2017 - See Your Year in Books!

I only joined Goodreads this year and it's been so much fun tracking my reading here - I love everything neatly organised and tracked :D I'm composing alist of reading goals for 2018 and Goodreads have massively inspired me to ♥

Nyssa wrote: "1.If you added all of the books at once there may be a delay. Check again.
2. Make sure all of the books have a “read” date of 2017."

Idd, I found out my "read" dates were missing!

Sylvie wrote: "Nyssa wrote: "1.If you added all of the books at once, there may be a delay. Check again.
2. Make sure all of the books have a “read” date of 2017."

Idd, I found out my "read" dates were missing!"

Glad you found the issue. Have a fantastic New Year! :)

Dina wrote: "Just like last year, the total number of pages is inaccurate because the end of year stats count the pages of audiobooks. Yes, I have shelved them as audiobooks. It still adds the pages."
Hi.. I think it is just fine that they add audiobook page counts. You put in the time.. to listen and it is the same writing you would have read. I think perhaps you would be happy if they would log written pages And listen pages and then also have a Total Page count. I suppose they probably could and you might ask if someday possible. For now if it means so much to you to have audiobooks Not counted in Your Page Count, how about after you finish listening to a book that you.. keep track so you can subtract it and then at the end of the year you can make a post to your friends how you want your totals to be shown. I am happy having totals shown as they are. It is Ok.

Jasmine wrote: "People read over 1000 books a year?! Wow! Even 100 seems like a lot to me. (I can only manage about 25 to 35 books.)"
Even you can up your totals, but you have to work at it. I never read more than about 250 books in my 65 years, but... Once I found Goodreads to keep track of books and now with change in my eyes and my nose not affected by the smell of the ink.. I am a reading fool... I have read like 2000 in past three years. Now many of those books are from Children's lists and you can bump off more than 10 an hour and hundreds with under 100 pages. I am now mostly up to the 200 to 400 page count books so I am slowing down. It is fun to work to complete a book list. What got me interested Facebook used to have a great book list spot and at that time I was reading Oprah book list because I didn't know what books to start with. I actually finished all of her books and on FB I marked the list and found I was 5th in the World to mark the FB list for her books!!!!!!! That I thought was so neat to do. I then looked up Classics and ..well I picked 91 other lists to work on.. to read the Best of the Best of all types of books... and that is what I am still working on. That FB list broke and now they have another type of list sight to use which is still good to find lists you want to work on. Lists on Goodreads some have had just anyone add to them and they are not.. the original list of books. FYI.. the 1001 Adult book list is one of the worst list of books I work on.. so many bad books. Good Classic book lists are a great place to start. So... You can read more books. I read now during TV commercials because they are so long. I also listen to audiobooks while I do my art or clean etc! Good Luck!

Is the Facebook share link going to be fixed? Like other people have said, it just says “Sign in” so it’s not worth sharing to Facebook. It’s a shame because the Year in Books looks great.

Dina wrote: "Just like last year, the total number of pages is inaccurate because the end of year stats count the pages of audiobooks. Yes, I have shelved them as audiobooks. It still adds the pages."

Shelves have nothing to do with how pages are counted. It's up to you to go in and change the edition to the audio.

This is a fantastic tool for reviewing your books.

Can't the yearly reading challenge page be done like this? That way I'd be able to see my friend year in books too!!

Robyn wrote: "Is the Facebook share link going to be fixed? Like other people have said, it just says “Sign in” so it’s not worth sharing to Facebook. It’s a shame because the Year in Books looks great."

i have this same exact problem, so i'm not the only one!! its a pity cuz i wanted to share it today since its the last day of the year! lets hope its going to still be up in the next few days and the bug fixed!

Emily wrote: "Emquegee wrote: "I've read 3 more books since I've gotten this alert. How can I update my progress because it won't update automatically?"

Nyssa is correct that adding books with read dates in 201..."

hello, i am having the same probem with facebook share, i don't think it is worth it sharing it when it just says "log in" because even though if you click on it the link works, nobody is going to click on something that dull, the point of sharing on facebook is for other friends to comment and interact with your post on facebook. i find it a bit disappointing that goodreads hasn't fixed it..

For those of you having trouble sharing, can you please let us know which browser you're using?

Jaclyn wrote: "For those of you having trouble sharing, can you please let us know which browser you're using?"


I'm using Mircosoft Edge but I also tried it on Google Chrome with no success.
I am able to share my year in books from last year with no problems but not this year for some reason.

