Beyond Method #5

I seem to remember creating an account w/LibraryThing way back in the day--I'm talking years ago, probably late 90's. But I forgot my password and consequently didn't use it. I got into GoodReads about 3 yrs ago when a friend sent me an invitation to join, and I was curious so I created my account. I was elated when I found out about the feature that I use most, and that is the "To Read" list! I never had a good way to document which books I wanted to read, and the list grew and grew with each Library Journal etc. Pre-Pub alert and Newly Published alert! I'd frequently just jot the title/author down on a scrap of paper on my desk, only to surely misplace it weeks later. Today I have a perfect system for tracking these books and I currently have 130 books on my GoodReads "To Read" list! Now my only challenge is finding the time to tackle it!

As far as these tools assisting with Reader's Advisory, it has been years since I worked in a public library branch that had significant RA patrons and that was always tricky for me since I am a heavy nonfiction reader and read very little fiction, much less genre fiction. I would have definitely used these tools for RA had they been around back then (mid-90's). Back then I would hunt down the other librarians and even our head of circ who read heavy genre fiction for RA assistance.