Organizing notes/informal analyses via Goodreads is abysmal; but I prefer cohesion in my social mediums, and so I would like to use Goodreads for that purpose.(Also to satisfying my daily craving of self-dictatorship, bwahaha) AFAIK, there's 4 ways to do this:
1. Reading updates: allows no editing... 2. Book comments: can see them just by hitting 'View' from the library page, but that's shit since you don't know which books you commented on until you took the effort to load the page on every book. 3. Book club: this is the most functional option but not very convenient when navigating from just the book libary. 4. Reviews: this allows for easy viewing from the libary via looking at the 'Reviews' column, but it's always public even when my main purposes for the writing are informal analyses; and this takes away any future desire to formalize the writing for public eyes (as it's already beholden to the public..).
A quick comparison for these 4 indicates that 'Reviews' are the best option, even if it slights other Goodreads members for reading shitty informal "reviews" -- to which I offer, "Blame the game, not the player!"
1. Reading updates: allows no editing...
2. Book comments: can see them just by hitting 'View' from the library page, but that's shit since you don't know which books you commented on until you took the effort to load the page on every book.
3. Book club: this is the most functional option but not very convenient when navigating from just the book libary.
4. Reviews: this allows for easy viewing from the libary via looking at the 'Reviews' column, but it's always public even when my main purposes for the writing are informal analyses; and this takes away any future desire to formalize the writing for public eyes (as it's already beholden to the public..).
A quick comparison for these 4 indicates that 'Reviews' are the best option, even if it slights other Goodreads members for reading shitty informal "reviews" -- to which I offer, "Blame the game, not the player!"