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I'm not sure why people like it so much. My aunt-in-law is high pressuring me to use it. I have my library listing all the books I checked out. I have a pdf/ep
by hospitalJail 3y ago
I'm not sure why people like it so much. My aunt-in-law is high pressuring me to use it.
I have my library listing all the books I checked out. I have a pdf/epub reader that has a history of the books I read(although a new phone will probably wipe that out).
For a while, I was merely writing down my books in a dedicated notebook, but I realized that it didn't really matter, if a book was important, I remembered it. If it was bad, I forgot about it. I could have typed these into google sheets so it was sharable. I wonder if that is an acceptable option.
- prepend 3y agoFor me, I like it better than my own list because I was spending unnecessary time finding and organizing books. So I like having the spelling and year right and just list management of want to read, reading, read. I did it in a google sheet, but now I spend less time using it. I also like that I can add friends and see what they read. There’s no chance that I’ll open my aunt’s book list sheet once a week to see what’s changed but I would love to see her reading in my feed along with my other friends.
- cafard 3y agoI use a Google Sheet for the neighborhood book club list. It is handy for reference--did we read X, and if so, who picked it? The group has been going for something like 18 years, after which even the very good and the very bad can be forgotten.
- manojlds 3y agoIt's social media for book readers. I user it to primarily see what my friends read and what they think about those books and about the books I read. It's not just place to keep note of books you read.
- joenot443 3y agoCouldn’t agree more. There seems to be some confusion in this thread about the product’s value preposition - it’s a social network, not an archiving system. Using GoodReads alone strikes me like using Facebook alone, there’s just not much value there without other users.
- nozzlegear 3y agoThis is exactly why my wife, our friends and I use Goodreads as well. It's fun to see what everyone is reading, and to comment on a book or ask what they thought about a book they just finished. We also enjoy comparing our year-in-review infographic that Goodreads creates each year.
- larperdoodle 3y agoBut you don't just track books you've read, you also track books you want to read, which is much harder to remember. I also tag them to indicate if I already own them and in what format (physical, epub, audio). Saves me from purchasing duplicates when I'm at the used book store.
- hinkley 3y ago> you also track books you want to read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsundoku https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsundoku I know exactly what books I want to read.
- Bellend 3y agoI am into my first thousand books. If I have a queue of 10-20 already purchased (garage, deals, new, offers) and someone recommends a book somewhere such as HN, I add it. I don't think tracking books you want to read is Tsundoku.
- hinkley 3y agoNeither do I. I have over two shelf feet of books I plan to read and haven’t yet. No that’s a lie, it’s at least four.
- Paul_S 3y agoI never understood that concept. What is wrong with having your own library? I have about 200 books on my shelves I haven't read and any time I want to I can find something interesting. It's s luxury but not anything I'm embarrassed about. Makes more sense than keeping the books I've already read on my bookshelves.
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoNothing wrong with it as long as you have the space; anything else is more of a logistics challenge. I like owning books, sure they take up a lot of space and it's not likely I'll read or re-read them any time soon, but I think it's important to have it. But also, more and more, having the physical space and safety to own a 'static' collection like books is becoming a luxury and a privilege.