Tuesday, May 18, 2010

CPL 2.0: LibraryThing

I've had a LibraryThing account for a few years. I use it, forget about it, have had to have my password resent to me a few times, use it again.

When I first got the account, I loved the whole idea of having a place to keep track of the books I have read, the books I want to read, the books I want to re-read. I have endless lists...in books, on scraps of paper, in Word documents at home and at work...of books I come across and want to read. Like anything, it needs to be used (and used regularly) to be truly useful. I love checking out the LibraryThing profiles of friends...it's a favourite way to find new books to read.

More recently I've used GoodReads. I haven't yet figured out the major difference between the two, but I'm quite liking it. Perhaps I'll make more of an effort to make good use of it!

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