goodreads
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Reading for the Numbers
Former child star Wil Wheaton read twenty-one books last year, meeting his annual goal on GoodReads of twenty books. Then the Internet flogged him for having a goal of only twenty books, and because three of those books were graphic…
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Author Connections
Bookish social media site Goodreads has just launched a brand new feature—starting now, you can connect and ask questions of your favorite authors as well as fellow readers. Learn more and join the conversation here.
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Happy Birthday, Dorothy Parker!
Dorothy Parker, American writer, editor, and critic, was born today in 1893. Parker wrote fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and screenplays (including A Star is Born, for which she received an Oscar nomination), and is remembered in particular for her acid wit. A…
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What Makes a Book Not Worth Finishing?
Is it that you don’t connect to the characters, or that the writing is weak? Maybe there’s one too many typos or the plot seems implausible. Goodreads has created an infographic about the most abandoned books (Fifty Shades of Grey…
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Goodbye to Goodreads
If you’re feeling a little queasy about Amazon’s buyout of Goodreads, Book Riot has compiled a list of alternative book-based social networks. A few of them seem defunct, and one is actually also owned by Amazon, but some, especially the…
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Don’t Worry Too Much About Goodreads, Says Steve Almond
Amazon’s buyout of Goodreads has a lot of people curling their lips in disgust, and Rumpus columnist Steve Almond is among them: “As a reader and writer I find all this pretty despicable.” But it’s worth zooming out and looking at…
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Amazon.com & Goodreads Link Up
Today, the Goodreads’ social network of book reviews and reading suggestions was acquired by online retail giant Amazon. While we are super bummed about this, Russ Grandinetti, Amazon’s Vice President, says: “Amazon and Goodreads share a passion for reinventing reading. Goodreads has helped…
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Goodreads Did Really Well in 2012
Goodreads has an end-of-the-year infographic that can only be described as nifty. Visually represented stats range from the book with the most popular quote of 2012 (The Fault in Our Stars by John Green) to the year’s largest Goodreads group…