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[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I don't like that red number box on any of the notification/email/friend buttons, so I ignore fast...

[Hailee]

Beena wrote: "Ugh, I hate it when randomers add me on Goodreads!

But I'm now at a level where I'm comfortable with ignoring lol."

Same. I very clearly say on my profile that if not in a group together then I won't accept friend requests as I had got up to nearly 400 people at one point from just accepting anyone who looked like a non-bot account and was losing track of updates from people I actually wanted to see. I have deleted quite a few and am sitting at under 300 right now but there is still room to weed out some inactive friend collectors that I don't actually know.

[Hailee]

Timelord Iain wrote: "I don't like that red number box on any of the notification/email/friend buttons, so I ignore fast..."

I used to get so many emails from people I had accepted (when I accepted anyone who asked) asking me if I wanted a copy of their book or other random weird messages but since I stopped accepting just anyone my messages are usually from people I actually know and are actually something to look forward to.

[Hailee]

Nirkatze wrote: "OMG I'm so glad to see this conversation... I sometimes think I'm not the only person who doesn't want a million strangers on my friends list... If I haven't had a good conversation with you here i..."

I had the same epiphany when I started not seeing updates from people I actually knew because they were buried between the updates of all the randomers.

I'm not sure why people feel the need to build up a massive "friend list" of people they don't know and will probably never make the effort to speak to. Very occasionally I will come across someone I don't know but who reads books I like or they have a BookTube channel I am subscribed to but I just follow them instead of making a friend request.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

The thing is, I haven't accepted many randomers, but somehow have people I don't recognize on my friends list... I think it's just people that have drastically changed their profile picture & username, but it could also be a bug I've heard mentioned where sometimes friend requests seem to just auto-accept or accept even when you ignore...

[Hailee]

Timelord Iain wrote: "The thing is, I haven't accepted many randomers, but somehow have people I don't recognize on my friends list... I think it's just people that have drastically changed their profile picture & usern..."

I haven't heard about that bug... interesting... I might keep a closer eye on whether the friend requests I reject actually stay out of my list.

[Mel]

Nirkatze wrote: "But I don't feel comfortable just rejecting them either... sometimes I keep them in limbo for years... just sitting there with an unclaimed friend request..."

Timelord Iain wrote: "I don't like that red number box on any of the notification/email/friend buttons, so I ignore fast..."

The Two Types of People...

I'm with you Nirkatze. I have pending friend requests over a year old. Messages too. >_<;;

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

The email page has a "mark all as read" at the top, to make the red number disappear... I don't even open most group newsletters...

[Yanique, Thread Master]

Hello everyone!
It is already March!
Here's what BRs are beginning this month. If you're looking for a last-minute read to jump into, don't be shy!

Mar 1, 2023 The Problem Child (The Sisters Grimm, #3) by Michael Buckley
Mar 1, 2023 Sign of the Unicorn (The Chronicles of Amber #3) by Roger Zelazny
Mar 1, 2023 Spectred Isle by K.J. Charles
Mar 2, 2023 Saving Time (Time Police #3) by Jodi Taylor
Mar 5, 2023 An Artificial Night (October Daye #3) by Seanan McGuire
Mar 5, 2023 Godsgrave (Nevernight Chronicles #2) by Jay Kristoff
Mar 6, 2023 Last Argument of Kings (First Law #3) by Joe Abercrombie
Mar 6, 2023 Martyr (Covenant of Steel #2) by Anthony Ryan
Mar 6, 2023 Imitation in Death (In Death #17) by JD Robb
Mar 8, 2023 Fuller Memorandum (Laundry Files #3) by Charles Stross
Mar 10, 2023 A Darkness Forged In Fire (Iron Elves #1) by Chris Evans
Mar 12, 2023 The Dragon Reborn (Wheel of Time #3) by Robert Jordan
Mar 13, 2023 Cold Days (Dresden Files #14) by Jim Butcher
Mar 13, 2023 The Blackest Heart (Five Warrior Angels #2) by Brian Lee Durfee
Mar 14, 2023 Backpacking Through Bedlam (Incryptid #12) by Seanan McGuire
Mar 15, 2023 No Good Dragon Goes Unpunished (Heartstrikers #3) by Rachel Aaron
Mar 15, 2023 The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson & the Olympians #3) by Rick Riordan
Mar 18, 2023 The Broken Eye (Lightbringer #3) by Brent Weeks
Mar 20, 2023 Best Served Cold (First Law #4) by Joe Abercrombie
Mar 21, 2023 Dragon and Thief (Dragonback #1) by Timothy Zahn
Mar 21, 2023 A Tempest at Sea (Lady Sherlock #7) by Sherry Thomas
Mar 22, 2023 Demon in White (Sun Eater #3) by Christopher Ruocchio
Mar 23, 2023 Defiant (Cytoverse #4) by Brandon Sanderson
Mar 29, 2023 The Shadow Rising (Wheel of Time #4) by Robert Jordan
Mar 31, 2023 Waybound (Cradle #10) by Will Wight

