The Goodreads Killer

The Goodreads Killer: The Trilogy | Dave Franklin

I've passed 1000 logged reads on Goodreads! I've been a little nostalgic lately, wishing there were a way to look back at some of the books I read growing up. I've searched once or twice for Reading Olympic lists from the late 90's, but no luck.
Everyone once in a while, I'll get a flash of memory, but I think most of them will be lost to time.

Deblovestoread I get this! There are two books in particular that I wish I could remember their title to find again. I have bits of the plot and when I read them but that‘s it. 5mo

Pogue You should check out TheStoryGraph. I love how they are set up. It is much cleaner than Goodreads. You you can import your Goodreads to TheStoryGraph. 5mo

TieDyeDude @deblovestoread I was like that for the longest time with Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt. The New York library used to have a team to hunt down books on vague descriptions, but that was before 2020. You can try https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/724/Name-that-Book 5mo

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TieDyeDude @pogue I tried transferring once, but it didn't do a good job. Also, I wasn't ready to leave Goodreads, and I really wasn't good at keeping them both updated 😬 I might try again, though. 5mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🎊🎉📚 5mo

Bookwomble @TieDyeDude @Deblovestoread Library Thing's Talpa Search is an AI which can display results from a comma-separated list of descriptors or from a natural language question. There's also a human intelligence (HI should be a thing!) group that tries to identify books from vague descriptions. Another tool is tags, and searching "Reading Olympics" brought up lots of books readers have given that tag to. Hope this is useful info ? 5mo

Deblovestoread @Bookwomble Thanks for this. I have spent a some hours over the years searching all the things without luck. Happy to have a new search avenue. 5mo

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TieDyeDude

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Not too shabby considering we moved to Alaska this year 😁 I also undervalue my reads sometimes: Lois Lowry's Giver quarter I counted as one book, the Batman Knightfall saga I only counted as the three omnibuses, etc. On to 2024!

BookishMadHatter Not too shabby indeed. Way to go 10mo

Amiable Great way to end the year! 10mo

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swishandflick

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The level of anxiety I reach when I can't access my book apps (be it Goodreads or even Litsy on occasion) is WILD. Like when I couldn't log a book I finished *the second* I finished it yesterday I started to sweat because my routine was out of whack.

(Adds to list of things to discuss with therapist)

Laughterhp I know!! I was getting so frustrated that I couldn‘t access goodreads last night! 1y

JenReadsAlot Lol I'm a therapist and feel this 😂 1y

vivastory 😂😂 1y

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Cuilin Me too, 1 am this morning for me. What are we like! 1y

AmyG Same here. I check every few minutes. WHY? 😂 1y

Aims42 Yep, same here!! 1y

EKonrad 🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏽‍♀️ Same!! 1y

LiseWorks I can relate lol 1y

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Blueberry

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Anyone else having trouble with Goodreads today??

booksaremyfavorite Yes…glad it‘s not just my account. 1y

NataliePatalie 😭 1y

ItsAnotherJen Yes!! Super annoying 😒 1y

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ChaoticMissAdventures Seems to have been down most of the day and I finished 2 books, what will I do if I cannot update!! 😭😑 1y

DieAReader @ChaoticMissAdventures Once it‘s back up, you can mark them as finished & then go to where it says Edit &/or Change Dates‘ & backdate it. I‘ve had to do it before & it‘s usually beside the Editions information (on the iOS app anyways…) 1y

DieAReader 12:25am DST & it‘s still not loading anything completely. 1y

EKonrad Yessss 😩 1y

Blueberry It's back up! 1y

Bookbuyingaddict Yes 🙌 i poster the same thing yesterday morning it was back up this morning in the uk 🇬🇧 and then it‘s unexpected error message again ! 🙄 1y

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Leftcoastzen

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Still? What‘s going on over there?

Susanita The hamster died? 1y

Leftcoastzen @Susanita 😁poor 🐹! 1y

JamieArc I‘m wondering if it‘s connected to the fact that the NYTimes just did an article about people spamming negative reviews about books they haven‘t read, like with the tagged book.

Everything's Fine

Leftcoastzen @JamieArc could be . I see that as a real disappointing trend. 1y

SamAnne I think it is connected. At the very least the site got overloaded. 1y

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Bookgoil

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It was a great year for reading. I didn‘t expect to make it to 500 books again with my new job but my panel pushed me to keep going and awesome books kept me up to speed. Looking forward to another year of great books!

Julsmarshall Wow! Well done! 2y

kspenmoll Just WOW!!! 2y

fredamans 👏 👏 👏 2y

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Morr_Books

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I don't know why I made such a high reading goal for 2022. I had to really crank up my reading this week to complete this. Got it completed with just a few hours to spare. Now it is time to party. Happy New Year!!! 🎊🍾

wanderinglynn Congrats! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2y

Jas16 🙌🏽 2y

Leftcoastzen Yay! 2y

Ruthiella Well done and Happy New Year! 👏👏👏🥳 2y

Deblovestoread 🙌🏼 Happy New Year 🍾🎆🥂 2y

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Emilymdxn

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My goodreads reading challenge is officially done! It‘s always very exciting to mark a book read on goodreads and see the challenge complete!

