Librarything – Tracking your reading
With lots of time to enjoy new books and revisit old favourites, I have now found a way to keep track – Librarything! As suggested by a visitor to this blog, (thanks, Jill), this can be used to maintain details of the books you own, or those you are currently reading. This can then be accessible online at any time – just for you, or to share with others.
Librarything will host a list of up to 200 titles free of charge – after that there is a nominal charge. It has some interesting features once you have a few books entered and tagged, as it will show you which authors are popular on your list (’author cloud’), and it gives a ‘tag cloud’ which gives a visual of the subjects included in your books. It also gives details about which books you have in common with other people as soon as you ehter them to your list!
You can then visit the lists of other people – which is probably a great way in which to get recommendations from those who have similar interests. There is also the potential to leave comments on the lists of others, and to participate in a blog (something I have yet to investigate).
At the moment, I am slowly adding to my list, focussing on those I am reading, and mainly those I own myself. For an idea of what it looks like and what features are included, visit: http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=weeksy.
If it interests you, try it out. You only need to give minimal information and there is no danger of private information being used by others – just a place to list and keep track of your own library and share reading recommendations with others. Leave a comment here if you find it useful.
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