#20 Goodreads.
I have had a goodreads account for probably about 6 months or so and have not messed with it a whole lot. I need to hop on there and see what things my friends who read the same stuff are reading to get ideas of what to read next. Problem is, I read so many series titles, that it seems as if I am never in need of something to read. Horrible problem isn't it? ;) I will def. use this when in need of a good read. I would also suggest this site to any of my patrons who are big readers who are tech savvy. I asked Joe Patron to be my goodreads Pal and I suggested that he read this fantastically creepy book I read back in the fall by Justin Cronin called "The Passage". I forgot to put in the comments field that my blog is called The Doghouse, so I tried to edit my recommendation and couldn't figure out how, so I tried to submit a second recommendation for The Passage but it wouldn't let me. So, I submitted a second recommendation. So, Joe P. and I will be great pals I'm sure since I have recommended two books to him so far!
#21 Bookletters.
I subscribed to two of the bookletters YEARS ago from LFPL. I think Susan Martinez told me about how cool they were. I am subscribed to Book Sizzle and Science Fiction and Fantasy. This keeps me aware of what books are popular and what new things are coming out soon that could be a best seller. Since I order the Science Fiction/Fantasy hardbacks, the bookletter of the SF/Fantasy lets me make sure that I have ordered the 'hot' items listed. The majority of the time I have purchased them before they appeared on the list I am happy to say.
#22 Novelist.
I had not used the Recommended Reads section of Novelist before. It's a very handy feature. I can see using this feature with our patrons who have a specific genre that they enjoy browsing. The Recommended Reads category I chose was Fantasy. Then I chose the sub category of Urban Fantasy. I found a book that looked interesting called "Magic to the Bone" by Devon Monk. Had not seen or heard of this title or author, so I put it on my reserve list.
I regularly use Novelist with our patrons to bring up series titles and the order in which to read the series titles. I was recently on there and also discovered that when you are looking at a specific book, you can look at the subjects from that book and choose some of the themes that you like which may bring up books with similar themes that you have not read. So, obviously, Novelist has a ton of features that I was unaware of which means I need to dig a little bit more on their site to see what else I can find on there. I can totally see using this for all of these features for our patrons who are looking for new authors in genres they are interested in. Other tools I'd recommend to our patrons to use to find books interesting to them would be Amazon.com and the website http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/
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