Now that I've made friends (I have 7!) I'm really liking Good Reads. I like seeing what my friends list and recommend, and that reminds me of other books I've read and when I list them my list grows and now I'm sort of proud of myslef. I have read (at least!) 69 books. I like catagorizing them (surprise, surprise!) I can see how the social aspect draws you in and then the solitary/internal aspect (listing books or writing a log entry) becomes rewarding also.
One caveat: browsing the Good Reads reviews caused a bit of a spoiler for my current read.
Good Reads is a bit slow to load and kind of cluncky to navigate. I'd not want to use it to idenitfy books by subject, but it seems to have a pretty good database of titles. I wonder if they cross reference for different editions of the same title.
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I'm getting addicted to Good Reads, too. My list of books to read is growing thanks to everyone's lists.
I love Good Reads also! For years I've kept a list of the books I've read, but this takes it to a whole new level. The social networking bit is nice too; I think this would be a great reader's advisory tool.
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