Chrome

Jaclyn wrote: "For those of you having trouble sharing, can you please let us know which browser you're using?"

I have the same problem and I used Google Chrome. Same problem with Internet Explorer.

You'd like us to share this feature - - could you please share it with us first? It isn't featured on either my Home sidebar, or My Books - it's not on Your Reading Activity or anywhere else that it makes sense for it to be. Do people really check their own profile for content?

Is there a motive for making Goodreads ponderous? Do obvious oversights like this increase time spent here, or clicks, or some other scabrous factor of crass commercialization? That kind of monkey business makes me want to close my account. Design for me like I'm five. Please (and thank you).

Ron wrote: "You'd like us to share this feature - - could you please share it with us first? It isn't featured on either my Home sidebar, or My Books - it's not on Your Reading Activity or anywhere else that i..."

The only place it seems to be, apart from the top of this page, is on each persons profile page, on the right-hand side.

Ron wrote: "Ian wrote: The only place it seems to be, apart from the top of this page, is on each persons profile page, on the right-hand side.
"

Prompting my question:
Do people really check their own profil..."

Ron wrote: "Ian wrote: The only place it seems to be, apart from the top of this page, is on each persons profile page, on the right-hand side.
"

Prompting my question:
Do people really check their own profil..."

I would have thought the most obvious place to put it would be the Home page like they do with the Reading Challenge. Like you say, most people have no need to check their own profile page.

Ian wrote: The only place it seems to be, apart from the top of this page, is on each persons profile page, on the right-hand side.

I noticed this, and tried to address it by asking if Goodreads expects users to check their own profile page for content. A profile page is a self-identification feature, usually - and not a place to check for new content, especially when there is a "Home" or "My Books" page featured. There are many things that are not intuitive in the Goodreads formatting.

Noirfifre wrote: "Why is there no automatic WordPress shared button? Every time I visit any site, I wish this...ahhh. They power 29% of the Internet (half smiles and shrug). "I need to be ready when inspiration hits..."

I agree completely!!!

It was on the Home page for a while and then was placed on the Profile page. I requested that it also remain on the Home page (in Message #46) but did not receive an official reply.

As I've stated elsewhere, I rarely visit my Profile page. I already know who I am and what I've done on the site.

Maybe, this is GR's way of getting people to start actively using their profile page, but I don't see the point since we have a Homepage.

Ian wrote: "Jaclyn wrote: "For those of you having trouble sharing, can you please let us know which browser you're using?"


I'm using Mircosoft Edge but I also tried it on Google Chrome with no success.
I am..."

I have the same problem and I'm using Chrome. Sad that I can't share.

Aarthi wrote: "Ian wrote: "Jaclyn wrote: "For those of you having trouble sharing, can you please let us know which browser you're using?"


I'm using Mircosoft Edge but I also tried it on Google Chrome with no s..."

I have the same problem and have tried Chrome and Safari.

I love the lists and I love looking at this summary of the books I read this year. It's a lot of fun to see my year in a condensed version.

Emily wrote: "Steve wrote: "too bad I can't share it on FB."

There is a share button for Facebook at the top of Your Year in Books. If it isn't working properly, please use the Contact Us page and our team can ..."

Janice wrote: "I didn't really expect to read 100 books --and it really doesn't matter to me. I read --and write--for the love of reading. I'm 55, and have been working in a public library for 31 years...and coun..."

"Sharing" to facebook creates a link that says "Sign in to GoodReads" - not very engaging. How can I make the actual graphical representation of the books display in facebook, linking from the image back to GR?

Emily wrote: "Steve wrote: "too bad I can't share it on FB."

There is a share button for Facebook at the top of Your Year in Books. If it isn't working properly, please use the Contact Us page and our team can ..."
The share button works, but it really doesn't show anything. It only shres the words "sign in". And also i don't know how to share it here on goodreads.

Every time I try to post my year in books to facebook, it posts the sign in page. :(

Nyssa wrote: "I see that our link is on our profile page.

(1) Will/ Can it stay there, and be updated every year (like the Challenge)?

(2) Can we also have a way to access it from the Homepage?
I don't visit ..."

I agree.

Nancy wrote: "Jaclyn wrote: "For those of you having trouble sharing, can you please let us know which browser you're using?"

I have the same problem and I used Google Chrome. Same problem with Internet Explorer."

Safari

Erin wrote: "Wish Goodreads would have waited just a little bit longer to do because I am 1 book shy of my 100 books reading challenge and I'll get it finished in the next couple of days. I would have liked to ..."