I always read a lot in December for #wintergames so we‘ll see how far over the top it pushes me

vivastory Very impressive! 📚📚📚 2y

PurpleyPumpkin Congratulations, well done!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 2y

Bibliophile13 I am impressed…. 2y

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BookDragonNotWorm Congratulations!!! 2y

AnnR 👍 🙂 2y

Ruthiella Congratulations! 🥳👏👏👏 2y

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sprainedbrain

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Moving and disrupting my whole entire life earlier this year reduced my goal from my usual 200, but by golly I made it!

kplovesbooks 170 is an awesome amount!!! Well done! 3y

Chrissyreadit You are a reading marathoner 🙌👏🙌🎉 3y

Lindy Congratulations! 3y

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BookishMadHatter Way to go! 3y

JessClark78 🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊 3y

Ruthiella Congratulations! 🥳🥳🥳 3y

Bookzombie Congratulations! 3y

Jas16 🙌🏽 3y

KatieDid927 🙌🏼🙌🏼 3y

BarbaraBB Wow 🤩 3y

MaureenMc 🍾 3y

Gissy Amazing! 📚📚📚📚👏👏👏👏👏 3y

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BarbaraBB

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And then this happened today! Yay! My next goal is to reach the same amount of books (186!!) I read last year, the year of staying at home 🦠

Cinfhen Congrats 🎊🎈🍾 3y

TrishB I like that- the year of staying home ❤️ 3y

squirrelbrain Well done! 🎉 3y

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Librarybelle Congratulations! 3y

TiredLibrarian Hooray! ❤🎉 3y

Jas16 🙌🏽 3y

Deblovestoread Congrats!! 🎉 3y

vivastory Congrats 👏🎉📚 3y

IuliaC Wow, congrats! 🎈 3y

BittersweetBooks Congrats, 150 is amazing! (edited) 3y

Megabooks 🤩🤩🎉🎉🎉 great job! 3y

Kimberlone I also hit mine last night! 3y

Gissy Congratulations 📚📚📚📚🎉🎉🎉🎈🎈🎈 3y

Reggie Yayy!!! Way to go!!! 3y

Simona Congratulations❣️🥂🍾 3y

Cathythoughts Well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3y

fredamans Congrats!! 3y

KarenUK Brilliant! 💕 3y

Tera66 Yay! Congratulations!👏👏👏 3y

Suet624 Barbara! That‘s amazing. 3y

BarbaraBB @Suet624 🙏 thank you 3y

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sarahbellum

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Yesterday, I discovered my #Goodreads account got hacked. I think the hacker/bot just liked a bunch of stranger‘s updates & posted a malicious link to my profile. I deleted what I found & changed my password. Apparently this is becoming really common- some people think hackers are trying to find a back door into people‘s Amazon accounts/credit cards since you can link Goodreads & Amazon. So heads up to keep a close eye on your account!

Bookwormjillk Yikes! Thanks for the heads up! 3y

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TheRiehlDeal

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I officially deleted my Goodreads account. I haven‘t used it for the longest time, plus I have a StoryGraph account, which I find is much better. And I also can‘t believe Amazon had to buy Goodreads! Like, why do you have to be a real life version of Monopoly, Amazon?!

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OrangeMooseReads

The Goodreads Killer: The Trilogy | Dave Franklin

With 2 jobs I don‘t want to get overly ambitious. I did increase my goal by 5 though for this year. This is the only challenge that I do besides the ever present challenge to read more authors of color and women particularly women of color. This year I want to make an effort to read more indigenous female authors if you have suggestions I would be appreciative.
Happy New Reading Year!
Feel free to add me - Orangemoosereads

Hestapleton Heard great things about Joy Harjo! I have a few of her books on my 2021 TBR. 4y

OrangeMooseReads @Hestapleton I will put her on my list, thanks 😊 4y

Bkwrm7 Cynthia Leitich Smith does great kids and young adult books. I enjoyed the tagged book last year.

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OrangeMooseReads @Bkwrm7 I will put her on my list, thank you 😊 4y

bnp I assume Louise Erdrich is on your radar. She has a series of children's books, starting with The birchbark house. I also want to check out Susan Power (Sacred wilderness, Grass dancer, etc.) this year. 4y

OrangeMooseReads @bnp I have several of Erdrich‘s adult novels. I wasn‘t aware of the children‘s books though. I will put Susan Power on my list too, thank you 😊 4y

mom2bugnbee I really need to know the origin behind your name. 😂 😂 😂 4y

OrangeMooseReads @mom2bugnbee several yrs ago Man Cub got a stuffed orange moose at IKEA. I was bored one night and put my glasses on it and propped a book in its hands. I joined tumblr and needed a name and Orangemoosereads was born. 4y

mom2bugnbee Love it! 😁 4y

mhillis I‘m going to read Blonde Indian by Ernestine Hayes. It‘s the January selection for Erin and Dani‘s book club on Instagram 4y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

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I hit my Goodreads goal! Whoo Hoo!

#GoodreadsChallenge complete!

DieAReader Awesome job!!! Congrats🎉🥳 4y

CrowCAH Woohoo 🎉 4y

Suet624 Great job!!! 4y

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Amandajoy Yay! 🎉🎊 4y

Reggie Congrats!! 4y

BookmarkTavern Congrats! 🎉🎉🎉 4y

Bookzombie Congratulations! 4y

Angitron WOOT! Congrats! 🎉 4y

KVanRead Bravo 👏 4y

dariazeoli Woot! 4y

Eyelit Hells yeah! 👏 4y

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BookishGirl06

The Goodreads Killer: The Trilogy | Dave Franklin

Anyone else noticing weird things about goodreads? I went to update my progress in a book and it showed 37% but when I checked on it later it said 0% like I hadn‘t just updated it

TheRiehlDeal Maybe a glitch? Have you tried refreshing the page? 4y

Michollio Are you using the app? I've found that the app doesn't work very well sometimes and I have to switch to using the website in my browser. It will say I've finished a book I'm still reading, etc. 4y

