- Jason Morrow shares Abraham Lincoln’s (yep, the president) foray into true crime writing. (Historical Crime Detective)
- Danika Ellis reports on the most popular children’s books from around the world. (Book Riot)
- Joshua Isard argues against the “literary fiction” label. (LitReactor)
- Elizabeth Blair reflects on The Lorax, fifty years after it was first published. (NPR)
- Anne MaiYee Jensen shares important life lessons learned from science fiction and fantasy stories. (Book Riot)
- Megan McCluskey reports on the new phenomenon of extortion via review bombing on GoodReads. (TIME)
- The late, great Sir Christopher Lee reads Sherlock Holmes stories for you. (OpenCulture)
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Man, the stuff happening on GoodReads is pretty sickening. I knew it was bad, but I didn’t know it was THAT bad!
Right? I knew there were shenanigans in the reviews, but it never occurred to me that someone would try to weaponize bad reviews! It’s just so pathetic and petty, and I feel for the authors (especially the debut authors) who get tangled up in this. No one needs this aggravation.
I wish there was a better alternative where I could keep track of my reading life and swap book recs with friends. Other competitors never seem to have all the features I want. Most of them seem to focus almost exclusively on generating recommendations. I have no problem finding books to read.
Have I mentioned LibraryThing to you before… ? I use it to catalog and TBR my own collection. It has social forums too, though I haven’t made much use of those yet.
I use LibraryThing, but only to keep track of what I own. 🙂
That Time article about Goodreads was disturbing to read. Surely there should be more scrutiny in place to protect users from abuse of this kind?
I have no idea if GoodReads has moderators or anyone to keep an eye on things.