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[Siobhan]

Is no-one a little tempted to read it because it'll be hilarious? It's on Kindle Unlimited and only about 30 pages 😅

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

There's money in ridiculous monster smut... from curious people like us...

People swear Chuck Tingle is the pseudonym of a legit author, considering the editing quality of the books compared to some monster smut out there...

[Charlie]

Good point Siobhan! Doing something terribly is often more profitable than doing something we'll. I read so many indie romance authors who do such a great job, it's not fair that this gets all the fame!!

[Siobhan]

Yeah you're right it's not fair! But it grabs attention doesn't it!

[Narilka]

My homepage feed hasn't updated in over a day. Is there an official GR bug forum or something? I find the "help" area frustrating to search through, as in none of my searches find any results.

[Soo]

The homepage not updating happened to me too.

- On Browser & GR Homepage, Click on the Customize
- Updates Feed Preferences
- Click on the Prefs you want

That fixed the updating issue.

Other than that, there seems to be a lot of programming changes happening and that's impacting the website in odd ways.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Goodreads got rid of the Feedback group last year, because they didn't like how it was an echoing chamber for all the changes users disliked (my opinion)... I participated in the group, and it usually devolved into hundreds/thousands of comments about what was wrong with the new thing, and an occasional moderator response about why they were going to do it anyway...

So they shut it down, and replaced it with the Unhelpful Area, where you can send a message to GR and they can say they know already...

Maybe I'm a little bitter...

[Mel]

Anyone else finding that the link for the Choice Awards redirects them to the 2019 Awards page? Did they like, post it before it was ready and then take it down?

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

Melissa wrote: "Anyone else finding that the link for the Choice Awards redirects them to the 2019 Awards page? Did they like, post it before it was ready and then take it down?"

Mine goes to the 2020 awards.

Not sure how the vote is going to go for fantasy considering The Burning God and Rhythm of War are on the list and haven't even been released yet.

[Mel]

The link has gone back and forth a couple times for me, working then revert to 2019 again.

Yeah, there are other prominent titles, like Barack Obama's A Promised Land, that won't be out for weeks yet. *sigh* Goodreads Choice Awards... the only ones that start voting before the books are even released. Profoundly messed up.

[Chris]

I think I'll skip these awards on principal. I generally never vote for books I haven't read, even if I think I'll like them.

So that leaves me with Peace Talks, which wasn't even the best Dresden book of the year.

[Chris]

Ok, I changed my mind. There are some good write-in candidates that deserve a plug.

But, after I put Along the Razor's Edge in as my Fantasy write-in, it took me to 2019 results and I can't get back to 2020 no matter what I push.

So...fuck it

[Narilka]

Soo wrote: "The homepage not updating happened to me too.

- On Browser & GR Homepage, Click on the Customize
- Updates Feed Preferences
- Click on the Prefs you want

That fixed the updating issue.

Other t..."

That got a few items to load. They still say from 2 days ago. I'll see if a couple hours waiting helps. Thanks for the tip :)

[Narilka]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Goodreads got rid of the Feedback group last year, because they didn't like how it was an echoing chamber for all the changes users disliked (my opinion)... I participated in the group, and it usua..."

Yeah Iain, I can see your perspective. The unhelpful area is so annoying!

[Narilka]

After waiting 2-3 hours my homepage feed is back to normal. Thanks again Soo! That worked perfect and so easy.

[Soo]

Glad that worked! Stuff like that shouldn't happen but it seems like several things have to be "re-submitted" in order to work right.

Iain, GR forum hasn't been "helpful" in years. Pretty much since Amazon took over. lol

As for the Choice Awards, it was sending me to 2019 and I stopped trying to click on it after a few attempts. I think it's a silly system because it is one of the few that allows unpublished books or books that have been already awarded & won the year before to show up again.

It's not like everyone on GR is an Advanced Review Copy reader. That is one way to read stuff before the publication date.

I still vote on the Awards because I like to plug in for the books I liked.

[Narilka]

I tried the Choice Awards link from the homepage and went to the 2020 titles. As usual I haven't read most of them.

[Beena]

I'm tempted to vote for Rhythm of War cos you already know it's going to be immense lol

[Charlie]

I very rarely read newly released books, maybe 10 titles a year, the rest of my 100+ reads are usually from the year before or older. For this reason I struggle with the GR choice awards but I still vote in the few categories I happen to have read a current book in for that year.

