# Goodreads + Twitter + Zapier + Beeminder = tracking daily reading sessions

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/goodreads-twitter-zapier-beeminder-tracking-daily-reading-sessions/4240>\
**Category:** Akrasia\
**Created:** [August 18, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/goodreads-twitter-zapier-beeminder-tracking-daily-reading-sessions/4240 "2018-08-18T20:51:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![apolyton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/apolyton/32/1965_2.png) [@apolyton](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/apolyton)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/goodreads-twitter-zapier-beeminder-tracking-daily-reading-sessions/4240/2 "2018-09-01T08:28:59Z")

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Update :  
Zapier also has a “Formatter” feature which (among other stuff) can extract numbers from text. So it can take the percentage number for progress made on the book and send it to beeminder. So now I have an automated, accumulative goal for finishing a book 🙂

\_Filtering my tweets by the title of the book \_

 ![Screenshot%20from%202018-09-01%2010-22-42](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/beeminder/original/2X/3/3006cf892f4374da127d9d50d547c6c71ee854c5.png)

_Formatter options_

 ![Screenshot%20from%202018-09-01%2010-23-45](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/beeminder/original/2X/2/2c1b4b5bab33a5948c4c4c1f0884397fd4a57d90.png)

_Extraction configuration_

 ![Screenshot%20from%202018-09-01%2010-23-57](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/beeminder/original/2X/7/7286789d1d044a26c2d452f8bf892997ef0aeee0.png)

_End result_

 ![Screenshot%20from%202018-09-01%2010-24-14](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/beeminder/original/2X/7/736622d5ecdfa5a7af9905127237b827e9826492.png)

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