BookishGirl06 @TheRiehlDeal @Michollio I‘m using the app. Just deleted and redownloaded and still no difference 4y

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Beatlefan129 I noticed it hasn‘t been updating my feed. Very annoying 4y

BookishGirl06 @Beatlefan129 idk if this helps but I‘m using an iPhone. Not sure if litsy is available androids or not 4y

Beatlefan129 @BookishGirl06 I tried both the app on my iPhone and signing in to the desktop version and there is no difference. I think the problems are on Goodreads side. 4y

RavenclawOwlCat It hasn‘t let me update my profile picture in forever! And it wouldn‘t even load the other day. 4y

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eanderson

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💥 BAAMM!!! Yayyy! #goodreadschallenge

Chrissyreadit 🥳🎊🎉👏 4y

Mollyanna Congratulations 🎉🍾🎉 4y

BarbaraBB And that with a baby! Well done 🎈 4y

sprainedbrain Awesome! 🥳🥳🥳 4y

mrp27 🎉🎉🎉 4y

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OrangeMooseReads

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Woohoo!
It‘s very likely because of COVID that I finished this early in the year.

SamanthaMarie Oooo nice!!! Congratulations!!! 🥳🥳🥳 4y

OrangeMooseReads @SamanthaMarie thank you 😊 4y

Jas16 🙌🏽 4y

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OrangeMooseReads @Jas16 thanks 😊 4y

mrp27 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 4y

Megabooks 🥳🥳🎉🎉 4y

BookishBelle Awesome!! 🥳🎉 4y

OrangeMooseReads @mrp27 @Megabooks @BookishBelle Thank you 😊 4y

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OrangeMooseReads

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Not sure if I‘m going to make my goal this year 😬
😂

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Geenie

The Goodreads Killer: The Trilogy | Dave Franklin

😂. I am perfectly okay with this because I am in the middle of six books atm and if I stop 🛑 picking 700-800 page books I may fly higher. Should I opt out of Middlemarch? Probably not. It‘s a classic. Plus I started late. Ok?

ChaoticMissAdventures My goal is to read more doorstopper books this year! It definitely lowers that books read number, but I like to track pages read instead! 5y

Geenie Interesting. I‘m not sure how exactly I feel now regarding number of books versus number of pages read. You have put me in a crux. 🤔 @ChaoticMissAdventures (edited) 5y

Birdsong28 There is no rush just go at your own pace! 👍❤️📚📖 5y

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Geenie 😏 @Birdsong28 ...joking 😆. I‘ve been thinking to commit to a smaller number of books. What do you think? 5y

Birdsong28 @Yoshi-and-a-book It is up to you read whatever takes you fancy whatever the size 📚📖 5y

Geenie I‘ll stick with 100. If I update it I‘ll tell you. Just because. @Birdsong28 5y

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Amiable

The Goodreads Killer: The Trilogy | Dave Franklin

Oh my gosh, this article resonates with me so much: https://themillions.com/2019/12/why-ill-never-read-a-book-a-week-ever-again.html

Especially these lines: “And more importantly, I wasn‘t immersed in reading. I was immersed in reaching a goal—a goal that was beginning to feel arbitrary.”

ravenlee This is why I don‘t set a numerical goal. My goal is to read as much as I can, and enjoy what I read. It‘s nice to have a high page count or stack of finished books, but only if I processed them fully. 5y

ljuliel BINGO —- Exactly what happened to me in GR .. I spent 2 years in a row, jamming books down as fast as I could. I was reading 200 + books a year, trying to beat my numbers, trying to do challenges. You know what ? I literally got so burnt out on reading, I dreaded picking up another book. I almost ruined my favorite ( and only) hobby ! Never again. No more goals to meet. Just read anything I want , whenever I want. No more pressure ! 5y

HOTPock3tt This happened to me last year with my goodreads challenge!! This exact thing. So I‘m not set a numerical goal this year. I‘m just going to read what i love and whatever the outcome... great. I‘m taking the pressure out of it. 5y

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Moonprismpower I did this too. I set my goal to 100 one year and I succeeded but didn‘t recall most of the books I read. Every book read is a success. The number doesn‘t matter. 5y

Tripex Read whatever, finish whenever. 5y

Tamra @typhlax 👌🏾👍🏾 5y

Moony Oh yeah a wonderful article! 5y

tracey38 Yes to this! 👍🙋‍♀️ 5y

Tanisha_A So important. And not just in reading, for any other activity we do. 🙂 5y

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sprainedbrain

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I don‘t have hardcore stats all the way back, but there‘s a clear delineation where I was introduced to the joy of audiobooks in 2016. 😂

HOTPock3tt

HOTPock3tt Ohh that IS a huge difference!!!! 😵 I‘m going to try incorporating more audiobooks (and not just as a last resort like I usually do) I might also try speeding them up a bit as well and see how it goes 🧐 @sprainedbrain (edited) 5y

HOTPock3tt “Full blown audiobook Nirvana!” I love it! 🤗♥️📚 5y

Crazeedi I absolutely need to add more audiobooks!! I know itll up my game! 5y

JoScho It makes a huge difference in my numbers too. It is so nice to be able to “read” while being productive. 5y

Chelsea.Poole Same over here!! 🤗😂 5y

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OrangeMooseReads

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Only 1 more book to go! I really need to stop doubting myself with my goals.

