If you are an avid reader, and don't have a GoodReads account, I highly suggest you get one! GoodReads is a site where you can keep track of what your currently reading, what you want to read and what you have read.
Many people, including myself, get to the end of the year and wonder what have I been reading this whole year? This site helps with this problem. It tracks the day you started the book and the day you ended it. You can also rate the book 1-5 stars depending on how well you liked it and you can write a review. You can make the review as general as you want or as descriptive as you want. I find that if you write a very detailed review, you can go back and read the highlights and be ready for the next book in the series, a book in the same world/story but another chracters point of view, or even another book by the same author. Super helpful and a time saver!
Also on GoodReads you can become friends on GoodReads with your friends, classmates, family members etc and see what they are reading or what they have read or plan to read. I love this factor because I can see what my friends/family enjoyed or didn't enjoy. Book stalk your friends and family-a bookworms dream.
Just like Facebook, Instagram and other social networks you can see whats new with your friends. What they have added or how far along they are in a specific book and you can comment on these statuses. Get them excited to read a book on their TBR pile or encourage them, you promise the book gets better.
When you are finished with a book and mark it as Read, and you really enjoyed it you can suggest it to certain friends by checking their names. This allows you and other people to have a recommended list from friends and what they think you will enjoy.
If you don't know what to read next you can get lists of books you might enjoy based off of books you have read or a certain genera you like.
GoodReads can send you emails of new books coming out for the month from your favorite genera/s, author/s, and publishing companies.
Also you can enter to win giveaways in your favorite genera/s. You can enter as many giveaways as you want to and if you win they will send the book right to your house.
You can set reading goals. When you set goals it will tell you how far along you are with your goal with a percent sign and how many more books you need to read to make your goal. It will tell you how many books a month you have to read if you want to make your goal in the certain amount of months you have left in the year.
You can join a group, maybe one that reads a book a month out of your favorite genera. This way you can finally have someone to talk to about reading! Or you could make a group with some friends a read a book together every so often and talk about it. Discuss each chapter together and different elements of the book.
Another helpful tip if to get the GoodReads App. If you read on your phone get your books and app in sync and it will automatically update after you read and tell you and your friends the percentage you are through the book you are reading.
There are so many more helpful things about GoodReads that I have missed but as you can tell, for a bookworm this is a site sent from heaven. It has so many positives elements that can help with your reading overall and I highly suggest it!
Get all your friends on the Goodreads train and make reading fun for them too!
Be friends with me and follow what I read at:
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/13961855-erin-stephens
To sign up and get your own account go to
www.goodreads.com
Happy reading!
Erin
