More on reading

I just thought I'd plug a nifty little application on Facebook called Visual Bookshelf which is a handy resource for readers on Facebook. You obviously have to have Facebook to use it and the idea is to use it to show off what you're currently reading, what you have stacked away on your shelf and the books you really want to get a hold of to your friends on it. Since I've been doing the same on my blog I've found this a handy resource to share with friends the books I have an interest in.

On the blog I only tend to post once I've finished a number of books so as to make a decent length post. This obviously makes posts few and far between so in the meantime I find Visual Bookshelf a handy way to give up to the minute updates on what I've been reading. If you've found yourself having an unhelpful obsession with wanting people to know about things you're interested in (and you probably do - I mean you have a blog after all don't you?!!) this can be a nice neat way to share with your friends on Facebook.

I deplore most applications on Facebook, thye are generally complete wastes of time and I usually eagerly click ignore when offered a chance to compare what kind of pokemon I'd be with someone I met once on holiday in 2003 or something similar. But this one is neat, tidy and about something worth sharing with friends - great literature. The program uses amazon as a resource so it can find your book and cover quickly so you can visually display your reads on your page. It is of course restricted to what's on amazon, but the selection is pretty big so most books shouldn't dissapoint.

So if you're like me and like telling people about good books you've been reading then I'd check this one out if you're on Facebook.

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