Sace You've got this! 🎉 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Great job! You can do it! (edited) 5y

vumblereads 🤩 5y

OrangeMooseReads @Sace @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vumblereads thanks 😁 5y

LeahBergen 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y

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OrangeMooseReads

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I have 31 days (I could finish something today)to read 10 books to reach my goal for the year. In the last 10-12 weeks I‘ve finished 3 physical books and 1 audio. Damn work getting in the way of my reading! I think I‘m going to dive into Man Cub‘s collection of ‘Who/What was ...‘ books. 🤞🏼I can do it. #yearlygoals #readinggoals #canidoit #yesican #wellmaybeican

Nute No matter where the tally ends up, you‘re accomplishment thus far is amazing!🙌🏽 5y

Avanders You can do it! 🥳🥳 And I also agree with 👆🏽♥️ 5y

OrangeMooseReads @Nute thank you 😊 5y

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OrangeMooseReads @Avanders Thank you 😊 5y

CoverToCoverGirl You got this! 5y

Crazeedi You can do it! I have 12 more to read to reach my goal! Itll be a busy month! 5y

OrangeMooseReads @CoverToCoverGirl thanks 😊 5y

OrangeMooseReads @Crazeedi Thanks 😊 ... You got this! Busy isn‘t bad when it‘s reading 😁 5y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

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Hey look at that! Whoo Hoo! One challenge done and in the books (until next year anyway)!😏

#GoodreadsChallenge
#GoodreadsChallenge2019
#CompletedChallenges2019

Daisey Congratulations! 🎉 5y

Avanders 🥳🥳 5y

LauraJ Good job! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 5y

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wildwoodreads Congrats!!! 5y

thereadingowlvina Congrats!!! 🎉🎊👏 5y

vivastory Congrats 👏🎉📚 5y

LeslieO 137?? WHAT? What? Crazy. Well done. 5y

Megabooks 🥳🥳🥳🥳🍾🥂 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @LeslieO There are definitely some shorter reads in there! 🤣 5y

Eggbeater Well done! Congratulations! 🎉🎈🎈🎈 5y

Birdsong28 Congratulations 🎊 🎉 📚 📖 5y

Hooked_on_books Hooray! And can I say I loved that you picked an odd number that is not a multiple of 5. 5y

Emilymdxn Wow well done!! 5y

LauraBrook Wow, congratulations, friend!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Hooked_on_books and a prime number! I usually pick the flat 100, so at the beginning of this year I wanted to just pick something random and not really think about it too much , so I went with 13 and 7, both numbers I like, all prime, and 137 not divisible by 12 months. (edited) 5y

Redwritinghood 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y

Hooked_on_books I love that! 5y

sprainedbrain Awesome! 🎉🎉🎉 5y

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BarbaraBB

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Voting for the #GoodreadsChoiceAwards is open now. I‘m disappointed again by the nominated books. They are so middle of the road, so predictable and uninspired. I know it‘s based on added and reviewed books on the platform itself, so I shouldn‘t be surprised, yet I do think these Awards do add nothing to what we already know without voting. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

Kalalalatja I feel you. I haven‘t even looked at the nominated books yet, and I already know, I won‘t be surprised.. 5y

Cinfhen I agree; these awards are usually uninspiring!!! I haven‘t looked but I guarantee Testaments and Crawdad‘s are going to win 🙄 5y

Cinfhen I guess Crawdad‘s was on the list last year🤷🏼‍♀️did it win??? 5y

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BarbaraBB @Cinfhen It must have been on the list last year, it‘s one of those predictable nominees indeed. Give me the #ToB longlist over this one any time! 💕 (edited) 5y

LeahBergen These lists are always so “meh” for me, too. 😐 5y

Reggie What‘s a book you would like to see win some award? 5y

BarbaraBB @Reggie I‘m not sure if they were all published in this timeframe but I loved

The House of Broken Angels

BarbaraBB @Reggie

Lost Children Archive

BarbaraBB @Reggie

The Golden State: A Novel

BarbaraBB @Reggie

Turbulence

BarbaraBB To name a few! 5y

Reggie I haven‘t read any of them, booooo, I‘ll have to change that. 5y

Birdsong28 You can add your own suggestion 5y

batsy Agreed! Because it's based on GR data it'll inevitably be the most hyped books that end up there. 5y

Ms_T Litsy should do a Best Books of 2019, the list would contain a much greater variety of literature. 5y

Amiable I agree. I‘m usually uninspired by the choices. 5y

BarbaraBB @Ms_T Litsy does! I think it‘s organized by @LibrarianRyan (edited) 5y

LibrarianRyan @BarbaraBB @Ms_T yep. Nominations for the #LitsyAwards will start Dec 1. I have the form ready and everything. Click through the hashtag to see the last two years worth of awards. 5y

Ms_T @LibrarianRyan @BarbaraBB Great, I‘ll check it out! 5y

MicheleinPhilly I completely agree. These “awards” are just silly. I have this list bookmarked as they update it every month. It‘s fantastic: https://www.realsimple.com/work-life/entertainment/best-books-2019 5y

BarbaraBB @MicheleinPhilly Wow, that is a fantastic site. I know what I‘m gonna go tonight 😎😜 5y

KT1432 Yeah, I'm writing in a YA book I'm almost finished with that's not listed sadly, due to not enough hype, but it's fantastic! I'm excited for the #LitsyAwards!

Dear Haiti, Love Alaine

BarbaraBB @lele1432 That one sounds good! I do have a weak spot for everything related to Haïti ?? 5y

BarbaraBB @LibrarianRyan Thanks! Looking forward to it! 5y

KT1432 I thought it was so good! I hadn't read anything related to Haiti before. 😊 5y

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BeansPage

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And this month on Goodreads...

