LibraryThing is very, very, VERY organized! I love it and it is perfect for OCD people like myself. :)
Amazing book site and all the options are fun and helpful. The people there are also nice and groups are enjoyable. (and again, organized!)

I can only speak for LibraryThing and goodreads but I would definitely pick LT out of the two. Goodreads is less organized and gets confusing. I do love that you can have favorite quotes but on LT you can just type them on your profile so it doesn’t really make a difference. It’s also kind of cool that people can write stories and poems but the same could be done on an LT group whether through comments or just links to writing.

And I do NOT love the ads on goodreads! How annoying are they. And it just makes it look less professional.

LibraryThing is my home. :)

On LibraryThing, I keep an accurate record of all the books that I own. I really like how it allows me personalize how I organize my library, and the site has helped enormously to prevent me from acquiring duplications of books. I paid the small fee for a lifetime membership without qualm.

On BookMooch, I feed my book addition by giving away books I don’t want in favor of receiving books I do want. I’ve struck most of my book-related online friendships through this site.

On GoodReads, I keep track of books I’ve heard about and think maybe I want to read one day and also keep rather indiscriminate record of past books I have read. I really like the large membership number on the site and the correspondingly large amount of information (such as book reviews) available on the site.

…I don’t think I could ever give any one of these sites up.

I personally thing LibraryThing is better than goodreads. I don’t like to use goodreads that much besides the fact I want to talk to my friends. I do like that you can have favorite quotes on goodreads.

But LT is better!

I’m a fan of both but i like the author interaction in the forums

Add me as a friend!

I haven’t tried GoodReads or Shelfari.. might give them a go.

Phew! *Wipes beads of sweat off forehead*

@ Rovin … First of all, I only ended up telling two groups about the poll because so many of the same people were in all the groups I am a member of and you can only vote one time on your computer (even if I had been able to post the link to this poll on all the groups, what’s wrong with promoting it? I’d like Goodreads to win, yes, so It’d be great if everyone on Goodreads voted). Second, I’ve never cheated in my life. Third, I have no idea how to hack anything.

I hope you’re kidding about me hacking it/cheating. I do sometimes have a hard time discerning when someone is kidding. Except for Mahmood. I know he/she was kidding, but that’s because he/she said so. Unless you’re all trying that reverse psychology thing on me? …

=)

Maybe SavedbyGrace did it. She was promoting this poll on Goodreads and wanting freebies and cheating aren’t far apart, same mindset. I have to echo what Mahmood said SVG, What Would Jesus Do?

Yes, but the ISBN search on GoodReads is far less accurate. Whereas the ISBN search function on LibraryThing returns book data for all but a few of my more obscure books, GoodReads often can’t find data on my more mainstream books, especially if they are published in a non-US, non-UK country.

The other thing that makes LibraryThing a standout application for me is that the founders and developers LISTEN to their members and are continually adding improvements and new features. Also the obsessive geek in me loves their accurate cataloguing and attention to detail – but you can use LibraryThing in many ways, not just geekery.

LibraryThing forever!

:-)
Just a joke

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Lovely place for telling someone they’re holier-than-thou and hollow.
If you’re going to be like that, fine.

I wasn’t being holier-than-thou, I was being honest and a typical teenager and just excited that I’d found a place where people accepted me for who I was (totally obsessed about books). And part of telling people about myself and getting to know people was, for me (but apparently it’s a bad thing?) talking about what I believed also my frustrations that much of what I read had to be ‘appropriate’ and Christian and how, as an obsessed reader, I couldn’t help but read some ‘bad’ books like a few vampire books (Twilight … ) and books with magic in them (Eragon, others). I was (and still am) excited about my faith and wanting to share it with others.

Many, many people use Adblocker to block ads. I’m one of them. I’m far from perfect, and though it’s great that some people are willing to ‘keep me in check’ and ‘call me out’ I don’t think this is the place for it. Besides the fact I don’t really know you and this whole thing has been blown out of proportion from rooting for my favorite site to ‘you’re hollow and holier-than-thou’ and apparently I want everything for nothing because I use adblocker and don’t want to see ads.

I’m just going to stop there, I don’t want to get into this whole thing.
Back to rooting for Goodreads. Go Goodreads!
Too bad we’re only 40%, darn it.

Lots of people use adblockers of various kinds and still want free sites, you aren’t alone. But I remember when you first came on Goodreads and were holier-than-thou about your Christian principles and what you were allowed to read and allowed to do. Certainly I don’t see any Christian attitude at play in someone who everything for nothing and gets out of paying even the small price of viewing ads which is all Goodreads (and Facebook etc) are requesting. So I stand by previous post when I said that your support was kind of hollow.

I still see Google/Amazon ads all the time. So they’re getting lots of $ for that. :)

Hollow … well, I wouldn’t describe myself like that (though I do doubt there are that many people who would insult/put themselves down). You’re right I have zilch … I always tell people to get Adblocker because I’ve always been doing that. On other sites that are great or whatever but are like Facebook and you really don’t want to see the ads and I’m just accustomed to telling people if it’s some really racy or super flashy ad or whatever, just get Adblocker. Of course I want to see GR do well but I’d never buy anything because of ads. If I had millions of dollars, believe me I’d give a ton of money to them (besides my college, my parents, my public library, Church … ) and they’d not have to put ads on GR to be supported.

Yet you also say, “all you have to do is install Adblocker and you never see those ads again. :)”

Its a very hollow kind of support that takes advantage of all the freebies on offer and won’t ‘pay the price’ – in this case viewing ads. How do you think that the real owners feel when they read your advice to others to block the ads? You don’t think this is kind of cheating (I know you are a student at a Christian college and probably don’t have much money but still)? Goodreads is supported by numbers of viewers not click-throughs (although possibly that as well) and by purchases from Amazon etc.