Goodreads!

[alias_sqbr]

So I finally got around to signing up for Goodreads, and was reminded just how much I enjoy categorising my books. I used to spend hours recategorising my bookshelves as a kid. If you're interested in seeing my favourite scifi/lgbt/romance/science etc books it may be useful.

Does anyone else have an account? I mean to keep posting reviews here but may crosspost, I don't know. So far I can only be bothered rating and categorising.

Comments

[trouble]

I have two Goodreads accounts! One is for academic reading and is boring. The other is for personal reading and hasn't been updated in a long time. :(

[alias_sqbr]

I added a bunch when I joined since I was drawing from every book i have ever read, but i can see my end of year stats being a bit depressing. Books require way too much brain.

[ariaflame]

Yes, though I don't use it very often. For my book cataloguing needs I've mostly been using librarything since I came across that first.

[alias_sqbr]

Fair enough! How do the two compare?

[kerravonsen]

I'm on LibraryThing; I haven't checked out Goodreads. Should I?

[alias_sqbr]

I don't know, I've never used LibraryThing, sorry!

[owlmoose]

I just added you, if that is all right. :) I'm not as active on there as I would like to be, but I'm glad to have it for keeping track of what I've read.

[alias_sqbr]

Absolutely! I have no idea how much I'll use it once the novelty wears off, we shall see!

[torachan]

I just friended you!

I would like to organise my books better over there, but mostly just feel overwhelmed. I imported my library from LibraryThing and the result was a horrible mess (I would almost recommend readding everything by hand than importing from LT to someone who was considering doing it; it's that bad) and then after a long time finally got it into almost presentable shape, and then never got around to finishing things. -_-

There's a lot I like better about LibraryThing, but it seems more people (at least people I know) use Good Reads.

[alias_sqbr]

Urg, I've been in that kind of situation, how annoying.

Yes, the popularity of goodreads is what made me decide to check it out.

[lauredhel]

Absolutely - I'm lauredhel there, just like here.

[alias_sqbr]

Hello! Your posts about it were one of the things that inspired me to join.

[pseudo_tsuga]

I sent you a friends request! I'm a bit behind on adding books but I try to at least keep on reading other people's reviews.

[alias_sqbr]

Hello! So, I should actually write some reviews then, eh? :)

[pseudo_tsuga]

I'd certainly enjoy it but I'm such a sporadic reviewer that I'd be a massive hypocrite, haha.