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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 1443 Views
This is the only place. - 10/11/2013 04:26:22 PM 1155 Views
Maybe, but I'm a bit skeptical - 11/11/2013 12:14:36 AM 1093 Views
If you want to attract NEW readers, the site needs to be reworked from scratch - 13/11/2013 01:06:41 PM 1029 Views
Preaching to the choir here - 14/11/2013 07:55:56 AM 1175 Views
Re: If you want to attract NEW readers, the site needs to be reworked from scratch - 21/11/2013 09:24:22 PM 1111 Views
That might be swimming upstream against a strong current - 22/11/2013 08:41:15 AM 1067 Views
Quite - 22/11/2013 03:34:50 PM 959 Views
io9 - 10/11/2013 07:32:41 PM 1387 Views
Locus Online also has good lists of upcoming/new SF/F releases - 11/11/2013 12:16:18 AM 1070 Views
The Economist, NYT, and WSJ - 11/11/2013 01:05:36 PM 1031 Views
Very true - 14/11/2013 07:57:14 AM 1075 Views
I'm skeptical of the Economist. - 16/11/2013 05:02:47 PM 1033 Views
Which books were those? - 19/11/2013 03:19:59 PM 1034 Views
There were at least four or five bad reviews. - 30/11/2013 05:41:45 PM 1045 Views
I remember reading that book. I don't recall being impressed by it. *NM* - 05/12/2013 03:37:59 PM 564 Views
I've essentially stopped reading - 11/11/2013 12:36:51 AM 1199 Views
I don't think very highly of the discussions on r/fantasy - 11/11/2013 08:25:54 AM 1237 Views
I've never even been to r/fantasy - 11/11/2013 08:31:11 AM 1053 Views
I'd say this place is still the most influential for me. - 11/11/2013 10:29:19 AM 1047 Views
For some odd reason, I distrust Goodreads - 14/11/2013 07:58:29 AM 1182 Views
"Distrust"? Interesting word choice. - 14/11/2013 09:32:35 PM 1151 Views
Call me old fashioned... - 11/11/2013 02:47:37 PM 1011 Views
Old fashioned! - 14/11/2013 07:59:43 AM 1041 Views
I second that suggestion. - 14/11/2013 09:35:51 PM 967 Views
Re: I second that suggestion. - 16/11/2013 02:10:10 AM 878 Views
Here mostly, Goodreads, io9 - 11/11/2013 09:40:41 PM 1204 Views
Interesting - 14/11/2013 08:01:05 AM 996 Views
Typically new is "New to me" - 14/11/2013 08:36:09 AM 1335 Views
Ah, I understand a bit more now. Thanks. - 22/11/2013 08:50:26 AM 995 Views
Here mostly too. And bookshops over here. - 12/11/2013 06:54:05 PM 995 Views
I have list of things to read longer than I have time to read - 13/11/2013 05:39:59 PM 978 Views
So true - 14/11/2013 08:03:16 AM 1014 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 938 Views
Quick, cozy comfort zone reads, more or less? - 22/11/2013 08:52:37 AM 866 Views
It depends on what is happening at the time - 30/11/2013 12:15:55 AM 836 Views
I don't really care to learn about new books. - 21/11/2013 08:58:44 PM 998 Views
I'm all BELE - 29/11/2013 07:12:03 PM 946 Views
Book recommendations can come from the oddest places... - 07/12/2013 04:36:26 AM 958 Views

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