[Nirkatze]

Didn't Defiant get moved to November?

[Narilka]

Nirkatze wrote: "Didn't Defiant get moved to November?"

Yes it did.

[Narilka]

I'm also not confident that Waybound is going to release this month. I think it's still in edits.

[Beena]

@Tammie, ugh gross! I'm glad I've never had guys harass me on here, but probably helps that my profile pic is a bird lol.

@Iain, I've never had spamming randos as well, there was one guy once, who messaged me about his new sci-fi book (he seemed nice enough) and I actually meant to politely decline, but ended up totally forgetting. Lol. Poor guy.

Mine are mainly from peeps who've read a review I've written, or are a friend of a friend and funnily enough do answer my question set up with a genuine answer.

I just have no interest in being friends with people that I haven't interacted with, and probably never will. I like seeing actual friends reviews, updates, seeing what they're reading and want to read cos it actually means something. And I like the random discussions on book updates which is only really fun if you know the person and their tastes etc.

[Beena]

Nirkatze wrote: "OMG I'm so glad to see this conversation... I sometimes think I'm not the only person who doesn't want a million strangers on my friends list... If I haven't had a good conversation with you here i..."

Hahaha, oh bless you Nirkatze!

[Beena]

@Hailee, yeah, I used to have a little section in my about me blurb that I won't friend people unless I've buddy read with them, but I found that people weren't bothering to read it at all! Super annoying, so I've just taken it out and will silently ignore. I don't understand it, cos I love reading people's profiles and seeing how they organise their shelves, if I'm interested in being a friend with them.

[Nirkatze]

@Beena--I don't know why I'm surprised that people don't read profiles... but I feel somehow dejected at that thought... almost makes me want to add more to my caveat section in defiance... like "your friend request must have the secret password in it to be accepted. The secret password can be found at the bottom of my profile description. ... The secret password is... blorp!"

[Beena]

Haha! That's actually a good idea Nirkatze!

[Nirkatze]

I claim dibs on "blorp" though.

[Tonari no Emily]

Is it just me or are notifications on the fritz again?

[Beena]

Yeah Emily, I've just logged in on my laptop and can't see any, but there's clearly been activity in the group.

[Mei ☽︎]

Yup, they've been broken for me too, and I've seen people comment the same in some of my other groups as well... 🥲

[Mel]

Oh good, they're back now for me at least. I get by by clicking "unread" on the main group page to see the most recent comments, but it's a pain to be sure.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

it's finally caught back up, I think... takes awhile to flush all the late notifications once fixed...

I don't know how much of this is things breaking, and how much is secret GR maintenance... they've responded in the past, saying they do site maintenance at the times of year when the least amount of people use the site... it's just annoying for people like us that use the site multiple times a day...

[Hailee]

Beena wrote: "@Hailee, yeah, I used to have a little section in my about me blurb that I won't friend people unless I've buddy read with them, but I found that people weren't bothering to read it at all! Super a..."