Just put The date finished as 31st December then it will add to 2017list

Jaclyn wrote: "For those of you having trouble sharing, can you please let us know which browser you're using?"

Firefox here. I get the "sign in" graphic, with both Twitter and FB sharing.

Where is the part that shows you your top genres? Also, I wish this was easily accessible on the app, I had to google "my year in books" to find this.

Will the 2018 year in books appear again before the end of the year?
It was on my profile page for the first few days of January and then disappeared, I enjoyed having it to look at this early on.

Sarah (Head Stuck In A Book) wrote: "Will the 2018 year in books appear again before the end of the year?
It was on my profile page for the first few days of January and then disappeared, I enjoyed having it to look at this early on."

Hopefully, they'll update it soon. I would love to watch my progress throughout the year.

In the meantime, however, you can click on that one, and change the year to 2018 in the address bar.

Has the fb share thing worked for anybody yet?

Not me. Still won’t work.

Honestly, there are so many bug fixes goodreads need to do for the app and for the site and I don’t really get why they aren’t doing it?
For example, when I get notifications on the app that new people commented on this thread if I click on it it doesn’t bring me to the actual new comments, I have to scroll all the way down to the last comment to see what’s going on

KnownAsLavinia wrote: "For example, when I get notifications on the app that new people commented on this thread if I click on it it doesn’t bring me to the actual new comments, I have to scroll all the way down to the last comment to see what’s going on"

Ugh, yes. So annoying. So now, I don't even read posts or comments on the app.

KnownAsLavinia wrote: "For example, when I get notifications on the app that new people commented on this thread if I click on it it doesn’t bring me to the actual new comments, I have to scroll all the way down to the last comment to see what’s going on"

Yeah, unfortunately, this has been a problem for a very long time. I would love to see GR address and fix it.

Jasmine wrote: "Ugh, yes. So annoying. So now, I don't even read posts or comments on the app. "

Same, when it comes to blog posts. I suffer through it for some of my group posts, but it is annoying as Hades to deal with!

Yeah, I'm unable to share what I've read either ;(

KnownAsLavinia, Jasmine and Nyssa, I completely agree about having to scroll down to get to the comments you’re being notified about. It takes ages on a phone.

The Facebook share was showing the Goodreads sign in last week but it isn’t doing anything at all now, so I give up. I just don’t get why they go to all that trouble designing the Year in Books if it’s glitchy and you can’t share it.

I know. It doesn’t seem like they are too concerned. Nobody is going to want to share it in February.
It’s completely pointless to have this nice graphic just for me to view.

It seems that with the introduction of the 'Year in books' thingy, the prior years' challenges have been rolled into a single button that needs to be specifically pressed to reveal its contents. Each time.

Is there a way to put all the prior year challenges on display for good? It would have been super convenient!

KnownAsLavinia wrote: "Has the fb share thing worked for anybody yet?"

Unfortunately we haven't been able to resolve this issue yet. We apologize for any inconvenience and will share any updates here.

Sarah (Head Stuck In A Book) wrote: "Will the 2018 year in books appear again before the end of the year?
It was on my profile page for the first few days of January and then disappeared, I enjoyed having it to look at this early on."

We do not keep that section on your profile year-round. You can access it anytime here.

☘Misericordia☘ wrote: "It seems that with the introduction of the 'Year in books' thingy, the prior years' challenges have been rolled into a single button that needs to be specifically pressed to reveal its contents. Ea..."

Currently there is no way to choose to have all years displayed, but I've let our team know you're asking for this.

Brittany wrote: "So....can we still not share to facebook? or am I just doing something wrong?"

The Facebook sharing for Your Year in Books 2018 should be working properly. If you're experiencing an issue, please email support (at) goodreads (dot) com and our team will be happy to help.

2018 another year I can't share what I've read with Facebook friends. :(

It’s not working this year either. 😡

Steve and Cynthia-- So sorry for the trouble with this! Since this is an account-specific issue, please email support (at) goodreads (dot) com and our team can troubleshoot.

Brittany wrote: "Cynthia wrote: "It’s not working this year either. 😡"

it does work but you have to go into your settings. i had it so my goodreads account was private which makes it so you can't post. i had to up..."

Thanks

Can someone please explain how to change these settings? Is it Facebook or Goodreads settings? And I still only want my Facebook and/or Goodreads friends to see it. Not sure if it’s worth the hassle.