I started a LibraryThing account even though I’ve had a Shelfari account & a GoodReads account since last spring, and I don’t really use them. I only started the Shelfari & GoodReads accounts because I was “invited” to join them. I put a few books up & promptly forgot about them. I didn’t even remember my user names. But now, since we’re doing this assignment, I decided to really explore each site. These are my conclusions: All three sites are very similar and good for keeping track of your books. Shelfari is definitely the snazziest in terms of appearance. The books sitting on the shelves look great – really colorful & inviting. LibraryThing, on the other hand, seems to be the most comprehensive -you can even find the Dewey or LC #’s if you want. My favorite of the three turned out to be GoodReads, for several reasons. First of all, ease of use. It’s very user-friendly – you can add books, rate them, review them and put them on your “to read”, “currently reading” or “read” shelf in one step. Another reason I like it is because it was relatively easy to add it to the sidebar of my blog. LibraryThing apparently can’t be added to a wordpress blog because the code that you copy into the wordpress widget contains javascript, and they don’t allow that at wordpress (it took about a half hour of trying over & over to add it and reading the support pages before I found that out). I think from now on, I’ll start using GoodReads on a regular basis- when I’m looking for a book to read, I can check my “to read” list to see what to pick up next.  And when someone asks me what book I’ve read recently that I really liked, I can check my “read” list instead of looking at them blankly and saying “Oh I just read something great, what was that again?” My librarything bookshelf is here: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/mmmarci