#64 Best Reviewers &
#92 Top Reviewers

What an absolutely AMAZING birthday gift!!!! ❤️🥰❤️

LauraJ That‘s quite an accomplishment! 5y

Texreader That‘s awesome! I hope your day continues to be wonderful!! 5y

CoffeeCatsBooks 🎉Happy Birthday!! 🎈 5y

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ljuliel Happy Birthday and congrats on the honors in Goodreads 🎂🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 5y

kspenmoll Happy happy birthday!! What an accomplishment! Enjoy your day! 🎂🎊🙌🏻🎉🎈 5y

JessClark78 Happy Birthday! 🎊🎂🎉✨ 5y

Eggs Happy Birthday 🥳🥳🥳❤️❤️❤️ 5y

Laughterhp Happy birthday!! 🎉🥳 5y

marleed Happy Birthday‘ 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Happy birthday 🎈 5y

BeansPage @LauraJ @Texreader @CoffeeCatsBooks @ljuliel @kspenmoll @JessClark78 @Eggs @Laughterhp @marleed @Riveted_Reader_Melissa thank you all so very much ❤️🤗❤️ 5y

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Laughterhp

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Finished my Goodreads reading goal last week! I‘ve read 120 books!

Last year I read 153 books, so we will see how many I get to this year!

#goodreadsgoal #readingchallenge

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Congratulations 🎉🎈🎊 5y

Jas16 🙌🏽 5y

Bookzombie Congratulations!! 5y

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Reviewsbylola 🥳🥳🥳 5y

Graciouswarriorprincess Congratulations! 5y

jb72 Awesome job! Congratulations 🎈 5y

Alfoster Woohoo!👏👏👏 5y

Redwritinghood 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y

Reggie Way to go!!! 5y

Avanders 🥳🤩🥳 5y

JoScho 🥳💜🥳💜🥳 5y

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OrangeMooseReads

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Now that I‘m caught up adding my reads to GoodReads I‘m only 25 away from my goal. 👍🏼

Megabooks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y

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OrangeMooseReads

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Just slightly over halfway through the year and I‘m just slightly halfway through my reading goal for the year. Not bad.
If you want to add me on Goodreads same name OrangeMooseReads

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Tashreads

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Woohoo! My Instagram pic was just featured on the Goodreads page 😁

Crazeedi Yay!! Awesome!!💖 6y

JennyM It‘s a good pic, with some great books in the stack. 😘 6y

bookandbedandtea That's so cool! 6y

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kaysworld1

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This is my #goodreadschallenge so far 17 books

My goal is to read more of my own books.
Also see if I can get it from the library before buying it.
#goodreads #librarybooks

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BookDragonNotWorm

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Thanks @wanderinglynn #HelloThursday

Glad to meet all readers!

GR: http://www.goodreads.com/Shannon Hollinger
Twitter: @shanniniganspen
Blog: http://www.ShannonHollinger.com

wanderinglynn Thanks for sharing! 💜 I followed! ☺️ 6y

BookDragonNotWorm @wanderinglynn Thanks, I followed yours too! 6y

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jenniferw88

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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3226573-jenny
LibraryThing: jenniferw88
Twitter: jennywilliams45
Pinterest: jennifer_w88
Instagram: jenniferwilliams88
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jenniferwilliams88

#hellothursday @wanderinglynn

wanderinglynn Thanks for sharing! 💜 And I followed! ☺️ 6y

TrishB Hi Jenny - just wanted to say thanks for the postcard ❤️ it was very cool! 6y

TheSpineView Followed!😊 6y

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jenniferw88 @TrishB that's ok! 😊 6y

aprilpohren Followed! 6y

HOTPock3tt Followed ☺️ 6y

slategreyskies I added you on Goodreads. :) 6y

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OrangeMooseReads

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It is the 15th day of 2019 and I am at 6 books read. Just under 1 every 2 days. Not too bad.

britt_brooke Excellent!! 6y

Eggs 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y

Soubhiville That‘s great! I‘m right about the same 😊 6y

tammysue Way to go ! 👍🏻 6y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

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And since I finished my first book today, I set my GR challenge number....137...it just seemed the right amount of zany for this year. 😂

jessinikkip Congrats! I finished my first book today too. My GR goal is 60 again. Despite reading 178 books last year, I always under estimate what Ill have time for 6y

NovelGirl82 I only set mine at 50 this year, since I have so many freaking door stops that I plan to read this year (ie the whole song of ice and fire series & the tales of the new world). I‘m optimistic that I‘ll read more than that, but I don‘t want to pressure myself this year, I want to just enjoy what I‘m reading. Plus, I‘m planning to start back to school, so... 6y

Gezemice Ok, I was going to ask, how did you come up with 137? I mean, I read exactly 137 books last year, but I didn‘t think that inspired you... 6y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Gezemice Nope, I decided the number didn‘t matter so I just picked a random one....so that‘s really a funny coincidence! 6y

Gezemice @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Coincidences seem to haunt us. 😁 6y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Gezemice Yes they do! I read over a 100 last year, so I didn‘t want to pick that, nor did I want to set at exactly what I read last year either....so I randomly went with 13 & 7, which seem to be good numbers for me and got 137. 6y

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GatheringBooks

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#ANewChapter Day 2: As per usual, my #2019ReadingGoals is to read 365 books this year all written by women as we do our #WomenReadWomen2019 reading theme. The stats on the right are my 2018 reads arranged across genre.

vkois88, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome goals!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 6y

vkois88 That's so cool! I love it 6y

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MonthlyBookClub

The Goodreads Killer: The Trilogy | Dave Franklin

What are you setting you goals at this year? #mbcbookishbash

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OrangeMooseReads

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I am sticking with my goal of 75. I far surpassed the 75 this year but you never know what the year will bring and 75 seems like a reasonable number for me.
@TheReadingMermaid

Jerdencon I‘m sticking with 85 6y

ItsAngel I‘ve decided not to set a goal this year, instead I‘m going to focus my attention on a couple of challenges. 🤗 6y

N8ure It was 50 this past year and I got to 60 instead, so I think I‘ll stick with 50 this upcoming year and see how many I actually read 😁 6y

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Avatar.of.sonia

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530%!! Awesome for a new mother indeed!!! I didn‘t think I could make it, but I did! Yay me!!!

