Thing #10 - Goodreads

I have been trying to complete #10 for some time now. Goodreads slows my computer down most of the time and completely disables it at other times.

At any rate, I had an account earlier at Helen's urging, so that, at least, was done. You can view my profile at www.goodreads.com/profile/meerclars_child.

I added some books, and I'm guessing tagging means creating new bookshelves because I didn't see another way to tag. If I am missing it, please comment and let me know. I tried to grab a couple from each of my primary reading interests, but I don't have time to add tons and tons--I'm either busy reading them or doing other things. I don't know that I'll utilize this service heavily, but it's nice to know it is there. The main problem I see with it is it usually offers up only "off-the-street" reviews. This doesn't work well for me because the only review I would normally consider reading before reading the book itself would be a professional description/review. And after I've read the book, I'm happy to enter my review, but I probably won't read too many others--it's a time issue. Still, I'm glad to know of it, and I like to occasionally peek at what my coworkers are reading so I don't miss something fabulous that is outside of my typical genres.

I also joined a group called KidLit, which as you may guess is about children's literature, as that is a particular interest of mine. The posts don't seem all that frequent, so maybe I can keep up.

I didn't try to add a widget yet because of the disabling effect the site has on my computer, but maybe later.