Week 4: Goodreads

I've been a member of Goodreads for years and have found it limitedly useful.
It's fun to add books I've read. But I have never had time to add even a quarter of them!
I have lots of friends in Goodreads, but again, there is no time to even note all the books they're reading.

I enjoyed playing with the extra pieces of Goodreads for this assignment, but I found it stiff and awkward.  For example, when looking through my list of 370 books to put them on "shelves," as I worked my way down the list, the computer just kept jerking the list back to the beginning.

Listopia seemed too arbitrary to be of actual use for reader's advisory.  I hesitate to recommend a book I don't know (or don't know who listed it.)

I did have fun recommending some books to friends.  I recommended a papercrafting book, Stash & Smash by Cindy Shepard, in reply to Miriam's recommendation to me of The Paper Book. 
I  found my best friend from middle school on Goodreads last night. :)  I told her to run, not walk, to find Book of Suns by Nancy Springer (possibly the most perfect fantasy book I've ever read)--Patty and I have been fellow mytheopaths since sixth grade.

I'm glad this assignment reminded me of what Goodreads is and does, but I don't think I will be using it on a regular basis.  It's too time consuming for my personal use, and too arbitrary to use at the library.