Caroline LaMagna’s Blog

Have you visited Library Thing? Well, if you love to read, you might want to click that link back there in the previous sentence. On the Library Thing site, you can catalog the books you’ve read, review them, add tags, and read what others have said about the books they’ve read (which is one good way to find new books to read). 

Library thing is like a social site for book lovers. There is a forum for book discussions (you can join an existing group or create your own) and, as with any other social networking site, you can have “friends” on Library Thing. You may even find people with (as the website puts it) “eerily similar” tastes. It is completely free to join. Adding books to your personal catalog is easy – just search the author’s name or the title of the book. There is even a section (see the “Local” tab) where you can find information in your locality about bookstores, author readings/signings, libraries and book festivals.

If you have a blog, you can easily add Library Thing’s blog widget to your site (I did – see it on my sidebar? Scroll down a little. There it is.). Oh – did I fail to mention that sometimes members can get free books? Bonus! There is an Early Reviewer program and a Member Giveaway program that you should definitely check out…happy reading!