Good reads. A rather unique take on the social media/networking idea. It
takes the books that you've read previously, books that you're
currently reading and enables you to compare it to to books your friends
are reading and vice versa and give each other recommendations towards
other interesting books they might like to read. It also allows the user
to read reviews friends and other people have placed up and even let
you put a up a review of books you've read. On the more social side, it
allows the user to talk trivia quizzes on various popular books, and
partake in pools. Made in 2006 by an independent group, it was bought
out by Amazon in 2013. Its current interface is very much like the
Google Play store by which it allows you to search through various
recommendations that are made against selected criteria eg 'New releases
this week, Top releases for last month, etc"
So is it any good? Well if you're a habitual reader or someone who
easily loses track of what they read sure, but i find that it might rely
on friend recommendations a bit too much. Personally whilst i enjoy
reading, i don't have as much time for it and as such am quite envious
of those who have the time to use this service and continue to read. So
Good Reads? Sure , its decent, looks nice and works very simply. But i
won't/can't use it so Good Riddance.
-KV
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