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Post by lorraine5 on Jul 6, 2020 7:18:55 GMT
Does anyone have a clue how GR work out their recommendations? The other day I'd got 'Because you liked My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult you might like Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James' then today I've got 'Because you liked Number Ten by Sue Townsend you might like Ronnie by Ronnie O'Sullivan' his autobiography. Really  GR have a strange view on how my mind works  |
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Post by janetandjohn on Jul 6, 2020 7:46:06 GMT
Does anyone have a clue how GR work out their recommendations? The other day I'd got 'Because you liked My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult you might like Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James' then today I've got 'Because you liked Number Ten by Sue Townsend you might like Ronnie by Ronnie O'Sullivan' his autobiography. Really GR have a strange view on how my mind works Well, Amazon does the same to me, including books I have already bought!!! It's because a computer does the picking and of course, they do not work like a human brain hahaha . I just ignore all of them. |
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Post by adelynechan on Jul 6, 2020 9:11:24 GMT
Yeah, they are quite bizarre for me as well. And I have to ignore them - my wishlist and TBR are too long as they are! Though sometimes I scroll through just to have a bit of a laugh. |
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Post by eightlegs on Jul 7, 2020 20:16:22 GMT
I wonder whether it goes on other books someone has read that has read the book you just read perhaps?
But as Susan says, it's a computer doing the picking not a human!
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Post by geminii on Jul 7, 2020 20:31:39 GMT
Is this by email ?? I don't get any, because I've turned the settings for that sort of thing off ..
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Post by lorraine5 on Jul 8, 2020 7:13:39 GMT
Is this by email ?? I don't get any, because I've turned the settings for that sort of thing off .. It's on GR's home page, I didn't realise you could turn them off but, like adelynechan said, I find it amusing what books they suggest I read. |
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Post by geminii on Jul 8, 2020 7:16:14 GMT
Is this by email ?? I don't get any, because I've turned the settings for that sort of thing off .. It's on GR's home page, I didn't realise you could turn them off but, like adelynechan said, I find it amusing what books they suggest I read. Aaah, I never look at the home page as I stay logged in & bookmark my page .. |
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Post by pennylane on Jul 8, 2020 16:55:16 GMT
Is this by email ?? I don't get any, because I've turned the settings for that sort of thing off .. No not by email. Just on the right of your Goodreads Hompage, you have New & Interviews box at the top and underneath Recommendations with an arrow on the left so you can scroll through their recs for you. If you then click on 'View all recommendations' underneath the book thumbnail you will be taken to a page of recs based on what you are currently reading, what's on your favourites shelf, wishlist, tbr, etc and fav genres if you have selected any. I used to spend ages in there when I had way more time on my hands and a smaller tbr mountain  |
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Post by geminii on Jul 8, 2020 18:07:43 GMT
Is this by email ?? I don't get any, because I've turned the settings for that sort of thing off .. No not by email. Just on the right of your Goodreads Hompage, you have New & Interviews box at the top and underneath Recommendations with an arrow on the left so you can scroll through their recs for you. If you then click on 'View all recommendations' underneath the book thumbnail you will be taken to a page of recs based on what you are currently reading, what's on your favourites shelf, wishlist, tbr, etc and fav genres if you have selected any. I used to spend ages in there when I had way more time on my hands and a smaller tbr mountain That's prob two reasons why I haven't found that section .. |
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Post by pennylane on Jul 8, 2020 19:20:27 GMT
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GR have a strange view on how my mind works 
