Useable, definitely minimal. Goodreads is overkill for my needs and this is a nice start.

A few random pieces of feedback:

- Needs some sort of book registry API when adding books. Especially helpful if I'm adding just a few recent books to see how it actually works.

- I don't like that my read books are crossed off. Instead, I'd rather a second list, or a different color scheme.

Perhaps a nitpick, but it's offputting to see banner ads on a minimalist site. If this is a side project you've only worked a few days on and want feedback for, why try and monetize it right away?

Those are all great pieces of feedback; thank you :)

I think you're right about the crossing-off list. I'll try two columns that work side by side. I'll also consider removing the banner ads; I sort of include those as a default, mostly to see how they'd end up looking. This is a side-project in its infancy, so I'm clearly not expecting to make much (or any) money from it at this point.

I'll see what I can do with the registry API... it's definitely something I've thought about, but haven't yet had time to implement.

Thanks for using it and for leaving some feedback! It's very much appreciated :)

Whoops -- I forgot to share my own reading list for 2015: it's located at https://50books.org/list/dshaw

I'm certainly up for any feedback on my to-read list, itself, too!

You have some great but lengthy books (Don Quixote, The Lord of the Rings triology).

If you spend a lot of time reading, it's ok. If you doesn't and you want to read all the 50, be careful: you can run out of time.

Yeah -- there are definitely some behemoths in there. My hope is that knowing how intense they are, that I'll be able to actually figure out a plan of attack to get them done in time.

Part of the motivation aspect is finishing the list, which means that during certain books, I'll be reading a lot.