book recommendations

When I'm not reading I always on the the look out for that next great read. I've had great luck with sites such as Shelfari, LibraryThing and Open Book Toronto. The other other night I came across Juicespot. Readers share opinions on books they've read. Found a couple of suggestions. Nice, simple site too. Worth stopping by.

"These are the books that are disappointing only because they have to end. They’re the ones we mention to friends. They’re the ones worth taking on vacation, and they are well executed, whatever their genre or subject matter. They are what we’d read even if Michiko Kakutani, William Grimes and I weren’t designated readers."

Not those made by commenters on blogs. The latest greatest in advertising is the pay-for-recommendations approach, where a company will sell authors X number of recommendations of their book posted in blog comments around the Web by “people who speak English really well.” What next?