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Good book review site

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  • 03-01-2008 12:51pm
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    SlyRax
    Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭


    Hey Guys,

    Looking for some advice, I use rottentomatoes.com a lot to find out about good upcoming films or DVDs and read magazines like Q to find out about new bands or albums, but I find it hard to find info on good new books. Everyone knows about the classics and I've read them all but what about new ones, I love reading but there's nothing worse than picking up a new book and it's pants. So any advice?

    Tx


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    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    I usually read the reviews on Amazon if I'm undecided about trying a book.

    The reviews are just from punters who've read it - so if a book there gets consistently good reviews you'll probably not go far wrong.


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    SlyRax
    Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭SlyRax


    well what I'm looking for is if i don't know what to read next i would like a sight like rottentomatoes.com where I can look at a list of books released recently and order them by a rating. I've been using metacritic but it isn't quite as good as rotten tomatoes, maybe I'll start a web site like it only for books


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    sdep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 194 ✭✭sdep


    You could try librarything.

    It's a site that lets people catalogue, review and rate books. You can get a list of books rated by popularity, which is fine if you like JK Rowling. More usefully, if you plug in books you've read and liked, you can get recommendations of similarly-themed books, or books that readers with like interests have enjoyed.


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