Help - How do I restore my Favourites Shelf on my profile

[Carol Cork *Young at Heart Oldie*]

My favourite books are no longer showing on my Profile page. Under the favourites shelf it just says I haven't chosen any yet but I thought all books with a 5* rating automatically defaulted to my favourites shelf. Does anyone know how I can restore them on my Profile page?

[Lisa Kay]

I'll take a look at your bookshelves, Carol. It could be that the default disappeared when you chose something else to feature. I remember mine doing that, but I don't recall why.

[Lisa Kay]

Wow. Yup, nothings there. I think there was a post about this in the GoodReads Feedback Group. Let me see if I can find it.

[Zumbagirl]

I deleted mine when I didn't have any book listed in "favorite" bookshelf

[Carol Cork *Young at Heart Oldie*]

Lisa Kay wrote: "I'll take a look at your bookshelves, Carol. It could be that the default disappeared when you chose something else to feature. I remember mine doing that, but I don't recall why."

Thanks, Lisa Kay!

[Lisa Kay]

Sorry, Carol, it looks like once you mess with it, it's gone. I think there was this whole thing about the spelling difference: "favorite" vs "favourites" as to why they didn't make it permanent.

You'll just have to re-create it and call it “all-time-favourites” or “5-★-reads” or whatever. The nice thing is, you can make it sortable and just show the books from that shelf that you want.

How to Sort (or rank) a Bookshelf (like your favorites!)

Go into edit your books. On Screen 1, click on what shelf you want featured (I chose "mystery-with-a-little-romance" in my example), and also click on “sortable”.
Screen 1


When you go back out and look at that shelf, notice that you can now sort (or rank) a book within that shelf.

Screen 2


Screen 3 will remain in my #1 spot without shuffling through.

[Carol Cork *Young at Heart Oldie*]

Thanks for your help Lisa Kay! I finish my part-time job this coming Friday and then I'll have plenty of time to set up an all-time favourites shelf!