Goodreads Widgets

So, if you notice at the bottom of the blog you'll see that Ryan and I are especially conceited about what we're reading...

Actually, if you like the idea, we can use these "widgets" that hook into our Goodreads lists to share what we're reading. There are eight of our lists because there is a spot for everyone. I will need your cooperation and patience, but if you'll follow these steps, then we will only be updating our reading lists in one place, but we can check out (with pictures) what everyone is reading.

1. Open & Login to your Goodreads account
   
2. Click the 'My Books' tab
   
3. On the right side of the screen will be a line that says "Tools: Widgets / ..." Click on the word "Widgets"
   
4. Scroll down past the "Other Social Networks" section (logos of Facebook, MySpace & bebo), we are interested in the "My Books Section". There is a list of radio buttons with a button in front of "190 pixel wide (recommended)" That's just what we want, so you don't need to do anything unless for some reason something else is selected, in which case click in the button in front of "190 pixel wide".
   
5. Look for the 'customize your widget' section. Change the "select shelf" to "currently reading" rather than "read".
   
6. Click in the small window under the text 'Copy/paste the below html into your website.' When you click in the tiny window, it will all turn blue, copy in your prefered manner (right click and choose copy or use Ctrl + C)
   
7. Open your email and copy (right click or ctrl + v) the text that you just copied into the body of the message and send it to me. (If email is too complicated, you can also paste it into the comment section for this post.)