Is anyone else from Fluther on Goodreads?

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I have one, rarely used it. I never liked the layout and it didn’t make much sense to me. I tracked what books I read/wanted to read and that was it. Never did anything else and barely kept up with tracking. I don’t like rating books is the main thing. But it can be useful to find good books I suppose. I just don’t prefer the site. (I go to goodwill and buy 3 million books instead)

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