15 Steps to Create a GoodReads Account
1. Go on the Internet, using Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, Safari or any web browser.
2. Go to www.goodreads.com.
3. In the upper right-hand corner, where it says “New here? Create free account” enter your name, your Gmail email, and a password.
4. Write down the password you choose here: ______________________________________.
5. When it asks you to look for friends on GoodReads, click “skip this step” to move to the next page. Then select your favorite genres of writing.
6. On the next page, click “I’m finished rating” to skip this page.
7. Then click the down arrow next to the “explore” pull-down menu at the top and select “groups,” then type “MS 256” in the “find groups” search window at the top.
8. The search will return “MS256 Reading Group”; click on it. On the right-hand side, click the square button that says “join this group.”
9. It will ask “Do you want to join the group MS256 Reading Group?” Select “join.”
10. Now you’re part of the group! Click on the first topic of discussion, “What have YOU been reading.”
11. Your homework tonight is to add one paragraph to this discussion, in which you write about the last book you’re read. Please write at least five sentences about your book. To enter your comment, type it in the “comment” box, then select the “post” button below.
12. Now, go up to the “My books” pull-down menu at the top of the screen, and click on it.
13. Click on “Add books.” Please search for and then add at least three books that you have read recently. You will type in the name of the book or author, then find it in the list. Click “add” next to the book.
14. When you add a book, please write two sentences in the box “what did you think?”
15. Now you have to “friend” Ms. Walsh. Go to the “Friends” pull-down menu at the top, select the “+ add friends” tab, then type in my E-mail address in the box on the right-hand side, ewalsh.english@gmail.com. When you see my name, click on it and add me as your GoodReads friend!
