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Brenda wrote: "Alex wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "How have I not heard of this website?!No more purchasing rare books or ones I can't find in libraries, or that my library can't purchase on request.
There is so much..."
We looked at this site for work but also found a lot of inappropriate stuff and porno. Some good stuff there but also a lot of offensive stuff
Diana wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Alex wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "How have I not heard of this website?!No more purchasing rare books or ones I can't find in libraries, or that my library can't purchase on request.
T..."
Thanks Diana and Brenda. Did not click on any links so seems to be okay - though I did have a word document fry on me and have spent several hours resurrecting it. (Note to self to back up my work more frequently.)
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Brenda wrote: "Oh Alex - you make me feel guilty! I haven't backed up for ages either!!"Time (or demands on it) gets away from us all.
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Time (or demands on it) gets away from us all."
And that's the truth!!
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Brenda wrote: "I have just finished my 250th book for the year - that leaves only 100 to go to complete my goal :)"Very impressive, Brenda! Congratulations!
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Well done Brenda:)
Brenda wrote: "I have just finished my 250th book for the year - that leaves only 100 to go to complete my goal :)"I am in awe, Brenda! I have no idea how you do it and then write blurb-worthy reviews!
Congratulations Brenda...great reading! Together with all that you do in setting challenges, always responding and motivating each of us in our participation, amazing what you do!
Brenda wrote: "I have just finished my 250th book for the year - that leaves only 100 to go to complete my goal :)"Well done Brenda 👏👏 How do you do it? 😃
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Well done Brenda:)"
Good job on your 213, especially as you work full time as well, plus participate here!
Brenda wrote: "I have just finished my 250th book for the year - that leaves only 100 to go to complete my goal :)"Amazing Brenda, 😀
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Brenda wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "I'm only at 213! Well done Brenda:)"
Good job on your 213, especially as you work full time as well, plus participate here!"
Agree Brenda, like you Phrynne is always ready to encourage us all. Where do you both find the time..no sleep 😉
Wow Brenda! And Phrynne! 463 books between you both, and still counting! Thats a lot of words 😳 Well done to you both 👏👏👏👏
Well done! I'm at 224, but some of those are audio repeats of print or ebooks...
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Brenda wrote: "I have just finished my 250th book for the year - that leaves only 100 to go to complete my goal :)"Truly amazing Brenda! And Phrynne - I don't know where you both find the time to do as much as you both do!
Marianne - also amazing! I think all three of you are going to break your personal best records this year! 🏆
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Marianne you’re catching up fast too! Bravo 👏 👏👏
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Truly amazing Brenda! And Phrynne - I don't know where you both find the time to..."
No I won't be breaking my personal best but I am determined to scrape in at 350:)
Wowers, that's amazing ladies! And a big thank you for all the fabulous reviews and warnings - you certainly shape my TBR list in a big way!
Phrynne wrote: "No I won't be breaking my personal best but I am determined to scrape in at 350:) ..."Well that's definitely not too shabby Phrynne!!!
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Thanks Alex :)
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Thanks Kylie :)
Well done Marianne and Phrynne too. Also going great guns in the reading stakes.
Is anyone else having issues with Goodreads at present? I can’t get books to come up. It tells me an unexpected error occurred.
Dale wrote: "Is anyone else having issues with Goodreads at present? I can’t get books to come up. It tells me an unexpected error occurred."I noticed at work today that they've changed over the book page format as they've been threatening to do for a while! But it's not yet changed on my home computer. Maybe that's got something to do with it?
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Dale wrote: "Is anyone else having issues with Goodreads at present? I can’t get books to come up. It tells me an unexpected error occurred."Yes, I have the same problem, Dale. It seems to do with the new book pages. I really don’t like it. I can’t even open a book page on my phone. On desktop, it works, but has lost multiple functions. I can’t see this being a good thing for Goodreads. It feels so much harder to read people’s reviews now too.
Rowan wrote: "Dale wrote: "Is anyone else having issues with Goodreads at present? I can’t get books to come up. It tells me an unexpected error occurred." Yes, I have the same problem, Dale. It seems to do wit..."I agree Rowan. The reviews seem to have only one or two rows visible, yet there is so much white space on the page!
It’s also a lot harder to add books from the new book page, if you want to select an edition, add to multiple shelves and so on. I guess we will get used to it though.
Also, why such prominence for the ‘buy on Kobo’ button? I could understand if it was Kindle/Amazon. I thought this might be something I could control in my preferences, but apparently not.
Phrynne wrote: "Mine has changed over completely to the new page. I have seen other people with your problem Dale so maybe as Krystal says it is part of the changeover."Why do they insist on fixing things that aren't broken?
Marianne wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Mine has changed over completely to the new page. I have seen other people with your problem Dale so maybe as Krystal says it is part of the changeover."Why do they insist on fixing things that aren't broken? "
Indeed Marianne! There's so much else they could fix - like the use of sockpuppets to bulk up 'likes' for reviews, fake accounts and those men who treat GR as a dating app! (Just to mention a few things needing fixed!)
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Why do they insist on fixi..."
My thoughts exactly Marianne!
Rowan wrote: "Dale wrote: "Is anyone else having issues with Goodreads at present? I can’t get books to come up. It tells me an unexpected error occurred."Yes, I have the same problem, Dale. It seems to do wit..."
Thanks Rowan. Good to know I am not alone. Thanks Ladies for answering. I have contacted Goodreads about it, so will see what happens from here. A lot of us would like things to just stay the same, not change for no reason.
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Is anyone else had a problem with reviewing on Amazon US? I went to put my review up for Barbara Hannay's newest and there is one rating and no reviews but this came up when I tried to reviewAmazon has noticed unusual reviewing activity on this product. Due to this activity, we have limited this product to verified purchase reviews.
I will see later if I can review an other books that I have not purchased :)
Helen wrote: "Is anyone else had a problem with reviewing on Amazon US? I went to put my review up for Barbara Hannay's newest and there is one rating and no reviews but this came up when I tried to review..."
I've seen a lot of people in other groups reporting this same problem. It seems to be related to unusual activity regarding that particular book (sock puppets, fake reviews etc) and not to you personally or to whether you bought the book or not. People have said they've been able to go back sometime later and post a review for the book. Hopefully that's the case for you :)
Thanks Carolyn I tried another book that I git fir review and that was OK I will try again in a couple of days
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Brenda wrote: "I haven't had any trouble yet Helen - good luck doing it later!"Thanks Brenda, hopefully I will get it done later :)
Helen wrote: "Is anyone else had a problem with reviewing on Amazon US? "They never let me post any reviews, Helen, because I never meet the purchasing requirement to qualify. I just have to hope the same product's available via Amazon.au, otherwise, they don't get a review posted!
I do spend the money needed and have been posting reviews there for a long time when something goes wrong with them I worry because a few years ago they took down every one of my reviews it wasn't good. I will keep trying it seems to be just this one book at the moment
PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "How have I not heard of this website?!No more purchasing rare books or ones I can't find in libraries, or that my library can't purchase on request.
There is so much available he..."
I can't believe I didn't find it before now Patty, and the one hour loan doesn't really matter as it sits there to renew from the same place anyway!
Brenda wrote: "I have just finished my 250th book for the year - that leaves only 100 to go to complete my goal :)"That is amazing, Brenda. Go you!!
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No more purchasing rare books or ones I can't find in libraries, or that my library can't purchase on request.
There is so much available he..."
Oh no! Hope you didn't get a virus on your computer Alex!