here on LJ. The widget has a disclaimer saying it won't work on LJ, so I never tried.

Re: Happy to help

[redpimpernel.livejournal.com]

There are actual several widgets in a list, the first one that uses flash may not work on LJ, but the other static versions do work.

Re: Happy to help

[redpimpernel.livejournal.com]

And you can add as many custom shelves as you want, and books can be on multiple shelves. At GoodReads the shelves never fill up, warp, or need to be dusted! I have shelves for library books, audio books, kindle books, as well as the more traditional topics.

Re: Happy to help

[mardott.livejournal.com]

Good to know! I have a few books on my list that I don't actually own, and I know I'll get confused when I want to read them, but can't find them. Now I know I can put them on a separate shelf.

Ah, organization...