After having a brief look at these sites I have to say I found Good Reads more user friendly than Library Thing. The zeitgeist page of Library Thing is just plain horrible with that screen full of lists of books so I wasn't motivated to spend much time exploring other elements on the site.Good Reads on the other hand, well, fun is an understatement. I rated everything I could think of,took a quiz, enjoyed browsing through the listopia section,and was intrigued by some of the recommendations. I am now trying to figure out when I'll make time to read some of these recommendations including: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, The Moonstone,Little Dorrit,(and everything of Charles Dickens I haven't all ready read),The Scarlet Pimpernel, and Beezus and Ramona (?!).
My first impression was that Library Thing seemed to focus more on aspects of social networking whereas Good Reads could also be used on a more personal level to create lists and get recommendations without the necessity of social networking. I could see how Good Reads would be a useful Reader's Advisory tool, tapping in a few authors or having patrons rate a couple of titles would bring up some instant suggestions.
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