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how to "follow" a reviewer?
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Carol/Bonadie
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Aug 19, 2013 10:36AM
I usually don't read reviews on GR -- where would I start? -- but while scrolling around to re-enjoy the plot of The Likeness by Tana French I found a reviewer whose reviews I really like. So, how do I "follow" her? There doesn't seem to be a way to have her listed anywhere, and in about 2 days I will have forgotten her name. I know there must be a way. Suggestions?
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Click on her picture and it will take you to a page with a button for "follow reviews" or "friend request". Just click the follow reviews and it will take care of it!
Melodie wrote: "Click on her picture and it will take you to a page with a button for "follow reviews" or "friend request". Just click the follow reviews and it will take care of it!"Okay, thanks! Now if I could only remember her name... ;-)
LOL, Carol! So click on the book and scroll down to the reviews.... I follow some reviewers and enjoy getting their perspectives on books. (though I think I friended each of them) ;). Carol/Bonadie wrote: "Okay, thanks! Now if I could only remember her name... ;-) "
Ann wrote: "LOL, Carol! So click on the book and scroll down to the reviews.... I follow some reviewers and enjoy getting their perspectives on books. (though I think I friended each of them) ;). Carol/Bonadi..."
LOL, Ann. That's what I did, so I found her again. So, what does following get me? An email whenever she writes a review? Internal email or external?
Carol: I think it can be set in preferences to be an external email, that is how I get my review notices. Carol/Bonadie wrote: " So, what does following get me? An email whenever she writes a review? Internal email or external? "
I like it when my Goodreads friends or users that I follow write a review because it shows up in my updates/timeline & the digest emails that I receive. I tend to add users as friends who have similar book tastes and are capable of writing an intelligible review. That way I have a higher level of trust about what they say when their comments pop up on my account.
Russ: That is similar to what I do to. I can sometimes grab some gems I would have missed from those review digests. I find it interesting that Goodreads repeats some and seems to give more credence to the longer reviews since those appear at the top of the emails, but I scroll through to see what some of my "top friends" in Goodreads parlance are reading. Longer is not necessarily better in a review, those seem to veer into spoiler territory so I tend to not read the entirety of those, especially if I am planning on reading the book. .
Russ wrote: "I like it when my Goodreads friends or users that I follow write a review because it shows up in my updates/timeline & the digest emails that I receive.
I tend to add users as friends who have similar book tastes..."


