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Dang...amazon seems to own everything. LOLYay for Noah! I liked that one the best out of the series...but I love all the boys from 5th St.
Oh cool -- I like knowing there are other books in the series to read.
I signed up... I like that I can do a blog with it. Plus I can import my books. We'll see how it is once I get it set up. I'm not leaving GR - EVER. Just wanted to check it out.I'm signing up for my first 1/2 marathon... The Nike woman's half in SF!
Regina wrote: "LOL Tellulah, not twisted at all -- I always purposely played that song while reading Dex and Perry. I really want to re-read the series.I agree Stacia, I enjoyed Wicked Cravings -- it wasn't as..."
Regina, I did read
and enjoyed it but had no desire to pursue the series. For many of the same reasons you cite. It's funny because when I was a kid I LOVED reading books about parentless worlds. Now having a daughter, not so much.
Kay wrote: "Dang...amazon seems to own everything. LOLYay for Noah! I liked that one the best out of the series...but I love all the boys from 5th St."
Noah is a fun book. I think book 2 was the weakest, but I can't say I disliked any of the books so far. Book 3 is more NA than adult because of the character ages, but I like that the author doesn't have all of her characters in one age group.
About Dark Duet. It's very controversial. You aren't supposed to like the male lead because he's an abusive rapist. But the story is one you can't look away from, much like Comfort Food. The biggest difference is that in time, this lead character "sort of" becomes redeemable, whereas the lead in CF did not.
I've raed Gone as well. It took me 2 times to get through the book because it's sort of slow for a while before it picks up again. I liked it but haven't read on. It's one of those "maybe some day" things. Wendy is a fan of the series though, so she might be able to have something to add.
Finished
and loved it. If book 4 is the icing on the cake, I'm super excited because I am already so in love with this series. Also finished
but I might not review it until tomorrow because I'm still playing catch up with books. It was hot. Cherrie Lynn writes some of my favorite sexual tension of all time. I want to go back and re-read Ghost and Macy's story again soon because this little prequel made me realize how good that book was.
Leea...add me when you get a chance: http://calikay.booklikes.com/ It's another fun way to socialize reading but goodreads is still the best, hands down!Gone has been on my list for ages and I still need to get back to the Ross siblings.
I'm working my way through
still. I will finish today. I love how Dex has turned around a lot since The Lying Season. Also, I love the new tattoo and the meaning!!
Regina, about
, I'd say you shouldn't read it. I did love the series, but if the horrors with the kids is bothering you already then it only gets worse.Also, if I were to think of a book to recommend to you that would NOT be one of them. There are books I read where I know which one of my reading friends will like it and which ones won't. This is a "Regina wouldn't like this" book, lol.
Kay wrote: "Leea...add me when you get a chance: http://calikay.booklikes.com/ It's another fun way to socialize reading but goodreads is still the best, hands down!Gone has been on my list for ages and I st..."
Here's mine http://leea.booklikes.com/
Here I am: http://reginar.booklikes.com/I finished
and I really enjoyed it! Thank you for helping me find this book!LOL Wendy, I will follow your instincts then. :)
Okay, booklikes question - do you start from scratch importing every title and then writing new reviews for each?
There is an easy way to export your shelf and reviews from goodreads and import to booklikes. That is what I did. :)
Yeah it's easy. You first export the goodreads file and then upload to bookslike. It took about 24 hours for my stuff to move over. The reviews were fine but had some formatting errors. All my shelves moved over too.
Regina wrote: "Here I am: http://reginar.booklikes.com/I finished
and I really enjoyed it! Thank you for helping me find this book!LOL Wendy, I will follow your instincts then. :)"
I'm glad you enjoyed Noah. I think her writing in this series is so much better than her first.
The Moreno Brothers? Okay, I will stick to 5th Street. My one complaint, I wish there was more sex but it made sense there wasn't. The method Kay described is what I did (I followed her lead actually after she posted she had done that). I used my twitter account to log in, not my facebook account and then it allowed me to search for "friends".
I found lots of errors in the wrong book cover for a book loaded on booklikes.
Did you see a way to notify them? I didn't. But those with wrong covers -- the books do exist correctly at booklies, so I think it is all about the importing.
I think I will stick with GR. I do not like complicated. Ha ha!
Thanks for the help, Regina and Kay!
Regina, I've been tweeting them with questions. https://twitter.com/BookLikesMarcella, I don't like complication either. I think it was the design look that enticed me to sign up for booklikes and to try it out.
You are so good with this stuff Kay! I will tweet them too, thank you! Now I am trying to decide if I should read
or
Gio wasn't as good as Noah and it also involves cheating...so, not sure how you'd feel about that.
I am okay with cheating in books as long as it is realistically dealt with. But I saw it wasn't as good .... I think Noah and Roni were both so relatable and likable.
okay, I totally missed the booklikes discussion. What the heck is it? Off to look now!
Kay wrote: "Regina, I've been tweeting them with questions. https://twitter.com/BookLikesMarcella, I don't like complication either. I think it was the design look that enticed me to sign up for booklikes an..."
I will have to check it out to see if it is worth the effort. I can barely keep up with GR as it is.
Wendy, it's a mixture between goodreads, tumbler, and instagram. http://booklikes.com/It doesn't run as smoothly as goodreads but I like the concept & setup so far. It has potential.
I think so too, I am guessing GR was rusty too -- lol, it still is!
