Bye bye 2022.
Well, that’s it. 2022 is gone and now I have to remember to write 2023 instead. That probably take a month or so as usual. Continue reading Bye bye 2022.
Tag: Goodreads
Broke a new record this year.
The year is almost over and this morning I briefly looked at my Goodreads stats and realized that I have read almost twice as many books as was my goal in my annual Goodreads reading challenge. No wonder I am constantly behind with the reviews. Continue reading Broke a new record this year.
My reviews at Goodreads got me a free book. Another score for e-books.
A while ago the author of the Fifth Column series, Mr. Nathan M. Farrugia, contacted me on Goodreads because he had read my reviews of the Theirs Not to Reason Why series by Jean Johnson. He offered me the first book in his book-series for free. Naturally I am not so naive as to think this was only because he thought my reviews are great pieces … Continue reading My reviews at Goodreads got me a free book. Another score for e-books.
Apparently I am among the top 1% of reviewers on Goodreads
In case you have not heard of Goodreads before it is a social site for readers of books where you can find information, ratings and reviews of millions of books, paper or digital. Goodreads is driven by the community and I have been having an account and been a frequent user there since October 2011. I even applied for librarian privileges (which I got) so … Continue reading Apparently I am among the top 1% of reviewers on Goodreads
Posting Goodreads reviews to my blog
You might have noticed (hopefully) that a couple of book reviews have been posted on my blog lately. You might also have noticed that they are pretty much identically laid out and liberally laced with links to Goodreads. As mentioned in some other posts, I use the Goodreads book readers social site to track books I have read, books I intend to read and get … Continue reading Posting Goodreads reviews to my blog
Why Goodreads told Amazon to get lost
There’s, of course, a fair amount of articles in book reading circles on the web about the abrupt break-up between Goodreads and Amazon. Thus a few more details about why has emerged. Apparently it’s primarily two restrictions in the latest API license agreement that really makes the API unusable for a site like Goodreads. According to the site TeleRead (and many others) these are. In … Continue reading Why Goodreads told Amazon to get lost
Goodreads, a nice site for book readers
Some time ago, I was browsing the web hunting for information about books, book authors and thinking about what to read next. Doing so I was fortunate enough to discover a site called Goodreads. Goodreads is a site where book readers can gather to share their experiences, rate books and get recommendations for new books to read. You might call it Facebook for bookworms although that’s … Continue reading Goodreads, a nice site for book readers
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