Interesting idea, but let down by selling your info. Thought this was a good site, allowing you to keep track of the books you have read, set reading goals for yourself, even see what friends are reading. Unfortunately, quickly found the site shares your information on a massive scale. A few days after signing up, I saw a huge influx of spam and scam messages being sent to me e-mail address. Been reporting and blocking these messages for a 2 weeks now, and there seems to be no end to it. Definatel has to be this site, as there are no other new sites I've joined in the past few months.

Hate booming on Goodreads They will encourage hate booming and lie telling about your book, and if the author tries to defend themselves, they will take down your comments. If you are an author, stay off this website. This article is on Time Magazine. BUSINESS COMPANIES HOW EXTORTION SCAMS AND REVIEW BOMBING TROLLS TURNED GOODREADS INTO MANY AUTHORS’ WORST NIGHTMARE How Extortion Scams and Review Bombing Trolls Turned Goodreads Into Many Authors’ Worst Nightmare. This is from New York Times, How Review-Bombing Can Tank a Book Before It’s Published

bot reviews I have read reviews that are false; they bear little resemblance to the book I've been reading. I believe it's the result of some clever bot scheme. Here's the story of one of the reviewers who praised a pathetic, clumsily-written book: She posted 19 reviews today, Oct. 15th; She has posted 82 reviews in the past 5 days, which would average out to 5,986 books a year. She posted 209 reviews the day she joined Goodreads, and then took a year and 7 months off to catch up, then posted 108 books on one day, most of them not rated (?). What a story awaits the author who wants to pursue this reviewer!

Useless I can't claim any of my books because someone with the same name as me already has a GoodReads account, so all books published under that name are automatically added to her profile. Since GoodReads are apparently so stupid they have no process at all for two writers having the same name.

My virtual library I started using Goodreads as a way to structure my reading and don't forget what books I want to read, and now it is my 3rd year of using it. I like how I can choose different editions of the book, or the language I read a book in. Unfortunately not all books in Ukrainian are searchable, but usually it is some old books or small editions, so I have around 90% of my readings in Goodreads lists. Also, I find very useful how I can see the whole series of books from first to last. It saves me time into researching what book to read next. With book series like Dune it is, indeed, very useful. I also like social function of the website. It is fun to peek what your online friends are reading and in case, if it's interesting, to save it on yours to read list.