Update a pinned gist to show your currently reading books and progress on Goodreads

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1. Create a Goodreads account (goodreads.com/user/sign_in).
2. Create Goodreads App and copy the Api Key (goodreads.com/api/keys).
3. Create a new personal access token with the gist scope and copy it (github.com/settings/tokens/new).
4. Create a new public GitHub Gist (gist.github.com), you can type any random content as placeholder, it will be replaced automatically.

1. Fork this repo.
2. Go to the repo Settings > Secrets.
3. Add the following environment variables:
   • GOODREADS_API_KEY: The Goodreads App Api Key.
   • GOODREADS_USER_ID: Your Goodreads account id, can be found in the profile page url e.g. https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/118339107-mdluo
   • BOOKS_SORT_BY: Optional, default value is date which means sort books by update time. Another valid value is percent, sort book by read percentage.
   • GH_TOKEN: The GitHub personal access token generated above.
   • GIST_ID: The ID portion from your new created gist url: https://gist.github.com/mdluo/f890a4d178012c5a3c5c29ff743a84e8.
4. Go to repo Actions, select "Update gist" from the left side and click the "Run workflow" button on the right side. From now on it will be running automatically by the GitHub Actions every 8 hours. Update the - cron: "0 */8 * * *" in .github/workflows/schedule.yml to change the frequency of the workflow trigger to meet your own needs.