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I'd say this place is still the most influential for me. Legolas Send a noteboard - 11/11/2013 10:29:19 AM

But then, for a few years now I've been reading primarily older classics with new or even older but less widely known books taking up only a relatively small percentage of my reading. And like I dare say is the case for most of us, I have a long list of both older and newer books that I still intend to read - with an increasing number of those which I actually own already, that obviously pushes me a bit more to read them...


View original postWhere do you go? Do you still depend upon people here for book recs? Is there another site you favor? Is it Twitter, Facebook, and Goodreads the main sources for book information? Just curious.

I do have a Goodreads account and occasionally find recommendations there from friends' bookshelves or reviews, but other than that, yeah, still the people here. It helps a lot to sell me on a book if it's recommended by someone whose taste I know and respect, and that mostly still means the people here, plus the handful of ex-wotmaniacs and others that I follow on Goodreads.

But of course sometimes it's just a review that I read in the newspaper, or a book that I see advertised in a bookstore. All in all, not really feeling the need for any more extensive lists of recommendations...

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To whom do you turn when you want to learn more about new books? - 10/11/2013 06:17:07 AM 1405 Views
This is the only place. - 10/11/2013 04:26:22 PM 1123 Views
Maybe, but I'm a bit skeptical - 11/11/2013 12:14:36 AM 1060 Views
If you want to attract NEW readers, the site needs to be reworked from scratch - 13/11/2013 01:06:41 PM 986 Views
Preaching to the choir here - 14/11/2013 07:55:56 AM 1137 Views
Re: If you want to attract NEW readers, the site needs to be reworked from scratch - 21/11/2013 09:24:22 PM 1063 Views
That might be swimming upstream against a strong current - 22/11/2013 08:41:15 AM 1034 Views
Quite - 22/11/2013 03:34:50 PM 921 Views
io9 - 10/11/2013 07:32:41 PM 1345 Views
Locus Online also has good lists of upcoming/new SF/F releases - 11/11/2013 12:16:18 AM 1036 Views
The Economist, NYT, and WSJ - 11/11/2013 01:05:36 PM 997 Views
Very true - 14/11/2013 07:57:14 AM 1041 Views
I'm skeptical of the Economist. - 16/11/2013 05:02:47 PM 998 Views
Which books were those? - 19/11/2013 03:19:59 PM 1004 Views
There were at least four or five bad reviews. - 30/11/2013 05:41:45 PM 1004 Views
I remember reading that book. I don't recall being impressed by it. *NM* - 05/12/2013 03:37:59 PM 546 Views
I've essentially stopped reading - 11/11/2013 12:36:51 AM 1164 Views
I don't think very highly of the discussions on r/fantasy - 11/11/2013 08:25:54 AM 1179 Views
I've never even been to r/fantasy - 11/11/2013 08:31:11 AM 1015 Views
I'd say this place is still the most influential for me. - 11/11/2013 10:29:19 AM 1016 Views
For some odd reason, I distrust Goodreads - 14/11/2013 07:58:29 AM 1135 Views
"Distrust"? Interesting word choice. - 14/11/2013 09:32:35 PM 1121 Views
Call me old fashioned... - 11/11/2013 02:47:37 PM 967 Views
Old fashioned! - 14/11/2013 07:59:43 AM 1007 Views
I second that suggestion. - 14/11/2013 09:35:51 PM 933 Views
Re: I second that suggestion. - 16/11/2013 02:10:10 AM 838 Views
Here mostly, Goodreads, io9 - 11/11/2013 09:40:41 PM 1085 Views
Interesting - 14/11/2013 08:01:05 AM 964 Views
Typically new is "New to me" - 14/11/2013 08:36:09 AM 1219 Views
Ah, I understand a bit more now. Thanks. - 22/11/2013 08:50:26 AM 959 Views
Here mostly too. And bookshops over here. - 12/11/2013 06:54:05 PM 961 Views
I have list of things to read longer than I have time to read - 13/11/2013 05:39:59 PM 942 Views
So true - 14/11/2013 08:03:16 AM 974 Views
here, mostly, but i also have less time to read (sort of) and a lot to read... - 19/11/2013 03:49:15 PM 904 Views
Quick, cozy comfort zone reads, more or less? - 22/11/2013 08:52:37 AM 835 Views
It depends on what is happening at the time - 30/11/2013 12:15:55 AM 802 Views
I don't really care to learn about new books. - 21/11/2013 08:58:44 PM 956 Views
I'm all BELE - 29/11/2013 07:12:03 PM 909 Views
Book recommendations can come from the oddest places... - 07/12/2013 04:36:26 AM 923 Views

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