The exercise for this was to simply add 5 books to our LibraryThing account. It was very hard to stop at five, I was finally able to pull myself away at 30. I have heard other students in SLIS talk about LibraryThing, but I never really knew what it was. How cool! It recommends books to you based on the books you add to your library!
I also really enjoy the "cloud" options it gives you. This allows you to see what kind of books you like to read. LibraryThing is a must for bibliophiles. It seems that there is also a significant community aspect to the website as well. There are plenty of reviews for books and a message board to discuss books with other readers.
I've never really had to do Reader's Advisory (all my reference work has been in an academic library) but I will be sure to recommend this website when I do.
One thing I would like to see, and maybe it's there and I just missed it, is a way to search books by tags other put on them. For example, there was a book of mine tagged "post-apocalyptic". I would like to see more books in that genre.
Here's the link to my library: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/hanear21
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