A Thing about Library Thing

I created a LibraryThing account today. Here is my link:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Kgaffron

Here are the positives that I see: I liked the way that a user could find book related events or join in on a discussion about books and authors. I like the way it has a visually pleasing interface. But I always seem to be using some sort of similar technology that is not the one we are assigned in all of these 23 Things assignments.

Currently, I used Goodreads outside of work. Here is my Goodreads link: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1394717
It is kind of the same thing as LibraryThing. It is a social networking site for book lovers that allows users a place to keep track of their books and create reviews and plot summaries.

I joined Goodreads in August 2008. I have 10 friends on Goodreads. So far I haven’t really done all that much with it yet. But I know that I need to change my account settings because anytime any one of my friends adds a book or writes a review, I get an e-mail. This is growing annoying. I Truthfully I don’t really use it for book recommendations or to keep track of what books I have read. I can mostly keep track of the books I have read in my head and I usually have a pretty good idea about what I want to read. But it is kind of entertaining, we will see if I keep using it.
But I know people who work in this library who use it to keep track of the books they have read. One of my co-workers even uses it as a reader's advisory tool. For her, it helps her to jog her memory about certain titles. I think that you can even integrate your Goodreads profile into your facebook profile.