I have set up a very small bookshelf with one recommendation and one book that I have read, which I enjoyed tremendously. I would probably suggest Good Reads as an option for some folk...like the dude who wanted a book on sustainable living that he had borrowed (maybe) some several months ago. He could trawl this site for hours and be able to identify from its cover. Guess I should be grateful that I was not asked to find a "book with a purple cover, about...oh, so big..."!!!! as is the usual enquiry!!!!
There were elements of Good Reads that I liked - searching was very quick - however the search options are a little sloppy for my liking. Being the lazy Pukeko that I am I do not want to waste my energy typing in a full title! Gee, big mistake as it brought up everything and its egg. When I searched for the book "The wish list" by Melanie La'Brooy it linked to a wish list of books to read! @#$%&*!*@#, then it did not seem to be aware that the book had ever been published. trolled the La'Brooy titles to see if had been published under another title, but no, not so! This only reinforced my preference for Library Thing.
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Definitely agree - the title searching could definitely be a lot stronger! I always forget and then get presented with a huge list to go through and end up typing the dratted title in full. UGH :( GoodReads operates how I sometimes (ok, I lie, make that 'often') wish My Library would work *le sigh*
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