[Charlie]

Beena wrote: "I'm tempted to vote for Rhythm of War cos you already know it's going to be immense lol"

Truth!

[Narilka]

I think I need to go check out some of Alan Dean Foster's works. This move by Disney is horrid: https://ilona-andrews.com/2020/disney...

[Mel]

Narilka wrote: "I think I need to go check out some of Alan Dean Foster's works. This move by Disney is horrid: https://ilona-andrews.com/2020/disney..."

I know, I've seen the news floating around. It's horrible, but I'm not surprised, since Disney's predatory business practices are well-known. Hopefully the public censure will put some pressure on them.

[Soo]

TBR Calculator - Estimates how long it will take you to read your TBR.

I have no idea what this calculation is based on but it's fun to see what it'll say.

According to that calculator, I could read my TBR (7200) in 12 years & 10 months. Technically, it's totally doable within my lifetime! Woo! =)

[Silvana]

thanks Soo! I got nine months. But it'll definitely be more since I keep buying new books.

[Soo]

Aw, you can basically catch up on your TBR every year. I don't think I can do that... lol =D

It's fun trying though!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

It’s gotta be some sort of page length calculator, compared to average yearly reading... you’ve had some big years, so suddenly 7200 books is no big deal...

[Soo]

Calculator has 3 Questions:
- TBR #
- How many books did you read last year?
- How old are you?

I'm going to guess that age has the least impact on the calculator.

[Mel]

The age is just there to tell you how old you will be when you're done. Then rest is just simple division.

For example, roughly for me: 1000 TBR / 125 books per year = 8 years exactly

However, it doesn't take into account how we constantly are all adding to our TBR. It really should be the net decrease.

So, 125 read a year, while adding 100 TBR books a year is a net decrease of 25, so... 40 years.

Or more likely: adding a gajblillion TBR every year, meaning... nevarr!!

[Soo]

I think you're on the right track for neverending TBR. I'm okay with that. lol

[Siobhan]

I got:

Reading all 1215 books will take:

12 years and 1 months

You will finish your TBR pile on:

January 30, 2033

And you will be:

42


Like Melissa said though, this fails to take into account how I'm constantly adding to my TBR! 🙈 I'M DOOMED! 🤣

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

On my end of the spectrum, I only add unreleased books to my TBR usually, so it isn’t really an accurate TBR of things I’ll eventually read...

[Soo]

GR's 2020 Reading Challenge count is broken. I went from ### to 0. You can still see the books you read in 2020 when you click on the link to see 'books completed' but the count shows a sad Zero.

[Siobhan]

Oh no :( hopefully it will be fixed soon!!

[Charlie]

Ooh this was fun:

Reading all 3505 books will take:
20 years and 7 months
You will finish your TBR pile on:
July 31, 2041
And you will be:
49

[Soo]

GR Reading Challenge count is back up!

Also, the Year in Books page will now go back as long as you've been on GR. It used to only show the year it started and after. I'm guessing.

So you can have a Year in Books summary page and the Reading Challenge page. That's handy.

[Charlie]

Ooh that is handy, I like it!

[Elizabeth]

See, my to-read list only has the first or next book of a series on it, so I'd have to at least triple my list to make it match more of how many books are really on it if I continue series.

[Elizabeth]

I finished my last book of the year earlier and it's killing me to not pick up another. This January year I had one book carry over from 2019, and this year want everything to count for the challenge. The book is setting next to my bed and calling me...

[Shaitarn]

Elizabeth wrote: "I finished my last book of the year earlier and it's killing me to not pick up another. This January year I had one book carry over from 2019, and this year want everything to count for the challen..."

I'm so tempted to ditch the book I'm reading now and start another one for 2021! :D

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I had several unfinished books... worked through them over the past 48hrs... watching season 4 of Brooklyn 99 right now...

[Siobhan]

Happy new year everyone :) wishing you all the best <3

[Chris]

I have 2 to finish tonight to complete my buddy read challenge

[Shaitarn]

Chris wrote: "I have 2 to finish tonight to complete my buddy read challenge"

Go, Chris, go!

[Hailee]

Happy New Year everyone!!!

[Saar The Book owl]

Happy New Year to all of you! May you find happiness in small things x

[Anni]

Happy new year everyone! Let's hope it's a good one! :)

[Mel]

Happy New Year, all!
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[Narilka]

Happy New Year!

[Soo]

Happy 2021~~~

[Paula]

Happy new year!