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Ah, I understand a bit more now. Thanks. Larry Send a noteboard - 22/11/2013 08:50:26 AM

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View original postThough with Goodreads I usually turn to it after reading or mid-read. A lot of times I'll get halfway through something and want to see if others agree with my impressions. Especially if the writer does a lot of Author Tract which I find increasingly annoying as the years go by.


View original postIn terms of new books to read though, from authors or series I haven't read, almost entirely from here.




View original postHow "new" is new for you, though? I'm used to seeing early 2013 releases being discussed at some places as almost "older" books, since their blogs/sites are oriented toward the just-released.

Sure, but the only book blogs I regularly visit rather than just stumble on via google are Wertzone and OF Blog, and usually not for suggestions. I'm looking for a second take on a book I've already read, to add more depth to it. To see what I missed or a different perspective. When I get new book suggestions its usually incidental, like some aspect of the book I really liked being compared to another book I haven't read. I don't much care if a book, even a non-SF/F one, is dated. I tend to enjoy the reminders of prior popular fads or idioms. As you say, blogs focus on new releases, often pre-release, but most have archives that pop up on a google search for that book, and most reviewers mix in older favorites or classics or special requests with the new releases. Since I usually arrive by google rather than seeking that blog, it's not a problem.


I suppose blogs like the one I co-run are a bit different in focus from the so-called "new shiny" crowd, but it certainly is neat seeing how people arrive at the blogs I maintain (the other main one, Gogol's Overcoat, has a steady flow of traffic from people, presumably students, looking for reviews of specific stories by Flannery O'Connor, Zora Neale Hurston, and William Faulkner). Sometimes that reference-based searching is overlooked by those who want to be the first to cover a book or author. Nice to be reminded of it.

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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 1395 Views
This is the only place. - 10/11/2013 04:26:22 PM 1112 Views
Maybe, but I'm a bit skeptical - 11/11/2013 12:14:36 AM 1048 Views
If you want to attract NEW readers, the site needs to be reworked from scratch - 13/11/2013 01:06:41 PM 976 Views
Preaching to the choir here - 14/11/2013 07:55:56 AM 1125 Views
Re: If you want to attract NEW readers, the site needs to be reworked from scratch - 21/11/2013 09:24:22 PM 1052 Views
That might be swimming upstream against a strong current - 22/11/2013 08:41:15 AM 1021 Views
Quite - 22/11/2013 03:34:50 PM 912 Views
io9 - 10/11/2013 07:32:41 PM 1335 Views
Locus Online also has good lists of upcoming/new SF/F releases - 11/11/2013 12:16:18 AM 1022 Views
The Economist, NYT, and WSJ - 11/11/2013 01:05:36 PM 987 Views
Very true - 14/11/2013 07:57:14 AM 1028 Views
I'm skeptical of the Economist. - 16/11/2013 05:02:47 PM 989 Views
Which books were those? - 19/11/2013 03:19:59 PM 994 Views
There were at least four or five bad reviews. - 30/11/2013 05:41:45 PM 993 Views
I remember reading that book. I don't recall being impressed by it. *NM* - 05/12/2013 03:37:59 PM 542 Views
I've essentially stopped reading - 11/11/2013 12:36:51 AM 1153 Views
I don't think very highly of the discussions on r/fantasy - 11/11/2013 08:25:54 AM 1154 Views
I've never even been to r/fantasy - 11/11/2013 08:31:11 AM 1005 Views
I'd say this place is still the most influential for me. - 11/11/2013 10:29:19 AM 1005 Views
For some odd reason, I distrust Goodreads - 14/11/2013 07:58:29 AM 1123 Views
"Distrust"? Interesting word choice. - 14/11/2013 09:32:35 PM 1111 Views
Call me old fashioned... - 11/11/2013 02:47:37 PM 958 Views
Old fashioned! - 14/11/2013 07:59:43 AM 996 Views
I second that suggestion. - 14/11/2013 09:35:51 PM 924 Views
Re: I second that suggestion. - 16/11/2013 02:10:10 AM 828 Views
Here mostly, Goodreads, io9 - 11/11/2013 09:40:41 PM 1068 Views
Interesting - 14/11/2013 08:01:05 AM 953 Views
Typically new is "New to me" - 14/11/2013 08:36:09 AM 1207 Views
Ah, I understand a bit more now. Thanks. - 22/11/2013 08:50:26 AM 950 Views
Here mostly too. And bookshops over here. - 12/11/2013 06:54:05 PM 950 Views
I have list of things to read longer than I have time to read - 13/11/2013 05:39:59 PM 934 Views
So true - 14/11/2013 08:03:16 AM 965 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 893 Views
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I don't really care to learn about new books. - 21/11/2013 08:58:44 PM 949 Views
I'm all BELE - 29/11/2013 07:12:03 PM 899 Views
Book recommendations can come from the oddest places... - 07/12/2013 04:36:26 AM 912 Views

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