So I'm comparing Shelfari and Librarything this morning, and I've got to say I prefer Shelfari. I've always like to look for books by the cover.... I know about the "judging" proverb.... but I love cover art and design. I'm one of those font geeks who actually looks at the verso of the cover page to see if there are notes about what font was used for a given book and the paper content, etc. I love books as objets d' art as well as actual things to read. Go figure, I'm in library school!
For that reason, I'm currently in love with Shelfari. I love the bookshelf concept, and I get to gaze fondly at the covers of books I've read, and books that I'd like to read. I invited some of my friends to the party, and I'm looking forward to hearing from them. One of my friends is 13, and he's into Stephanie Meyer right now, so I'm really interested in what he's reading. I enjoy SciFi and fantasy lit, but I'm behind the times on the current trends, so having friends who are reading different things is really cool.
A couple of classmates and I were discussing the SciFi/Fantasy options for literary criticism, and bemoaning the fact that, beyond the Hugo and Nebula awards, SciFi and Fantasy are largely a word-of-mouth type of genre as far as literary criticism. A lot of the more mainstream sources for popular fiction review don't really get the picture with SciFi/Fantasy. Anyone got any ideas on where to find a reliable critical source? That being said, the word of mouth thing is really interesting and can take up hours of gushing conversation!
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