Site of the Week:
Good Reads
Today, our literary cat is promoting a book review site where *you* and the average Joe and Jane are the reviewers. Good Reads is a great place to see reviews from fellow readers, leave your own reviews, find new books by genre to devour, and view lists of the bests. You can also keep track of the books you’ve read. See! This is perfect for all of you overachieving readers who have ever looked at a book and asked, “Haven’t I read this before?”
My favorite feature: you can “collect” your favorite quotes from books. Since I don’t have a searchable e-reader, I’m thinking this could come in handy. (I’m still traumatized by trying to find a quote from C.J. Cherryh’s Regenesis several months ago that I wanted to share with Kitty. Took me forever to find that passage!)
So, go forth, browse, find, read, review, and get involved with readers around the world! Martha would call Good Reads a good thing.
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OK, went out to my social networking community to get the take on Good Reads. Three friends responded that they use it and agree it’s a good thing.
FB Friend Mary uses it to find new books. Friend Sadie loves it and uses it as a blogging resource. FB Friend Karl chose Good Reads over Library Thing and other sites because GR has a “useable” mobile interface. Through his FB postings, I know Karl makes use of that interface, especially when his BlackBerry is working!