Librarybelle Congratulations! 6y

Birdsong28 Congrats 🎉🎊📚📖 6y

sprainedbrain Hooray!! 🎉🎉🎉 6y

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RaimeyGallant Nice! And welcome to Litsy! #LitsyWelcomeWagon Some of us put together Litsy tips to help new Littens navigate the site. It's the link in my bio on my page in case you need it. Or if you prefer how-to videos, @chelleo put some together at the link in her bio. @LitsyWelcomeWagon 6y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Congratulations!!! And welcome to Litsy 🙌🏻🎊🎉🎈 6y

CoffeeNBooks Congratulations! 🎉 Welcome to Litsy! 📚 6y

AnimalRiotPress Welcome to Litsy! 6y

Chelleo Welcome 🤗 6y

Eggs Welcome to Litsy 🤗📚 6y

BridgetteM Welcome to Litsy! 6y

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Amiable

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My reading stats for 2018. I'm disappointed in myself. Two years ago I read three fewer books (103) but my page count was nearly 2,700 higher. I wish Goodreads would let us set page count goals instead of book totals. Even when I set a low goal (this year it was 52) I always get distracted when the total gets closer to 100 and start reaching for the short books.

Final tally: 66 fiction, 40 nonfiction

#myyearinbooks #goodreads

britt_brooke Still a great year! 6y

CouronneDhiver I don‘t think that‘s anything to be ashamed about. Every year is a bit different. 6y

BridgetteM 36,892 pages is an amazing accomplishment. Congratulations! 🎊🎈🎉 6y

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Amiable @britt_brooke @CouronneDhiver @BridgetteM Thanks. I just have so many chunksters that are sitting in my shelves--I keep reaching past them for the short books to up the final total. I know it's all in my head, but I'm a visual person. So I wish GR would let us select page counts as an option instead of book totals. That would encourage me to pick up the chunksters. (edited) 6y

mcipher Maybe you need a chunkster goal instead? But yeah, pages would be nice encouragement to read fewer bigger books. Does anyone have a challenge going on for fat books for 2019? 6y

Crazeedi Congrats! I just read what I want, mostly books greater than 300 pages 6y

LauraBeth Wow - you had a great year! Nothing to be disappointed about! What were your thoughts on Middlemarch? 6y

britt_brooke @Amiable I agree, it would be nice if GR had a page count option. 6y

Redwritinghood 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y

Amiable @LauraBeth To be honest, I'm not a huge fan of classics. I do try to read one or two each year. "Middlemarch" was okay. A decent read. Not my favorite classic. I read "Tess of the D'Urbevilles" in 2016 and preferred that one. And I loved "The Good Earth" when I read that last year. If that gives you a better idea of my tastes. ? 6y

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sprainedbrain

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This happened yesterday, and I forgot to share!

My excuse is that I‘ve fallen into The Mysteries of Udolpho on audio and can‘t stop listening. 😳

On the plus side, I am a good multitasker and while listening for hours on end, I have also been working (obsessively) on modifying a totally nerdy reading tracker spreadsheet to use for 2019. I‘m so excited about it, it‘s almost embarrassing. 😂

Lovesbooks87 Yay! Congrats! 🎉📚🎉📚🎉📚 6y

Librarybelle Congratulations! 6y

Lmstraubie @sprainedbrain Your tracking device wouldn't happen to be from @kate.olsen.reads on Instagram? I just came across a Google form she created and shared for tracking your reading. It looks pretty good. 6y

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Crazeedi Wow, awesome! 6y

sprainedbrain @Lmstraubie it‘s not... it‘s one that booktuber (Portal in the Pages) did last year for 2018... I‘ve modified it quite a bit, but I love her main set up. I‘ve been putting my entire tbr in there and omg that‘s a lot! I‘m going to check out the one you mentioned, just in case I like it better. 😂 6y

Mollyanna Congratulations 🎉🍾🎉 6y

Lmstraubie @sprainedbrain Definitely check it out. I really like the way she has it organized. And you make a copy of it so you can modify it to your needs. I can't believe you put in your #TBR list!!! That's incredible!!! 6y

LeahBergen Wow!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y

sprainedbrain @Lmstraubie well I‘m still working on it... there are sooo many!! 😳 I‘m insta-challenged, I guess—I can‘t find her? 6y

kspenmoll Congrats! WOW!!!📚🎉🔔 6y

batsy Amazing 🎉🎉🎉👏🏽 6y

hes7 Yay! 🎉 6y

Liatrek Congrats 🎉🎉🎉 6y

Jas16 🙌🏽 6y

Lmstraubie @sprainedbrain Are you looking on Instagram? That's where I found it. @kate.olsen.reads (I don't think she's on Litsy.) 6y

Lmstraubie @sprainedbrain My bad @kate.olson.reads O in Olson, not E. Sorry 😕 6y

sprainedbrain @Lmstraubie found her now, thank you! That‘s very nice and detailed, but I‘m sticking with my adaptation of Sophie‘s form, since I‘ve put so many hours into that damn TBR page. 😂 6y

