# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![liberty3701](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@liberty3701](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liberty3701)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/61 "2007-08-31T14:28:13Z")
I joined. Now I’ll never get anything done today… ---
**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 31, 2007, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/62 "2007-08-31T14:57:15Z")
I categorized most of mine last night. That was fun… but my mouse clicking fingers are sore today. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/63 "2007-08-31T16:02:36Z")
It’s good that the e-mail updates come in digest form. There were two updates this morning – one with over 1200 updates and one with 600+. Goodreads lets friends look at friends’ friends. So if you get friend requests from people whose names you don’t recognize, they might be coming from the Yahoo BookCrazy group. They’re good people. ---
**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 31, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/64 "2007-08-31T17:24:08Z")
I just want to thank you, **jsgoddess** , for doing this. It’s a really great site. I do wonder when I’ll feel the sun on my face again, or do any work …or eat. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/65 "2007-08-31T17:50:13Z")
Or read. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/66 "2007-08-31T18:05:16Z")
I’m having a blast with it too and echo the thank-yous. It’s fun to click on one of your books and see which of your friends have read it and how they rated it. I’ve also enjoyed going through everyone’s lists and browsing, adding books to my “to read” list, and remembering “hey, I’ve read that too.” The “to read” list will come in especially handy for me. Should cut down on the random notes floating around in my purse with names of books on them. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/67 "2007-08-31T23:08:52Z")
I joined (same username as here). Now to start adding books! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/68 "2007-09-01T01:38:52Z")
**koeeoaddi** just sent me the requisite engraved invitation, so I’ve joined – my reading time is so sporadic these days, though (it just took me \*two weeks \* to finish the last 100 pages of a book I started on vacation), that I’m not sure how much of an addition I’ll be. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/69 "2007-09-01T05:08:34Z")
I’m in, and have stayed up way too late tonight adding books from my shelves and other people’s lists. Good grief, this is addictive. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/70 "2007-09-01T14:39:20Z")
May I make a suggestion? If you’re registered there under a different name than the one you use here, could you put your Dopername in you profile there? I’ve added a couple of the names I recognize, but six months from now I’m not going to want to have to find this thread to ID you over there. ---
**Author:** ![Basandre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@Basandre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Basandre)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/71 "2007-09-01T20:52:19Z")
I signed up as Otsana. This thread coincided with my big “sort through my bookshelves” project, so I’m only about halfway through adding everything I own. And then some of it has to go up on paperbackswap as well… ---
**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:** [September 1, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/72 "2007-09-01T21:10:02Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] May I make a suggestion? If you’re registered there under a different name than the one you use here, could you put your Dopername in you profile there? I’ve added a couple of the names I recognize, but six months from now I’m not going to want to have to find this thread to ID you over there. [/QUOTE] I added it after my bio thingie. My profile page is a bit odd since I’m an “author.” ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/73 "2007-09-02T21:38:54Z")
Question: Is there any kind of a function on that site where it will tell you “People who liked this book also liked the following books…” or something like that? It seems like a no-brainer but I can’t seem to find anything like it there. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/74 "2007-09-02T21:52:19Z")
[QUOTE=rockle] You’d be surprised how quickly your shelves will fill. And how easy it is to fill them. [/QUOTE] I’m now up to seven. I’ll catch up! The process _should_ be fast, but I’m an odd one and I am searching items by ISBN, not by cover. I’m surprised at just how much you guys read. I’m a slow reader in comparison! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/75 "2007-09-03T06:37:32Z")
Must…stop…playing…on…Goodreads… ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/76 "2007-09-03T12:09:02Z")
I’ve joined too (same name as here). Haven’t added anything yet and might not until I get back from vacation… But it looks like so much fun! GT ---
**Author:** ![Surok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Surok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surok)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/77 "2007-09-03T12:15:39Z")
I’m on too, as Anna. Just what I need, another time sucking site, grumblegrumblegrumble. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/78 "2007-09-03T16:41:28Z")
[QUOTE=Vision of Love] I’m surprised at just how much you guys read. I’m a slow reader in comparison! [/QUOTE] In my defense, I’ve added all the books on my shelf plus all the books I’ve read this year. I’ve only got three out now, one of which I’m actually reading. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/79 "2007-09-03T22:29:58Z")
I signed up as Jersf. I’ve mostly added comics. I’ll have to look at profiles to remember a lot of the others I’ve read. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384/80 "2007-09-03T23:19:44Z")
An easy way to add books quickly is to pull up someone else’s shelf, or type a term like “poetry” into the search box. Rating a book adds it to your “read” list, or you can add it without rating, or add it to “to-read.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-straight-dope-goodreads-group/417384.md?page=5)