My rule of thumb is that I only keep books that I would / have read again. No one else in my house follows that so we have children's books in every room and boxes of classics in the attic from when we moved in eight years ago.
After watching your excellent Middlemarch video, I was happy to see the one about Goodreads. Even though I am a Goodreads author, I have never really understood how the site works. This is the first explanation that has made sense to me, so thank you! Although I like my Goodreads Author Page, I made it in 2021 when my first book, Letters to Men of Letters, was published. In my new book, Letters to Men and Women of Letters, I am excited to have fulfilled my dream of writing to the female authors, many of whom are still alive, who have marked me. I especially love your comments that “‘home’ means, in part, books.…” These are what drive my teaching and writing.
The funny thing is, Goodreads never changes. That video is old, but I've checked it recently, and the advice still works. Amazon owns Goodreads now, and in some ways it's good that it seems to neglect updating it!
My rule of thumb is that I only keep books that I would / have read again. No one else in my house follows that so we have children's books in every room and boxes of classics in the attic from when we moved in eight years ago.
My problem is I can imagine rereading many, many, many books!
After watching your excellent Middlemarch video, I was happy to see the one about Goodreads. Even though I am a Goodreads author, I have never really understood how the site works. This is the first explanation that has made sense to me, so thank you! Although I like my Goodreads Author Page, I made it in 2021 when my first book, Letters to Men of Letters, was published. In my new book, Letters to Men and Women of Letters, I am excited to have fulfilled my dream of writing to the female authors, many of whom are still alive, who have marked me. I especially love your comments that “‘home’ means, in part, books.…” These are what drive my teaching and writing.
The funny thing is, Goodreads never changes. That video is old, but I've checked it recently, and the advice still works. Amazon owns Goodreads now, and in some ways it's good that it seems to neglect updating it!