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2020 reading with the help of Goodreads

I joined Goodreads  towards the end of last year. I hadn't joined before because I didn't want to get pulled into another social media black hole, but I think this will be different. I am able to track my progress on books I'm currently reading or listening to. (Tracking audio books is a bit of a challenge, though, since you enter a page number. I usually take a guess based on the chapter number.) Rather than feeling pressured to finish, my lack of progress may be an indication that I've lost interest or that this is a book that is just going to take a lot of time. Goodreads also keeps a running list of books I want to read. This keeps me from forgetting the books that have been waiting on the shelves, which are more than I want to count. You can get recommendations based on your reading tastes too. I just added a few titles, some of which are at my public library. Some of the recommendations can be puzzling. I use the phrase "grimly fascinating" for the ...