Yeah its obviously frequently ignored on my profile as well but maybe it reduces a few random pointless requests so I'll keep it, at least for now. It does make me even more reluctant to accept people though coz if you haven't even taken the time read my profile and you don't know me in a group then WHY do you even want to be my friend... the conclusion I draw normally does not encourage me to click accept.

[Hailee]

Nirkatze wrote: "@Beena--I don't know why I'm surprised that people don't read profiles... but I feel somehow dejected at that thought... almost makes me want to add more to my caveat section in defiance... like "y..."

Burst out laughing when I read this and immediately went to your profile to check... blorp 🤣🤣

[Mel]

Nirkatze wrote: "I claim dibs on "blorp" though."

Haha, Nirkatze you are adorable. If I weren't already your friend I would be cruising for a way to blorp into your good graces.

[Kirsten]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Honestly, the best part of being back on Desktop, is the keyboard... I'm so much better at touch typing on a keyboard than on a small mobile device with my sausage fingers... and I can hit reply fo..."

I like it better too. Also, for me, on the keyboard I can do touch typing, whereas on a mobile device it's peck & hunt.

[Nirkatze]

@Hailee & Mel--y'all are the best blorp folks as far as I'm concerned!

Friend request settings are a little funky though... apparently you can only require a "challenge answer" and not just an answer to your question--so if I set it to "challenge answer" and have the answer be "blorp", then only people who type the one-word "blorp" in the friend request section are actually able to put through a friend request... but they won't be able to answer the other questions of why they want to be my friend and where do we know each other from... I'd like to have both an answer, and a challenge password...


On other conversations--#TeamKeyboard all the way... no thumbs for me... I'm all thumbs in the bad way...

[Yanique, Thread Master]

You asked what we're reading in April???
Well here you go!

Apr 1, 2023 Once Upon a Crime (the Sisters Grimm, #4) by Michael Buckley
Apr 1, 2023 The Hand of Oberon (The Chronicles of Amber #4) by Roger Zelazny
Apr 1, 2023 The City We Became (Great Cities #1) by N.K. Jemisin
Apr 1, 2023 Godkiller (Godkiller #1) by Hannah Kaner
Apr 1, 2023 Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire #1) by Mark Lawrence
Apr 1, 2023 Secret Project #2 by Brandon Sanderson
Apr 2, 2023 About Time (Time Police #4) by Jodi Taylor
Apr 3, 2023 Origins in Death (In Death #21) by JD Robb
Apr 5, 2023 The Dragon Reborn (Wheel of Time #3) by Robert Jordan
Apr 5, 2023 Late Eclipses (October Daye #4) by Seanan McGuire
Apr 5, 2023 Darkdawn (Nevernight #3) by Jay Kristoff
Apr 8, 2023 Apocalypse Codex (Laundry Files #4) by Charles Stross
Apr 8, 2023 In the Shadow of Lightning (Glass Immortals #1) by Brian McClellan
Apr 10, 2023 Broken Blade (Fallen Blade #1) by Kelly McCullough
Apr 13, 2023 Skin Game (Dresden Files #15) by Jim Butcher
Apr 15, 2023 A Dragon of a Different Color (Heartstrikers #4) by Rachel Aaron
Apr 15, 2023 Percy Jackson & the Olympians 04 - The Battle Of The Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
Apr 15, 2023 Daughter of the Moon Goddess (Celestial Kingdom #1) by Sue Lynn Tan
Apr 15, 2023 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance Trilogy #1) by N.K. Jemisin
Apr 16, 2023 The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi #1) by S.A. Chakraborty
Apr 17, 2023 Best Served Cold (First Law #4) by Joe Abercrombie
Apr 20, 2023 The Rose Society (The Young Elites #2) by Marie Lu
Apr 21, 2023 Dragon and Soldier (Dragonback #2) by Timothy Zahn
Apr 22, 2023 Kingdoms of Death (Sun Eater #4) by Christopher Ruocchio
Apr 25, 2023 All of Our Demise (All of Us Villains #2) by Amanda Foody , C.L. Herman
Apr 27, 2023 The Eidolon (Magnus Academy #1, Tarot Sequence #3.5) by K.D. Edwards
Apr 28, 2023 The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms #2) by Cinda Williams Chima

[Nirkatze]

6 BRs just on April 1st. Wowza. ^^;;;

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I told you guys... people really like scheduling on the first of the month... 1st thru the 15th... then you get to the end of the month and there's not much... 19 BRs from 1st to 15th, 8 BRs from 16th to 30th... not including all the In Death and Dark Hunter ones each week... so, more like 21 and 12...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

all taxed out for the year... 2-3 months procrastinating, 2hrs to file, 2 weeks to get the refunds (federal and state)...

