BookishDreamer's comments (member since Feb 25, 2009)

BookishDreamer's comments from the MobileRead group.

I don't understand why it's important to capture the "date added". I'd much prefer "date started" because it works better with "date read". As soon as I finish the books on my to-read list, I'll add books as I start reading them so that the "date added" is really date started. I'm more interested in how long it takes to read a book.

Yup, I've gotten friend requests from authors too. I haven't explored this site enough to see if it is possible, but it felt like the authors just pinged all new users with friend requests. I know some people consider any exposure to be good exposure, but it was a big turn-off for me. Now, if the marketing was a little more targeted based on books I'd rated highly, then it might have been more effective.

And regular people look at me like I've grown a second head when I tell them I stayed up half the night to finish reading a book. "Why didn't you just put down the book and go to sleep?" "Because I couldn't leave the main character in such peril! I had to make sure he got out alive!"

When I originally signed up, I got friend requests from strangers. The thing that caught my eye was that these people had more friends than books. That was a turnoff, especially the guy whose list of friends was almost exclusively women and he only had one a handful of books listed although he'd been a member for quite a while.

Looks like the books are in the "read" category, as opposed to "currently-reading" or "to-read". Perhaps these should be reading recommendations for the group? Or just a sampling of favorite books?

I'll warn everyone now....my book list is very boring. If I like an author, I read everything I can find. And these are just the books I've read since January 2008.

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