SPECIAL NOTE: DO NOT VOTE HERE, THIS LIST IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED.


HERE WAS THE ORIGINAL FIRST MESSAGE (do not vote here though, this is just what the listees were asked to follow. The list officially closed 5 January 2018):

Here it is guys, the 2017 list up for you! We invite Women born in the 1970s to add their tally of books read in 2017 to this list.
Dos:
Do add the books you've read in 2017 if you are a woman born in the 1970s (including Transgender women - if you live as a woman, you are a woman to this list organiser).

Do invite your female friends born in the same decade (1970s) to join in with us.

Do take part in the conversations we will have, including my huge announcement below.

Don'ts:
Don't vote in this list if you are not a woman born in the 1970s. I shouldn't have to state this, but we do get numskulls who can't read voting in this list when they're not in our criteria range - go haunt or self-promote in another list - there are plenty of them.

Don't self-promote or get friends/publishing/marketing people to promote a book here. That's not what this list is about and we get angry and vocal about it if you do. It's a sure-fire way to NOT get read by the legitimate users of this list.

Don't skim the list and just 'vote' - please add in the book editions you've read by clicking 'Add Books To This List' and adding from your books read. That way we also get to see the popular-read edition of a book title. Don't panic that in 'adding' a book you create duplicates because we regularly go through the list to amalgamate all the editions. It's easy for us, just a click of a button does it.

Don't vote on this list once the list has officially closed - 5 January 2018.

OK - there are the rules. I'll add to them if I need to, but here you go, this is the list for 2017.

Thanks for this list Penny I will be adding to it soon (as I have done for the last few years). Happy reading in 2017.

Thanks for running the list Penny. Looking forward to seeing some new books up in the top ten in 2017.

Oh you're all welcome and welcome back my 1970s born female friends!

I love a good list and a good book so by definition a book list makes me very happy!

Excited about the new list!

Starting these lists and then wrapping up the previous year's list are actually my New Year highlights. Both exciting from different angles!
I hope you guys will note that when the 2016 list is closed, I change its name to reflect that it WAS what we read and we don't add to it. So if you're reading this after 5 January 2017, remember that it is too late to add your books read in 2016, but now you'll be on board for 2017 and can join our merry band of 70s chicks as we grow older and very well read.
I love looking back and seeing my record of reads over the years. That's the brilliance of the listopia set up - no matter what happens after it is officially closed, you can always see what your own contributing list within it reveals. It's a fun game to pick the pattern that occurred within each year - if you've been with us awhile, try it! You'll just have to scroll through the lists you've voted on to find it :)

I have read 2 books that honestly should never have been published....not totally sure how they made it past an editor so I am not adding them to the list. I also do not add the books I read with my kids on here even though I mark them read on goodreads.

I just want to thank Penny for all of your hard work. This is my favorite list on Goodreads! I look forward to adding to it and seeing how it changes over the months.

Lisa wrote: "I have read 2 books that honestly should never have been published....not totally sure how they made it past an editor so I am not adding them to the list. I also do not add the books I read with m..."

Hi Lisa,
DO put them up - this list is about what you've read, not necessarily about 'what was great that you read'. If you read over 100, then sure, whittle it down to the best, but there is a better way to express that a book isn't worth reading - tell us in the comments, or, put a comment under your book 'vote'. I read a clunker of a book last year so I wrote that in my review. Very important to do that. Reviews whether good or bad help people to make their book reading choices. You read it, so in my opinion put it up if you want the list to reflect what you've read accurately, it did take up some of your precious time after all! :)

Penny wrote: "Lisa wrote: "I have read 2 books that honestly should never have been published....not totally sure how they made it past an editor so I am not adding them to the list. I also do not add the books ..."

I do usually read over 100 and had to cut off near the end of last year. I will add them for now and remove if I get close to the 100 this year. They took up too much of my time. I have OCD and so I can not quit a book once I start it which I totally should have with these 2.

Yay! The list's back.

Thank you for doing this every year, Penny! Looking forward to it. This is my second year. Happy Reading!

Penny wrote: "Here it is guys, the 2017 list up for you! We invite Women born in the 1970s to add their tally of books read in 2017 to this list.
Dos:
Do add the books you've read in 2017 if you are a woman born..."
Can you explain to me the "score" portion? Why are all the books voted on by only one person at different levels in score and vary in the ranking they have on the list? You may have explained this before, but I didn't find it just now. Thank you!

Heather wrote: "Can you explain the "score" portion?"

OK this I can tell you!
The first book YOU add when you've read it is scored '100'. The second book YOU add when you've read it is scored '99'. The 99th book YOU add when you've read it is scored '2' and the last book you're allowed to add if you're lucky enough to read that many books (you can add only 100 to any list) is scored '1'.
Then what happens is Goodreads amalgamate all our 'scores', so the total 'score' for a book is based on the ranking of each book in your year's collection, added to the ranking of everyone else who 'voted' on that book.

For us, I don't take any notice of that score or the ranking. All I'm looking at, and all that counts in our tally, is how many women born in the 1970s have read each book within the list, that's all.

IF it bothers anyone, then what I suggest is that you make your favourites read in the year rank at the top of your list, and your least favourite (or perhaps 'hated') read in the year rank at the bottom of your list. That way your 'score' can help affect the 'rank'. Changing this is really simple to do in your 'My votes' column on the right of the screen (if using PC/Mac - no idea what happens with the APP sorry!).

I hope this has helped?

Yes, thank you very much!

I can't do anything with the app for this list. I can't add my books let alone change the order. I always have to revert to my laptop for that. I keep meaning to try it on an iPad as I have an android tablet to see if it works any better.

My impression is that you can't do a lot of things with the app.

Honestly....I only use the app for the book scanner.....everything else I do on my laptop.