Do you have a shelf for books you know you do not want to read?

[Jess]

I have not been using the self feature as I only have a handful of books on my list. But the longer I use goodreads I can see how it would be helpful.

As I am now prescreainng (just started today :) ) books before I read them ( so not what I wanted to do sometimes I find out more about the polt than I want to before I read the book. ) I was thinking that it might get a bit confusing or I might forget a book that I deamed unreadable... or desided "eugh don't think I read that one."

So I was wondering what other people do, how do you keep track of the books you know for sure you do not want to read?

(sorry if there is a lot of misspelled words my spell checker is freeking out and I cant get it to work. )

[Beth A.]

I have a shelf labeled not-for-me. I don't use it much, but I need to, because I'll spend an hour researching a book, decide I don't want to read it, then six months later find myself researching it again. I usually only remember if I stumble on a memorable review.

[Jess]

See this is what I am thinking that I will just keep going round and round searching the same books. I like the name of your shelf I might have to use that :)

[S.A.]

I have a shelf labeled books I'll never read. If I'm uncertain about a book, I can usually get an idea if it's really for me by reading the reviews. Some readers are good about pointing out the good and bad content in a book. Otherwise I'll do some research.

[Lora]

I do. I find it useful for the reason listed above- I do a ton of research on a book, and a couple years later it attracts me again and I wonder, 'now why haven't I read this yet?', so I'll do the research all over again, which is a waste of energy.
I also include details about a book that will help others decide whether or not they want to read it. I also go onto Amazon to do reviews if there are no other reviews of a book that provide those pertinent details.
I have often appreciated the reviews of other readers that warn me, and I have stumbled headlong into a bad book because no one else thought it worth mentioning that this particular YA historical fiction started off with a rape scene, for instance. Or that every chapter had teen sexual activity, gee, thanks.

[B]

That's actually a brilliant idea! I think i need to implement that.

[Jess]

So I did it, I added a shelf called "check-for-content" that is where i put books I think I want to read. When I research them if/when I find a review, comment, content ratting I will copy and paist that info into the personal notes section so that I can remember why I decided not to read the book. I also list where I found the info just Incase I want to look it up again. The personal notes section has an extremely low letter count but I can usually squish in what I want/need. If I decide the book is worth reading I move it into my "read" shelf, if I decide not to read it I put it on my "no" shelf. I have 7 books on my no shelf so far. It would be nice if there was a way to flag authors as "no" as well, sometimes in my erase arch I will come across comments that let me know non of the authors work is for me.

[Lora]

That's a great description of making Goodreads work for you.