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Ten Ways You Know You're a Goodreads Member
Your Want to Read shelf is out of control. You need to update your reading status. You'd rather be reading your book right now. (Sorry, we'll let you get back to that in a minute!)
For our Goodreads Ten-Year Anniversary Celebration, we asked you to complete this sentence: You know you're a Goodreads member when…
Your top answers are below. Check them out and then tell us what makes you a Goodreads member in the comments.
1. "Your husband looks at you funny when you give him four out of five stars after he's done mowing the lawn." -Elizabeth
3. "You obsessively hype up Goodreads to every single person you know. It's like the happiest cult I've been a part of. Anytime someone mentions anything to do with books, I say, 'You know what would help with that? Goodreads.'" -Carolyn
4. "You recommend all your books to your friends and then smile when you see the same book pop up on THEIR to-read lists!" -Allison
5. "You can't start a book without immediately going to the app or website to change the book from 'to read' to 'currently reading.'" -Kristin
6. "You type 'goo' into your browser, and Goodreads comes up before Google." -Alex
8."You update your reading status before going to bed every night." -Lana
9. "You mentally rate the book while you are reading it, constantly changing the rating based on how impressed you are with the book. 'Three stars. Wow! Four stars at least… Now this brings it down to two… Not bad, four stars again… That was a solid five stars!'" -Vlada
10. "You check your Reading Challenge like it's the stock market." -Tessa
See complete coverage of the Goodreads Ten-Year Anniversary Celebration, including:
Participate in our Hide-a-Book Day on September 18
The Best Books of the Decade, Chosen by You
Ten of Our Top Reviews of All Time
Five Stories of Friendship and Favorite Books Found on Goodreads
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Sep 05, 2017 10:27PM
9 & 10 lmao.
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I put a short cut on my phone to getvto goodreads quickly. And i update my reading status every night. I'm not apart of any book clubs on here, im not sure how. Love the site though!
Well I'm so glad I'm not the only person that does these things, especially 10.
This is 100% me.I finished my reading challenge in July and before that i checked it constantly
I hope some day my friends do point 7. And i absolutely do point 3 <3
It's startling how accurate this was...3,5,6,9,10. Love it!
Sofia wrote: "this is so accurate it's scary"Hahahaha!!!
Lolol. So true and funny too! I wake up very early and the first ting I do is to grab my iPad and look for Goodreads updates before I even switched on the bed lamp. Before I enjoy my first cup of coffee, I have said good morning to books. Husband comes third, after coffee :-)) Sad but true.
Haha, I'm 2, 5, 6, 9 and 10. And a little bit of 8 too (though not every night). 10 is especially true - I challenge myself in terms of pages read as well as number of books read, so I constantly keep checking my reading stats page to see how many total pages I've read in this year, and calculate what my current page-per-day rate is, and so on.
Stephanie wrote: "Number 6 - I only type G into my browser and Goodreads comes up. :-)"It's in the first box in my Google Chrome speed dial!
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10 are me.Goodreads congratulations for Ten-Year Anniversary!! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
bookaholic_kim wrote: ""You know you're a Goodreads member when You type 'goo' into your browser, and Goodreads comes up before Google." This is so me and I only need to type "G". haha"
Same! Just the "g" and Goodreads pops up xD
You have no idea how often I do 10. XD And 6 is pretty accurate too.
I AM 1-10....ALL THOSE APPLY! AND YASSSSSSS GOODREADS DOES APPEAR BEFORE GOOGLE...
And I thought I was the only one. Thanks for the camaraderie Goodreads.
Agreed to all points except updating status daily.You know you are a goodreads member when, you recommend Goodreads to every person who reads book and promote Goodreads for the lovely giveaways you receive.
oh my gosh. this is so freaking accurate to my life! 1-10 I do it all!5 out of 5 stars for accurate lists! LOL XD
5 & 9 definitely and 8 sometimes, like I change it after almost every reading session so not only before I go to bed haha.
Haha, good one!I think this happens to me -- "6. "You type 'goo' into your browser, and Goodreads comes up before Google." -Alex"
Numbers 3, 4,6 and 10 are all me. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Goodreads!!!
"you never add a book to your to read list without first checking the reviews on Goodreads" - I love audiobooks and check the Audible Daily Deal every morning. If it looks promising, I check the GR reviews - and if *those* are good, I check to see if my library has it :-)
2,3,5.6&10 . Updated my reading challenge a bunch of times already this year...I count the books that I read to my kids too!
Definitely check a number of these boxes... minus the husband one :(Honestly - it's like I'm not even really reading the book until I've changed the status to "currently reading."
2,3,4,5,6,10 all true ^^7: I hope they do !!!
9 : kinda lol
ugh just because I am not married I can't get 10 out of 10 ><''
This entire post is me!If I am speaking with someone and they recommend a book to me, I pull up the Goodreads app one time to see the ratings on said book.
First thing I do every morning is check my email for Goodreads giveaways! My new hobby is reviewing ARC's Love doing them!!
I'm 7 out of 10. I've been a Goodreads member for about 3 years. I signed up initially to find recommendations. I love keeping track of my reading history and progress on each book. I check reader reviews on books to help me make decisions - sometimes just to prioritize when I have multiple books to read at the same time - highest rating typically gets read first. Winning giveaways is so fun! Thank you to Goodreads, authors and publishers for the giveaways. Happy Birthday Goodreads 🎂
I have my Bookcrossing.com linked with my Goodreads.com!Happy birthday, Goodreads.com!
Thank you for everything, especially the book giveaways & being an easy way of tracking all the books I read!
Dianne wrote: "Another one is you never add a book to your to read list without first checking the reviews on Goodreads. I do this all the time."Me too!
When my list of to read books is only managed by Goodreads
You know you're a GoodReads member... When you check your account just because you're bored
(And not your other media accounts)