WOO

[Saar The Book owl]

For those who are ordering their books on The Book Depository (like me) the website will close down on April 26th. So, if you're planning on ordering some books, now it's the time. They will grant support until somewhere in June.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Saar The Book owl wrote: "For those who are ordering their books on The Book Depository (like me) the website will close down on April 26th. So, if you're planning on ordering some books, now it's the time. They will grant ..."

couple people mentioned it in book sales

[Saar The Book owl]

Ah, sorry, I didn't come online for a couple of days and missed it.

[Charlie]

As a good alternative to The Book Depository, Blackwells offer free international shipping and their prices are very similar to TBD

https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/hom...

[Saar The Book owl]

Aha, I must check this out. Thanks, Charlie :)

[Siobhan]

Charlie wrote: "As a good alternative to The Book Depository, Blackwells offer free international shipping and their prices are very similar to TBD

https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/hom..."

Didn't know that! Thanks Charlie.

Another good alternative and an independent business is Kenny's Bookshop. Irish shop posting internationally for only €1 shipping.

[Charlie]

So it looks like Waterstones have now bought Blackwells but for now they're allowing them to remain pretty independent with regards to their selling and shipping policies, which is great.

[Tonari no Emily]

Random question: when a book has a dust jacket, do y'all take it off to read or leave it on?

[Narilka]

I take dust jackets off when I read.

[Vickie]

I take them off too.😊

[Ann-Marie]

I leave them on and I use the front flap for a book mark the first half of the book and the back one for the second half. I rarely read physical books though and if I have a physical copy I read through once to make certain there are no printing issues then they go on my shelf to look pretty <3

[Nirkatze]

Ann-Marie wrote: "I leave them on and I use the front flap for a book mark the first half of the book and the back one for the second half. I rarely read physical books though and if I have a physical copy I read th..."

Pretty much ditto on Ann-Marie here--and when I do read physical books, they pretty much stay at home too, so they don't get all beat up... I use my physical copies to double check my ebook copies and to look pretty on shelves, mostly.

[Tonari no Emily]

Sometimes I'll do Ann-Marie's method, but then it gets in my way and I take it off... But if I'm not careful about where I put the jacket it can get messed up ><
I was ust curious about what other people do :)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

It is I, your humble Timelord, here to bestow you with my humble presence... humbly...

Since I can't seem to shut up around here, I've somehow managed to generate 20,000 comments :D

By comparison, nobody else has hit 10k yet, altho Choko & Siobhan are doing their darnedest, at 8k to 9k each... and I'm sure Nirkatze will be a contender in a few years, with 5k in 17 months...

Most of the other top commenters are founding members/mods (I don't quite count myself in that, since I've only been a mod for a few months now, and joined in late 2017, not mid 2016)...

Here's to the road to 30k comments :D

[Choko]

May you never stop commenting!!! And may we be blessed with your presence for as long as you wish it!!!:))))

[Jenna, I'd be free if not for Temper & Edgewalker]

Timelord Iain wrote: "

It is I, your humble Timelord, here to bestow you with my humble presence... humbly...

Since I can't seem to shut up around here, I've somehow managed to generate 20,000 comments :D"

Congrats! It's been great to have you here for so long - both as a member and now a mod <3

[Narilka]

Congrats Iain lol That's a great milestone :)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I definitely had some fun seeking the perfect humble gif... finding a party streamer gif was harder...

If I could, I'd have used one of the better wedding vids with the male adult flower girl (where the guy has petals hidden in every pocket and spins all over)...