Good Reads bad spam

[firning]

 I joined this site, Good Reads - I like the concept and it interests me. But on another list I subscribe to there was a complaint about spam from the site... and I did notice that as friends updated I kept getting emails ... and although I do care, I didn't need the notification. As I am sure none of you needed any on what I added to my own list. 
So, I looked into it and you can adjust preferences to never receive email updates. I figured for anyone I have sucked into this who is now composing a complaint email to me - I'll post here and save you the efforts... I am now in the know! 
Peace, 
J