Nancy wrote: "Here a couple of fun sites to try if you love books by a certain author and want to find similar authors.

Literature Map

Just type in the author's name and you'll get a "map" of other autho..."

The second site isn't currently working but I'm thrilled about the first one. Thanks for sharing this!

Renee, I'm sorry you're having trouble. I can't imagine how hard this is for you.

If you follow Betsy's instructions, though, and make sure "digest" is checked, you will receive a digest. I receive a digest for a couple of groups and every message posted that day comes to me. I don't like it because I'd rather follow a thread from start to finish but it should work like the Yahoo group. It does have links it in it if you want more info, but it does have the whole post. Also, make sure you're checking the box for the actual group, not the individual threads. If it's the latter you do only get the link. But for the whole group you'll get the digest.

no it will only send links. i hope to rejoin eventually but things are trully bad this time. I have had much fun here. thanks for the good times

Renee - best wishes, and hope that you find yourself on the mend soon.

Rennee
You can get a daily mail that actually has all the updates.
Go to this link
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1255...

Follow the intructions

Hi Renee,

I am so sorry you are so ill and this format isn't working for you. However, I suggest you try this. Go to this page:

http://www.goodreads.com/user/user_subsc...

The site will probably ask you to log in if you're not already. On this page, you can opt to subscribe to all topics in this group without having to subscribe to each topic individually. They can either be mailed to you as a daily digest or individual emails (I opted for digest, because there are a lot of responses!).

I hope this works for you. Please get some rest and take care.

This is very hard for me. The chemo makes me so tired that its almost painful to move my hands. one page is not the issue with a line of emails it was just on click there are still many many things to get one message.

yet one more pleasure that I cant have anymore. Cancer sucks, this sucks and sorry i usually can keep the positive attitude they tell me will help me beat this crap but this week so many things are just getting taken away from me.

hugs all

Hey Renee,

Sorry to hear you don't like the new site. You are literally the first person who has said something negative about it. Everyone else so far really likes all the additional features this site offers.

If you just want to get email messages, it's still possible --- the only real difference right now is that you have to click on a link to read the message instead of getting the message in the body of the email. We thought this was a very minor change when you weigh it against all the extra things GoodReads offers.

If you want an easy way to get to all the new messages in one page, bookmark this link:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/unread_gr...

We definitely won't be moving back to Yahoo. I'm keeping the group open there because it has 8 years of archived messages, but nothing new is really happening there anymore.

If you need help using the site, please drop me a message or feel free to send me an email --- I'll be very happy to help you. I really hope you'll give this site a chance because we'd hate to lose a valued member!

Stefan

I hate this its such a step backwards. Back to the old yahoo way. Its sad to see this happen.

Renee, I find the best way to follow groups is to just come visit the group. Click on "unread" and you'll get a list of all the topics with new posts. When I post, I try to remember to uncheck the box under the comment that says "Email me when people reply" because I don't like having my inbox flooded with e-mails that link back to the message.

Of course, I always followed the Yahoo group by logging on to the group. I signed up for the daily digest, but found it very confusing. I think once you get used to coming to the group instead of checking your e-mail for updates, you'll find that this way works quite well.

I dont understand this place. I thouhght it was supposed to be like the yahoo was. I am just out of hosp again. I ask it to send me emails it just sends me links. I do know the chemo and meds are imparing me focus but I just dont understand this. How do I get it to send me the emails? This is too hard to follow

I hate this it makes no sense :(

Another books is Pushing Ice which is a good standalone novel by Reynolds.

Stefan--people told me to start with Chasm City by Reynolds, and I did enjoy it. I have yet to read anything more by him, but at some point (when my TBR pile gets smaller) I'll be going back to him.

eta--I just tried the literature map with Richard Morgan & Richard K Morgan (the same person) and got two totally different groups--and each showed the other Richard on the map, but not closely. odd!

I just tried the "Literature Map" with two of my favorite SF authors, Iain M. Banks and Peter F. Hamilton, and for both of them, Alastair Reynolds came up as the top match... so now I'm thinking I really need to check him out. Any recommendations on where to start?

Here a couple of fun sites to try if you love books by a certain author and want to find similar authors.

Literature Map

Just type in the author's name and you'll get a "map" of other authors you might like. The closer the new author's name is to the one you put in, the more similar they are.

What Should I Read Next

Make a list of books you love, then click 'what should I read next?'