I’ve been using Goodreads since January 2011 (a year and a half before the blog) and when I first discovered it, I was just using it as a tool to keep track of what I had read and what I wanted to read and that was basically it. It wasn’t until much, much later that I discovered that I could separate those books I had on my TBR shelf and break them down into YA, release dates, etc.
Lately, I’ve been trying to get more organized with my shelves on Goodreads and break everything down more specific than just TBR. I wish I would have took a screenshot of my shelves prior to all of my organization just so that I could appreciate all of the hard work but I didn’t. So to make myself feel better I thought I would share the results with you.
Notice all the shelves I have? I find this soooo much easier to keep track of my books, the books that I have for review, and release dates.
I would also love to know how you arrange your GR shelves so be sure to leave me a comment or even a link to your GR profile so I can check your organization skills out ;)
delicateeternity 69p · 554 weeks ago
I did once try and organise them more in depth, according to general genre (like YA), but I just felt like it was too time consuming.
I did, however, organise my TBR into: to-read (which means I just want to to read it but don't own it), to-read-own-ebook (in which case I own the book in ebook format but have yet to read it), and to-read-own-physical (I own it in physical form but haven't gotten around to reading it yet). I'm actually really happy I did it this way because now I know which books I own and want to read, and which books I simply want to read but don't own or don't need to own.
I'm glad you were able to organise your shelve in a way that assists you :D
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sharonbernt 39p · 554 weeks ago
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kirstymstudio 102p · 554 weeks ago
I really do want to sort them all out (because I've read a ton I haven't even got on Goodreads or rated) I start and then just...give up. I almost have 2000 books on there, it's a time bomb. I have a schedule on Word so that I know which month and release date etc, and strike them off once I've posted them so I know which ones I have left and everything (and so I know I've actually sent the review links- I'm bad with that).
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bennitheblog 25p · 554 weeks ago
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Emma · 554 weeks ago
I admire those who can keep extensive Goodreads shelves like you do. I don't think I'd ever be able to do that! If I did, it would only make my organizational tendencies worse (a.k.a., I'd be really obsessive about each shelf).
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caitdrews 124p · 554 weeks ago
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narapanacea 99p · 553 weeks ago
Mine, I shelve by genre, and then I have some shelves like "for review", "reviewed", "edelweiss" etc.
Then I have shelves for "owned hardcopy", "wishlist" and "preordered".
And of course I have "incredible" and "favourite" shelves, and "swoony boy" and "book boyfriend" shelves ;)
I have a couple of novelty shelves as well like "into the fires of mt doom" for books which are just the worst, and "feels" for books that have made me cry :)
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Kristelle Elaine · 553 weeks ago
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