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Post by sarita on Sept 17, 2020 10:14:43 GMT
GR is offering me recommendations based on my given up books! Probably more books to DNF! Systems can be daft sometimes 😃
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Post by adelynechan on Sept 17, 2020 11:45:11 GMT
Ahha, same! It says "Because you liked (Book X)..." and I'm here thinking "But I gave that 2 stars, which is terrible!"  |
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Post by lorraine5 on Sept 18, 2020 7:01:38 GMT
It does the same with me, often with ridiculous suggestions.
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Post by alison44 on Sept 18, 2020 12:02:25 GMT
I rarely look at Goodreads nowadays, except to look at wishlists when book fairying. Just noticed I have been recommended a book written in Dutch. Not a translation, a book actually written in Dutch! They clearly have an over optimistic opinion of my linguistic capabilities....
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Post by sarita on Sept 20, 2020 6:34:31 GMT
I rarely look at Goodreads nowadays, except to look at wishlists when book fairying. Just noticed I have been recommended a book written in Dutch. Not a translation, a book actually written in Dutch! They clearly have an over optimistic opinion of my linguistic capabilities.... Same here with a book written in Vietnamese 😊 |
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Post by geminii on Sept 20, 2020 7:28:18 GMT
I use Goodreads all the time, but I've never looked at their recommendations for me and I don't intend to start now .. Lol
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Post by sarita on Sept 20, 2020 7:46:02 GMT
I use Goodreads all the time, but I've never looked at their recommendations for me and I don't intend to start now .. Lol I don't either but the one DNF caught my eye and now it makes me laugh. |
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Post by adelynechan on Dec 19, 2020 18:27:19 GMT
I know we often chat about Goodreads recommendations and agree that they are a bit of a laugh, but Goodreads really knocked it out of the park for me today with this:
RECOMMENDATIONS
Based on your Dropped shelf a few recommendations:
Seven Years of Darkness
Why on earth would anyone recommend me something based on my Dropped shelf?! Considering I don't drop many books too, so these were ones that I really did not get on with!
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Post by voguedotcom on Dec 28, 2020 16:44:38 GMT
I love the Goodreads recommendations ... my favourite was a recommendation of a high fantasy novel based on the fact that I was reading Nightingales in November, which is a nature book!
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Post by sarita on Dec 28, 2020 17:14:23 GMT
Just had another one today. I'm reading a gentle cat book with lovely drawings and GR is suggesting a French book which I read 30 years ago and still remember asnone of the harshest and most disturbing child abuse stories I've ever read.
Go figure.
Except I know the author has just published a new book so is it just stupid marketing?
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