I'm in there now, lol!So when you imported did it build your shelves or did it just throw them all in one shelf?
yeah, goodreads still has many things they could fix. I wish they would make their mobile apps better. I just don't like how it looks in the app compared to the webpage.
Wendy F wrote: "I'm in there now, lol!So when you imported did it build your shelves or did it just throw them all in one shelf?"
The shelves get imported too.
Wendy -- it imports all the shelves! It took mine about 24 hours to do. Kay -- the Android app sucks. The Apple app is a lot better. I love the app on my iphone, I hate the app on my Fire. I am not sure why the apple app is better. Now that Amazon acqd GR, they need to get their Android developers on this issue!
The more I read about booklikes the more discouraged I get. I am NOT a computer novice and at this point you might as well be talking to me in Chinese because I think I would understand that before I understand what the hell I just read from your posts. Ha ha!
I do alright with the iPhone app for GR, except on someone's review, if the comments are not on page 1 anymore then I can't read them. That's a pain.
I'm in the process of setting up a Booklikes account... but I have to say, I'm not sure about it just yet.It's probably me right now, but it felt like a lot of pressure to name a blog with the sign-in - LOL!
Love GR, so I'll be here no matter what. My books are still importing at Booklikes, so I'll see what the aftermath is post-import.
Into
now and trying to read
. I'm thinking I over-dosed on the Iron Druid Chronicles, 'cuz they books aren't doing it for me right now.Then again, I got laid off at work, so... I'm in a "mood". Trying to figure things out. Luckily, not in dire straits or anything. Just the hassle of having to find another job in a tough economy.
Wendy F wrote: "I do alright with the iPhone app for GR, except on someone's review, if the comments are not on page 1 anymore then I can't read them. That's a pain."I agree, that is a huge issue. I usually just go to safari for that. I like how groups are now on the app -- and the inbox. Except I usually just email people.
It's importing now.I'm assuming it's going on behind the scenes at this point and I don't have to sit on the page anymore, lol.
Wendy in fact I even shut my computer down at work and it completed over night!
Wow- my import is really screwed up! I'll try to import again, I guess. No idea what happened or why.And I, too, am noticing that the wrong books are in some of my reviews.
Hmmm... not sure about Booklikes right now.
So sorry to hear about your job Lori. I hope you find something soon.
Sorry, Lori :( That sucks. My import took about 24 hours and when it was done, they sent me an email to tell me it was complete.
There's always bumps and hiccups with newer sites. Right now, so far, I'm intrigued by booklikes. I like the blog with the shelf together. Not that I'll be going anywhere. There's things I like about GR, like the groups and the book pages. One of the big differences is that Booklikes works like pinterest where you find the book you want to add on Amazon and 'shelve it', almost like 'pin it'. I love the book ratings and book pages on GR. I use it a lot at the bookstore.But I love the blog and I like the look of it, and I like the timeline. I'm still working it all out and I haven't physically posted anything yet but I think I'm going to like it.
I agree. And you can very easily add all of your social network links to the "blog". It is a good concept. I also like how HTML is easier for the posts.
But yeah the groups here at GR are unique.
Is there an advantage to using 2 book sites? It seems sort of redundant if you can review, get friend opinions, use groups here, etc. I never run out of book ideas or suggestions, so I don't need to look elsewhere.I just want to know what Booklikes has that's different from here or would serve as a bonus.
I think I'll love the posting because you don't actually have to know the code and type it to post a picture of italicize things. BUT, I don't like how when I import it doesn't bring the formatting of my original reviews. Oh well, it's water under the bridge. Going forward I can do a copy paste and correct them from one site to the other.
But I'm not following why someone would want to post their reviews twice. Is there a benefit to this?I guess I feel like I spend so much time on GR as it is that doing it somewhere else seems like a repetitive time sink if there's not any new or different site purposes. Or is there something completely different other than reviewing and shelving to the site that I might miss out on?
I suppose I see it as the same thing as people who have Goodreads and have a blog. I mean, essentially it's just another blog spot.But no, not really. I mean, it seems like a blog first, then it has shelves like goodreads, and a timeline like Facebook.
When people 'like' your review/blog, they are actually 'liking' it on their facebook instead of just a voting system on booklikes (which is what GR does). It's an actual 'like' facebook button, if that makes sense.
Also, it's got a pin it button. I'm not sure if you can pin a goodreads post, never tried.
But I suppose those would be the only things that I think is REALLY different from Goodreads.
I'm not sure I think you're missing out by not joining. I joined because I was curious and thought it looked nice and would tie back to my Goodreads with a button. Plus it would reach others.
I think it's funny we all don't want to leave GR but were setting up a book likes account. Lol! I'm doing it for the blog option. Hoping it might make me want to start my own blog... It's something I've wanted to do for a longtime but I just do t know if I have the time needed to maintain it. Lori, I'm so sorry honey! I know you'll find something soon.
GR app is crap. I wish it made posting in groups easier. I usually just go they my email notification & reply that way.
We're headed bak to California today. Making one more but stop for more Rogue beer. Lol! It's a good thing we don't live here because I'd loose the husband to the Rogue Nation.
Regina wrote: "I agree. And you can very easily add all of your social network links to the "blog". It is a good concept. I also like how HTML is easier for the posts.
But yeah the groups here at GR are unique."
Does Booklikes have groups? I haven't explored the site much.
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I agree Stacia, I enjoyed Wicked Cravings -- it wasn't as good as Feral Sins but still very enjoyable.
I am excited you are all enjoying Under the Dome.
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