RootAnn Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 My oldest is an avid reader. It is becoming harder & harder to keep her in new books when I need to do at least a brief screen of each storyline. When she loves one book, it is nice to be able to point her to others by the same author, or even better, the "rest of the series" of which that book was Book 1. She loves series books. When she's done with something (book, series, all of an author's works), then we have to find something else. She looks. I look. Etc. It would be GREAT to have a web site or resource where you could type in the name of an author or specific book & it would spit out others that are similar. Although Amazon's "others have purchased ..." feature is ok, it doesn't work as well as it could in practice. For example, my daughter loved "The Grimm Legacy" and she loved "On a Blue Comet". Anyone know any site like this? Or an "app" that does this? (Our librarians seem not to read or something because none of them can refer based on this criteria. They tend to just point you to the (really small, sometimes completely inappropriate) juvenile section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristenR Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I know Good Reads offers suggestions based on your ratings of previous books read. The more books you rate the better it can narrow in your specific taste. However, be warned- when I tried to join I accidentally joined through Facebook and it went on to publicize all my info to my friends and on my wall. I suppose its something that someone with my computer savvy than myself would have known ahead of time but it annoyed me so much I just deleted my whole account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakereese Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 :bigear: I'd love to know about something like this. The amazon feature usually really helps or leads me to listmania or things like that. Our library site has the feature but it is more about "topic" than if you like this author, you'll like that author (iykwim). And I guess it is all subjective in the end. The Hive has come in handy in these situations, it seems like someone, somewhere has a child interested in the same authors or subjects and can suggest another. We need to create an app!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Good Reads has done that for me. I don't do FB, so it wasn't a problem. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Another vote for Goodreads. DD and I have found tons of great books through suggestions on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfknitter.# Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 (edited) You could try googling the book title with the term readalike. That might bring up lists compiled by other libraries. If there's a library near you with the database Novelist, you could also try that. Edited September 19, 2012 by elfknitter Smh... iPads and "autocorrect" is oxymoronic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunriseiz Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 http://www.yournextread.com/us/ This site has been pretty good for us. (It can link with goodreads as well, though I haven't quite made it work yet.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyshanti Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Also librarians might be able to help:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Honestly, the Amazon "also bought..." thing isn't bad to get you started as an alternative to Goodreads. Also, you can just ask here. :D Some of us have a book recommending addiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelmama1209 Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 http://whatshouldireadnext.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NittanyJen Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I have my son use GoodReads as micro-writing practice as well... He has to post 2-3 reviews per week, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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