Goodreads Book Recommendation
I posted the following book recommendation on Richard Segwald's Goodreads page since he liked Hunger Games:
"I see you read the Hunger Games and liked it. If you are interested in a similar teen dystopian, I would give Divergent by Veronica Roth a chance. It is action-packed and effectively builds the bleak & futuristic world of Chicago. Like Hunnger Games it is a first person female narrative which is is currently being made into a movie. It will also be a trilogy with Insurgent being book two and Allegiant, book three, set to come out in late October."
About Goodreads
One of the components I have really enjoyed about the Be More Bookish training is that it reminds us of all the wonderful RA tools we have available to us. Goodreads is an excellent tool in which I hate to say, I completely under use at times. This training has forced me to rediscover my Goodreads account and bring it to the forefront of my mind when performing readers' services.
I feel that building a successful Goodreads account is a bit overwhelming in the sense that I need to find time to sit down and add/remember all of the titles I have read, sort them into book shelves so they are organized, and then rate them. It definitely seems that it becomes a more useful tool, especially the Recommendations function, as you build your book shelves and rate titles, because it has more information about your preferences. I do not have many shelves yet, but as I build my reading lists, I will be able to sort them and get recommendations based on the kind of book I feel like reading. The Listopia function is a useful tool for customers as they can search lists of books in any number of ways, ranging from Best books of the 20th Century, to genre specific lists or ones created by Goodreads friends.
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