Originally uploaded by chotda
In case anyone was wondering, all of today's posts are for 'Things' that I've already done, and I'm just now getting around to blogging for 23Things. LibraryThing seemed cool when I first set it up many moons ago, but I only ever got around to adding 6 books, and for some reason I never went back to it. Since then, I've been introduced to a similar tool that I much prefer - Goodreads! I've added about 90 books to my Goodreads library, and it's something I check often. There are two main reasons why I prefer Goodreads over LibraryThing: the ability to categorize your library into 'shelves', and the ability to connect to your friends and receive feeds of their recent updates. The shelves feature lets you add and label books that you've read, are currently reading, and want to read, as well as create a variety of other categories. This makes it a useful tool for keeping my 'to-read' list on, as well as a way of rating what I've already read. The friends updates are even better - as soon as I log in I can see what new books my friends have added, and what they think of books they've just finished. This is a great way to get ideas for my 'to-read' list, as well as a way to open up conversations about shared books.
For those of you who are so inclined:
My LibraryThing
My GoodReads
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