Lmstraubie @sprainedbrain I don't blame you 🤣🤣🤣 6y

JoScho Yay! 💜🎉💜🎉💜 6y

cariashley WOW well done!!! 🥳 6y

mrp27 🎉👏🏼🎉 6y

JennyM Yey 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 6y

ErikasMindfulShelf 👏👏🎉🎉 6y

cocomass Woohoo!! 🙌🏽 🎉 🎈 6y

BarbaraBB So are you gonna show it?! Also - happy to hear that you enjoy Udolpho. It scares me a bit 😉😀💜 6y

Dogearedcopy LOL, I‘ve been fussing for days over the color scheme for my 2019 reading spreadsheet! 6y

Reggie Congratulations!!!! Your love for reading makes me grin big.😊 6y

sprainedbrain @Lovesbooks87 @Librarybelle @Crazeedi @Mollyanna @LeahBergen @kspenmoll @batsy @hes7 @Liatrek @Jas16 @JoScho @cariashley @mrp27 @JennyM @irre @cocomass @Reggie Thank you, friends! Litsy sure has bumped my goal up over the last few years! 😃 6y

sprainedbrain @BarbaraBB I think I can figure out how to share a copy if you‘re interested. I made it a Google sheet instead of Excel... Udolpho is sooooo long, but much like Catherine Morland, I find myself titillated. 😂 6y

sprainedbrain @Dogearedcopy You get it. 😂 6y

BarbaraBB I‘ll check the spreadsheet you used! 6y

BookaholicNatty Yayyyyyyyy!!! That‘s a butt load of books!!! You should be super proud of yourself!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 (edited) 6y

Redwritinghood 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y

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eanderson

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Well, I‘m proud of how much I‘ve read this year! This is the most I‘ve ever read. I‘m sitting at 72 books and I‘m hoping to finish another 2. We will see. I‘m thankful for Litsy because without all of you I‘d only be reading 10-20 books and wouldn‘t be pushed to do more! 🤗 I‘m excited to see what I can do for next year!

sebrittainclark Awesome! 🎉🎉 6y

DivineDiana 👏🏻📚👏🏻 6y

DarcysMom Excellent! 🎊🎉🎊🎉 6y

erzascarletbookgasm 👏 6y

mrp27 🎉🎉🎉 6y

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speljamr

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My current tally for my end of year reading stats. Might be one or two more books in there before I'm done though.

#goodreads

CouronneDhiver 🙌🏽🙌🏽 6y

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Callemarie

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Ill hop on the "goodreads year in review train." I set a high goal for myself of 75, and although I'm not going to make it, I've already doubled my read, and then some, from last year. I plan on finishing off with 60 for thr year, and I think that's an accomplishment. *side note* I do need to know how some of yall read over 100 books. It was witchcraft, wasnt it?

Literary_Siren Not witchcraft. I know a lot of people are retired. I would be over 100 books if I hadn‘t moved earlier this year plus I hit a couple brutal reading slumps that left me out of the reading game for a couple months. I work nights, so if I don‘t wind up sleeping all day, I read all day. Around 10 hours, give or take a couple. 6y

Amiable Also don't forget that books come in many sizes! Short books count the same as very long books. So someone else might read 20 books under 200 pages while you're finishing up "War and Peace." That's why I set personal goals for total page count instead of total number of books. 6y

BethM I think audio too? I don't count mine bc it gives me anxiety lol. 6y

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Freespirit You know I was thinking the same thing. I feel I read often and have only read about 30 books for the year. I see people reading 💯 and think wow 😮 how do they do it 😊 6y

Karkar For me it is graphic novels and audio books that help me get my numbers up. I noticed this year that there was someone who had read over 300 but many of those where picture books and early reader books. 6y

cariashley Audiobooks is how I do it! 😉 6y

mutlee I tripled my normal count this year but that‘s because I‘ve had a lot of downtime at work. Normally I wouldn‘t be able to break 100. Audio books have definitely helped increase the number. I started “checking” them out with an app from my library. My husband doesn‘t think I should count audio books, but I don‘t think there‘s a way to separate them on Goodreads. 6y

Callemarie @mutlee I dont understand that argument of not cou ting audiobooks. What is the difference between you reading it and someone reading it to you? I dont agree with not counting them 6y

Merethebookgal @Callemarie @mutlee audiobooks definitely count! There‘s tons of people who are blind or have learning disabilities and audiobooks are the only way they can read. But even if you able to “read with your eyes,” it doesn‘t mean you shouldn‘t count audiobooks as reading. If you want to keep track of which book you read via audio you could make a separate “shelf” for them on Goodreads. 6y

mutlee @Merethebookgal @Callemarie Right! Thanks for supporting my argument. Even though I know my husband‘s wrong, it‘s good to have back up! 6y

Merethebookgal @mutlee Always here to help! 😄 6y

BookishTrish Insomnia 6y

Gissy Congratulations!! 📚📚📚📚👏👏👏👏 6y

LogiKitty Short stories, poetry books, zines, etc! All modes that get you reading should count! 6y

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Literary_Siren

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I knew I wasn‘t crazy! My reading summary did NOT update! I just finished a book and my challenge updated but the summary didn‘t. 😕

Conservio Was there a atart and finish date? 6y

Literary_Siren @Conservio Absolutely! There‘s always one when your kindle is connected to your Goodreads account. If there wasn‘t then my challenge wouldn‘t have updated and I‘d still be at 95 books. 6y

emtobiasz I noticed a similar thing—mine‘s definitely undercounting by at least ten books 😒 6y

