Online Book Communities

What are Online book communities? Online book communities are a great place to post, share, and rate books for other book lovers to see. It is like an online book club where I love to see other people who have read a book I am interested in and get to read their opinion on that certain book. I had the privilege to scope out four different book communities for you, so that will not have to waste any of your precious time. I am going to share with you the pros and cons of these 4 communities. The first book community I scoped out was goodreads.com I have already been a huge fan of goodreads because it is so easy to use! I noticed that it is very appealing for users to use and enjoy. It is simplified and you are able to add books to your shelf, rate each one, create your own categories, and much more. It is very user friendly. I rate this book community a 5, on a scale from 1-5. Here is what my profile looks like.

The second book community I explored was librarything.com. This site was not very appealing to me because it lacked photos and contained too much plane text. It didn't interest me much. Going beyond the text overload, I also had a difficult time trying to place my book into certain categories. I had to play around with the tabs for a good while just to get the gist of things. I didn't enjoy this site very much. n a scale from 1-5, I give this book site a 2. Here is what my profile looks like.

The third book community I joined is booklikes.com. This website was easy to join and had a virtual tour, and video to help you use it. It had a lot to offer their users. You can create a timeline of the books you read, you can blog about books, and I also have your own book shelf which are all really neat options. This site had the timeline and blog looking option, that the other sites didn't have so that gives it a plus. Another plus was that is had a modern feel-look to this website. I liked this site! On the scale, it was a 4! Here's what my shelf looks like.

And finally, the last community I looked at was shelfari.com that is created by amazon. First off, I love amazon so that was one thing that made me interested. Ten the look of this site was awesome! I absolutely loved the virtual bookshelf with the books you have read. So cute! The images are attractive, easy to use, extremely easy to add books to your shelf and I have to say my favorite option was the three check off options you have. It is between the 1.)I plan to Read 2.) Reading now 3.)I've read. I have to say that this site was my new favorite book community. Then it is goodreads,com. I am so ecstatic to announce to all my friends to use shelfari now. I hope you will use shelfari, if not any of the others are great to use as well! Here is what Shelfari looks like...