I had a thought, and I was wondering how the broader community feels about this idea.
Regarding the weekly post about what people have finished or started this previous week. I find myself actually avoiding it much of the time. Partly because it's just a big list of names that don't often have value to me. I'm fully aware that there are thousands of books out there by Authors I don't know. I'm not against expanding my horizons in literature but I have to have a reason to read one book over another. Seeing a name and nothing else doesn't offer me personally much of an incentive.
Is there a way we can improve the information that's shared. Perhaps by including a favorite line from what you've finished to showcase the writers style. A brief synopsis of the book? A reason you started reading it to begin with?
I'm happy to take my own advice and start listing my reading history along with information that increases the value to others. What does increase the value for others, what would you want to see included to inspire you to read something new?
Maybe I'm just misunderstanding. It's possible that it's not about finding new books, but instead finding like minds to share your thoughts with and I'm missing the point. If so I apologize.
by GraniteCapybara
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Personally if I see a title and nothing else, I’m not going to check it out, unless the title itself is really interesting in which case I might look it up, I need at the very least the genre and a synopsis, there’s millions of books I don’t have the time to look them all up lol
Another thing that is less important I suppose but still more then welcome, is why someone liked/loved a book, I started reading “song of Achilles” because of a review I saw where they spent ages just rambling about how much they love it, I was already thinking about reading it but that review sold me on it.