Every wonder what to read next. Looking for a site that will help.
There are a few sites online that I am aware of that can help you out.
The most basic is:
whatshouldIreadnext.com - Put in a book title and it will list a half dozen recommendations of similar books. This info is based on the memberships recomendations. You can become a member and get more focused recos... However, I have never done this since typing in a book name is easy enough.
librarything.com - This is a great site to catalog all the books you have read. You can tag them too. I started creating tags for the month/year that I read the book. I basically entered all the books that were on my bookshelves and what I read from memory. Once you have these entered you can go to the recomendation link and it will recomend books based on your current library and I think your ratings. You can also review books, compare you library to others, track books series coverage and alot more I'm not even aware of. this is free up to 200 books I think. But, a life time membership is only $25 or $10 a year if you prefer. Check out my library at
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/PilotBob.
goodreads.com - This is similar to librarything... I have to admit I am not a member here, but may sign up to give it a try. I think some MR members use this site. Here is a blurb from the site:
Have you ever wanted a better way to:
- see what your friends are reading?
- keep track of what you've read and what you'd like to read?
- get great book recommendations from people you know?
Anyway... love to hear if anyone else knows of any other automated/social networking places to get book recos.
BOb
PS: DixieGal, hope this is good!