# Starting a Straight Dope Goodreads group **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 29, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384 "2007-08-29T17:36:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/41 "2007-08-30T18:16:45Z")
I’m in! This is the second Goodreads group I’m in. I feel like I have friends or something. _Yippee!_ Which reminds me: if you feeling like being my friend, just send me an invite. I don’t want to to spam people with all the updates I make unless they’re up for it. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/42 "2007-08-30T18:19:51Z")
Eleanor, you have good taste in science fiction! ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/43 "2007-08-30T18:44:09Z")
[QUOTE=Dorjän] Eleanor, you have good taste in science fiction! [/QUOTE] You too, thanks! It helps counterbalance the chick-lit I read. I was just browsing through your books. I’m not getting a damn thing done at work today. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/44 "2007-08-30T19:10:59Z")
Oh, neat. One of the things you can do if you add people to your friends list is to go to “explore” (a tab at the top of the page) and click on “friends popular,” “friends unpopular,” and “friends reading.” I’m geeking out over here. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/45 "2007-08-30T19:33:04Z")
[QUOTE=rockle] I don’t want to to spam people with all the updates I make unless they’re up for it. [/QUOTE] :eek: Do you mean that every time I make a change or add something over there, my group of friends gets emailed? If that’s so, you guys are probably got a grunt-load of mail from me. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/46 "2007-08-30T19:42:55Z")
[QUOTE=koeeoaddi] :eek: Do you mean that every time I make a change or add something over there, my group of friends gets emailed? If that’s so, you guys are probably got a grunt-load of mail from me. Sorry. [/QUOTE] Everyone should go to their accounts pages and set their preferences for what they want to receive and what they want to send out. You do have some choices. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/47 "2007-08-30T19:43:00Z")
I think it’s just a daily email with all of the changes your friends have made. I’ve only gotten one “updates” email so far. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/48 "2007-08-30T20:23:44Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] If anyone gets duplicated friend requests from me, I apologize. I’m confusing myself. [/QUOTE] I don’t think it lets you send more than one. I accidentally tried to add a couple of people twice and it told me I’d already sent a friend request. I also maxed out my friends requests for the day trying to add everyone from the SDMB group, so it may take a while to add everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Potato\_Pancakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Potato\_Pancakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Potato_Pancakes)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/49 "2007-08-30T20:55:40Z")
Okay, I have joined your goo dreads site. I do not know what a goo dread is, but it doesn’t sound very clean. Anyway, I can’t wait to find out. I wish there was a quick and easy way to match my books against everyone so I could find my closest bookworm pals. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/50 "2007-08-30T21:26:39Z")
I signed up as Ghanimatrix. Addictive site… ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/51 "2007-08-30T21:36:48Z")
[QUOTE=Potato Pancakes] I wish there was a quick and easy way to match my books against everyone so I could find my closest bookworm pals. [/QUOTE] Yeah, the current method isn’t difficult, but it could be better. You did find the “_compare_” button, didn’t you? It took me awhile. I was pulling up individual lists and comparing that way. I’m surprised to find other Dopers admitting that they enjoyed Valley of the Dolls. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/52 "2007-08-31T00:29:55Z")
Well I’m in and managed to avoid the gmail mass send out (more through dumb luck than anything else). 🙂 This should be interesting though. ---
**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/53 "2007-08-31T02:00:36Z")
I’ve just joined the group but I only have two or three books on my shelf so far. ---
**Author:** ![manx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@manx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manx)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/54 "2007-08-31T05:01:50Z")
Yay books! This looks like fun. I’m in, under the wildly original name ‘Emma’ ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/55 "2007-08-31T11:27:30Z")
[QUOTE=Vision of Love] I’ve just joined the group but I only have two or three books on my shelf so far. [/QUOTE] You’d be surprised how quickly your shelves will fill. And how easy it is to fill them. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/56 "2007-08-31T12:05:21Z")
I signed up. And a whole bunch o’ you sent me invites to be your friend, but I don’t know who you are because you don’t use your Dope name. So hi, all you anonymous friends o’ mine! Neato site. And just what I need… more reason to spend cash on books… ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/57 "2007-08-31T12:51:32Z")
I guess I should have said that my name on Goodreads is Julie. I’m the one with the giant yawning cat. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/58 "2007-08-31T13:10:26Z")
Hi, everyone! I joined the group, too; I’m Robin. This is pretty nifty. ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/59 "2007-08-31T14:20:35Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] I’m surprised to find other Dopers admitting that they enjoyed Valley of the Dolls. 😃 [/QUOTE] I’m not ashamed. I’ve read that book at least 3 times. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/60 "2007-08-31T14:24:00Z")
OMG, I need to add it to my list! It was a favorite when I was in high school. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384.md?page=4)