How to use bookshelf & add books

[Di]

If you haven’t used bookshelf before you are in the right place.
First, I’ll show how to explore it, then I’ll show how to add books there.
So what is this mysterious bookshelf?

You can find it by clicking here or
clicking the link surrounded by red rectangle.

Bookshelf should look something like this:



In the green rectangle are the books we have read as group reads, books we are currently reading and books that have been suggested for reading in future.

In the blue rectangle are tags that describe books. If you are interested in some tags, click on them and see what members of book club have suggested.

Marked in pink you can find reviews, discussions and ratings of that book by book club members.

So how to add new book here?

Take a look at area near group shelves marked in red

Write your book title here and press search.
The search will try to find all the books matching your criteria. For example, let's try to search The Bell Jar.
The result looks like this

All the books that are already in Mental Health book club shelf are marked in gray. In our example, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is already on the shelf.
But let’s say you wanted to add The Bell Jar Heart by Daniel I. Russell instead. Then click on Add to Group button.

Please put the book on the to-read shelf! Next, mark all the other relevant tags in the shelf option and then click save.

All done!
Looking forward to our bookshelf expansion!

[RM(Alwaysdaddygirl)]

This so rocks! I have no suggestions. I truly thank you for doing this! No bs.

If I may ask, are you a teacher?


🤗,
Alwaysdaddygirl

[Di]

Hi

I'm not a teacher, but since I work in a quite complicated field in biology I'm used to making things simpler for powerpoint presentations. This is sort of like it :)

[RM(Alwaysdaddygirl)]

Di wrote: "Hi

I'm not a teacher, but since I work in a quite complicated field in biology I'm used to making things simpler for powerpoint presentations. This is sort of like it :)"

Very impressive! 🤗Kudos💐

[Jennifer]

This is very helpful thank you. x

[Trish]

I love the group book shelf!

[RM(Alwaysdaddygirl)]

Trish wrote: "I love the group book shelf!"

Awesome to hear! Our moderator Di is really good with doing this stuff.

Happy Reading!

[Mystic Orange]

Thanks.

[~☆~Autumn]

I tried to add Depression: Cured at Last! but it appeared to already be there. I am not sure.

[Di]

~☆~Autumn♥♥☔☾₊‧⁺˖⋆ wrote: "I tried to add Depression: Cured at Last! but it appeared to already be there. I am not sure."

it is not there, but cannot currently be added due to Goodreads being buggy. I will keep an eye on it and add as soon as it gets fixed.

[~☆~Autumn]

I am sorry to hear that goodreads has bugs.

[Marlene]

Can we add our own book as an author of a book on Mental Illness?

[Di]

Marlene wrote: "Can we add our own book as an author of a book on Mental Illness?"

yes, but please add tag "member-authors"

[Marlene]

Thank you. I can search and find my book - but there is no button that sys "Add to Group". Just one that sys "Choose" and it goes nowhere. Hmm.

[Di]

Marlene wrote: "Thank you. I can search and find my book - but there is no button that sys "Add to Group". Just one that sys "Choose" and it goes nowhere. Hmm."

as mentioned before (message 10).. its a bug.. i have no idea why on earth they haven't fixed it in 2 months.

[Marlene]

Thanks

[Christine]

Thank you for this helpful guide! I would have been lost, lol.