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Here's some more information from one of the LM librarians:
On Leafmarks, on the top menu click "Community" then click "Recommendations" on the drop menu.
You can create his own requests-for-recommendations (buckets) and share them out to the feed whenever he feels like it (by clicking "ask again." Others can even vote on how much they think a recommendation fits what he requests.
Under the community ones, you can see what recommendations others have asked for.
On a book page, right above purchase links, there is a "thumbs up" you can click to say he would recommend that book.
What Leafmarks doesn't have is some sort of algorithm where the site recommends books or a "let us pick your next book" feature (not sure if planned).
In the groups/discussion-rooms/bookclubs/forums (or whatever terminology that particular site uses), there are threads for recommending books, for buddy reads (people interested in reading same book together even if not formally voted as the group's book of the month read), penpals (a variety of "games" where someone picks a book for you, usually from one of your bookshelves you specify or by criteria you specify or by books in common), etc. On Leafmarks that's also under Community and called "Groups" -- honestly, particularly compared to longer-established groups like amazon.com and goodreads have, the Leafmarks groups and group features are in their infancy. On goodreads, the activity for groups you belong to are under the "discussions" tab or "Explore Groups" on the main menu.
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