When I was about 5 years old, my mother took me to the public library and I showed that I could write my name. Meeting that standard allowed me to get my own library card. I have been reading steadily since. When I am not reading, I am lining up books to read when I finish the one I am reading now.
I do like to exercise. I do my share of housework since we are both retired. I cook some and I spend time with friends. But there are so many interesting books that it is a constant source of attraction.
I used to use my Kindle and the Kindle app on my iPad to put comments and highlights from books I enjoyed on a computer that Amazon keeps for the collection of highlights. Then they changed the system and I began sharing the highlight on Twitter. Generally, I don't have anything much to say on Twitter except a highlight from a good book.
Then they changed the system again and even though I still select Twitter for my highlight, what goes on says that the comment was posted by the author of the book I am quoting. That is not strictly true.
I think this all relates to something between Amazon and the organization or company or whatever "Goodreads" is. It is a service that helps people find books by having others rate them. I have spent the evening rating many of the books I have purchased from Amazon. My hand and arm are getting tired from rating. I have about 3000 books from Amazon and i have no idea how many I have to go.
I use a simplified system. If I know I liked the book strongly, it gets 5 stars. If it was good but not quite good, 4 stars. Otherwise, no rating. I rarely read a book I don't like. There are too many good ones waiting to read what isn't doing me any good, any fun or any new and uplifting understanding.
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Bill
Main blog: Fear, Fun and Filoz
Main web site: Kirbyvariety
