Goodreads: yay or nay?

Zoe303 · Post by **Zoe303** » 03 Mar 2016, 14:44

Like everyone here said, I mostly use Goodreads to keep track of the books I add to my shelves and to review those I read. I've never participated in the forums; I prefer OBC!

And I'm REALLY excited about the app!!

It would make me use the forum more often since I don't always have my laptop with me!

Claudia Hotea · Post by **Claudia Hotea** » 04 Mar 2016, 04:40

Goodreads is a yay...for sure. The best way to make a good list of books that I want to read or have read. The only fear is that it will go away:))) That is why I constantly save the book list and I also use RecordBooks app on my iPhone as a secondary backup.

Sarah_Khan · Post by **Sarah_Khan** » 04 Mar 2016, 12:48

Like most of the people that have answered this post... I mostly use Goodreads to keep track of the books I read or want to read and I usually read the reviews of a book I've just read in order to see what other people thought about that book.

CrescentMoon · Post by **CrescentMoon** » 05 Mar 2016, 20:39

I definitely think Goodreads is helpful to gauge what kind of books I want to read. There are some really good reviews that let me know if it's a waste of time for me to read a book or if it's something I really want to read.

Taylor Razzani · Post by **Taylor Razzani** » 06 Mar 2016, 14:49

Yay! Like everyone else, I love to use it to keep track what I've read and want to read. I'll look at the overall rating before I read a book, but I usually don't put much stock into that. I like to read a few reviews after I've finished the book to help me rein in all my thoughts on what I've just read and help me come to a fair rating.

smurftatt00 · Post by **smurftatt00** » 08 Mar 2016, 11:38

I use Goodreads only to keep track of my books. But I have found the book suggestions and the book lists very helpful in finding new books for my daughters (9 and

who are both avid readers. I don't read a lot of Young Adult genre so Goodreads is great for finding them new reads.

hintofjam · Post by **hintofjam** » 09 Mar 2016, 15:37

Freida Livery wrote:I've been pretty active on Goodreads. I basically use it to catalog my ever growing list of books. Plus I keep track of a few of my favorite author's blogs. I don't participate too much in the forums though. I personally think it has gotten too big.

I used to have an account on Goodreads, but I agree with Freida Livery that they seem to have gotten too big, causing the content to feel crowded and slightly disjointed.

I much prefer OBC's platform.

Definitely looking forward to the app!

maruyama · Post by **maruyama** » 10 Mar 2016, 06:02

Good and the reviews are usually fair and responsible. Seen some malicious ones on there though and some internet talk I read says it's almost impossible to live it down if someone just wants to take a jab.

That makes it hard to decide if a book is worth reading or deserves its bad press. They say the same about Amazon though, and I tend to pick up freebies and dollar-deals, so disappointment is painless.

cogarae · Post by **cogarae** » 10 Mar 2016, 14:09

I love good reads! I use it to keep track of books I want to read and what I've read. I also use it to find book a I may be interested in.

simplysara · Post by **simplysara** » 14 Mar 2016, 00:23

There are aspects of both GoodReads and OBC that I like. Goodreads is a little more intuitive to navigate. This site has more of a community feel to it to me, from what I can tell so far. I'm still relatively new here. I don't think I would ever ditch one for the other. They are both valuable tools to help discover amazing new reads!

bookreviewer2016 · Post by **bookreviewer2016** » 16 Mar 2016, 15:51

I don't really use the forums on Goodreads, but it's part of my process to post all my reviews on there.

Slytherin_gurl · Post by **Slytherin_gurl** » 16 Mar 2016, 21:01

I am not a fan of Goodreads. I think this is so because I haven't fully explored it as of yet!

Mike_Lang · Post by **Mike_Lang** » 20 Mar 2016, 21:08

Goodreads gets a definite "yay" from me. I belong to several reading groups that are specific to the genres I enjoy and get great recommendations from fellow members.

Greystone12 · Post by **Greystone12** » 22 Mar 2016, 11:55

Sarah Penney wrote:I don't really use Goodreads for the forums. I use it more to keep track of what books I want to read as well as to post any reviews that aren't connected with this site. The different lists are also really helpful. I've found a lot of good books just by looking around that site and then heading over to Amazon.

It is a nice resource to use when searching for my next author or series.

stoppoppingtheP · Post by **stoppoppingtheP** » 22 Mar 2016, 13:14

I haven't every really used Goodreads. Sometimes I'll google a book and then I will see a review about it on Goodreads, but that probably as far as it goes.