Goodreads categories

[Nik]

Ok, we probably all know that the conversion rate of books marked as 'to-be-read' is very low. They may sit on this list indefinitely, similar to books downloaded for free sitting on hard-discs around the globe with low chances ever to be read...
Sometimes though there are books marked as 'being-read'..... forever. What does it mean, in your opinion: that someone stopped updating his/her Goodreads account or should you safely assume it as dnf?

[[deleted user]]

My bet is that most of those people forgot to update their reading account and decided not to rate the book, either because it was found very ordinary or bad.

[Nik]

Do you run your "to-read" section and if so, do you usually follow through?

[Marie]

Nik wrote: "Do you run your "to-read" section and if so, do you usually follow through?"

My "to-read" section is over 5,000+ (LOL) - I try to read what I have had on my tbr for a long time - like reading the oldest ones that have been on the tbr since I joined Goodreads but with so many on my "to-read" shelf it is hard to choose what to read next. :)

[Lizzie]

I have enough books that haven't been read yet in my kindle collection. The Goodreads list seems to have generated itself through things I looked at or from Amazon and anytime I enter a give away in GR. I don't pay any attention to it.

[Scout]

I don't pay attention to it, either. I usually add books that have been recommended to me to be polite, but if they're not of immediate interest, I'll probably not read them.