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Literary_Siren @emtobiasz your reading challenge? Or the summary email you got today? 6y

emtobiasz @Literary_Siren the summary. Reading challenge seems accurate 6y

Literary_Siren @emtobiasz I seem to be the only person besides you who has admitted this! I plan on messaging the people at Goodreads and petitioning them to either make sure the summary stays updated if they‘re going to send it out early or to send it out January 1st so that it‘s complete and accurate. 6y

Eyelit Same - I just added a bunch of books on goodreads today (because I‘ve been slacking about updating) and the year in books still showed the old number... plus I hate they send it so early. Why not wait??? 🤣 6y

Jemgirl2014 About a year ago I tried to set up my reading challenge. It would not work. It wouldn't even register the first book I tried to list. I don't mess with goodreads. 😐 6y

Literary_Siren @Eyelit I agree! Why send it early when we would rather wait and see all our progress at the end of the year, in its entirety?? So frustrating! 6y

Literary_Siren @Jemgirl2014 Give it another try! You might have just needed a start date for the book. And that‘s easy to do. You also could have marked it as reading and then turned around and said you finished it. That won‘t give you an accurate start day, unless you actually did start it that day, but it will record that you‘ve read the book and add it to your challenge. 6y

Jemgirl2014 @Literary_Siren Ok, thanks! I will try your suggestions. I'm usually good at figuring that stuff out so maybe I wasn't being patient enough lol. 6y

Literary_Siren @Jemgirl2014 Yay! That makes my heart happy! I love Goodreads I don‘t know where I would be without it. They have definitely made a bunch of improvements to it in the last few years. I use it to catalog my home library as well as keep track of what I read. And now that my daughter has started reading more I‘m going to set her up an account. 6y

Jemgirl2014 😊 When you put it that way...sounds like a real valuable resource. Right now, I just get the weekly newsletters wiith book recommendations. Yes, I will try again. Thanks! 6y

Jemgirl2014 @Literary_Siren Replied but forgot to tag you lol. 6y

Literary_Siren @Jemgirl2014 You‘re very welcome! 😊 6y

Jemgirl2014 🤗 6y

Birdsong28 It might be that it has registered on your challenge but not on your year on books as when you finished it they had already completed your summary. @Literary_Siren 😀📚📖 6y

Literary_Siren @Birdsong28 and therein lies my issue. 😔 If you‘re going to send it out before the end of the year, then it needs to be updated with every book finished. If they don‘t want to do that then send it out on January 1st. 6y

Jess_Franzino Mine did the same thing. It says that I read 84 books, when my challenge has me at 85. I wonder if it‘s because I just finished a book. 6y

toric Ive just had a look at mine and i agree, why cant they just wait til jan 1st? But theres a link to edit just under the title and a link to missing books at the bottom. Maybe you could manually update the list? 6y

Amiable It will update. I'll bet there's a lag time in the algorithm. If you just finished the last book, give it another day and refresh the summary again. 6y

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Pamwurtzler

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This is my year with 3 weeks left -although with all the shopping etc I might not get much more reading in! #goodreads #2018

MelissaSue81 Awesome!!! 6y

tammysue That‘s fabulous!! 👏🏻 6y

GrilledCheeseSamurai 👏 6y

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JennyM Yahoo!!! That‘s great 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 (edited) 6y

CouronneDhiver 🏆 Yay! 6y

DivineDiana How did you do this?!? Wonder Woman!!! 👏🏻📚👏🏻 6y

Pamwurtzler @DivineDiana I‘m retired - so instead of working, I‘m reading. It‘s so nice!! 6y

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Literary_Siren

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I‘m not done reading yet!! Why can‘t Goodreads send this out on January 1st?!? I guess that makes too much sense. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Anyway, 5 books to go until I hit my #ReadingChallenge goal. I‘ve got 21 days to go, I got this!!

butterbeerheist Wow good luck! 6y

Literary_Siren @butterbeerheist thanks! I really do wish they would wait to send this out though. I still have at least 5 books to add to that count. But they don‘t update it after they send it out. 😔 6y

butterbeerheist Yeah I thought the same thing. But don‘t they count this month with next year‘s books? 6y

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Literary_Siren @butterbeerheist Nope they sure don‘t! You can go and look at past years. In the upper left hand corner by the banner it will say See Previous Year. 6y

butterbeerheist Oh well that sucks. 😅 6y

Naj Yeah, I don't get this about goodreads either. Why have a "year in books" before the year's even over. Good luck on your reading goal! 6y

Literary_Siren @butterbeerheist Sure does! I plan on getting a hold of customer service and launching a complaint. The books still count towards your reading goal but they won‘t count them in this summary. 6y

TheSpineView I know! I want to read at least 4 more books before year end. 6y

TEArificbooks @Literary_Siren mine updated just fine last year. I got the email, kept reading, kept logging them, and checked back on Jan. 1, all my books were accounted for in the summary and the total 6y

Literary_Siren @mdm139 I just looked at my past year and it didn‘t update in the summary. It‘s just irritating. I want to see the whole thing! 6y

Cailey_Mac I thought the same thing😅 I‘m just going to check mine right before the New Year 6y

Literary_Siren @Cailey_Mac me too! I hope it updates! I know it didn‘t last year. I read a couple more books after they sent the stats last year and they are not on it. 6y

Cailey_Mac @Literary_Siren Ahhh oh no! I hope it updates in time then; I know I plan to read maybe 4 more books this year myself 6y

Crazeedi Good job! 6y

CareBear @Literary_Siren did you double check that you have the dates read in there? Sometimes when I use the app it doesn‘t always track well. 6y

Literary_Siren @CareBear yeah. My challenge updated but not the summary. I‘m going to keep a close eye on it this time and make sure everything is just as it should be. 🤞🏻 6y

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