LibraryThing Thing #16

LibraryThing is a cataloging site for book lovers.  It allows people to catalog books for various purposes.  To add a book, all you need is the title of the book, the author, or the ISBN. 
It provides a means to read book reviews or write them, get book recommendations, and read forum posts about various books. 
The forums have groups that users can join about topics or specific books.  You can also find information about local book events from the LibraryThingLocal tab. 
I signed up for a LibraryThing account and began adding some of my favorite books and books I've recently read.  I found the site rather addicting.  There are so many articles and things to read throughout the site.  There is even a place to request free books to review. 
A site like this is great for personal use as well as in school or professional.  In my classroom I could set up a LibraryThing account and specify each class I have.  I can make a book list for each class. 
In the media center, a LibraryThing account would be great for teachers and students to generate book lists as suggestions for students.  Listing the books by genre based on peer input might be more powerful than having the librarian recommend books.  I'd like to see teen selected lists for popular books for students who dislike reading, or books for teenage boys. 
LibraryThing provides a means for these things to be possible. 

The link to my very short list of books is here:  http://www.librarything.com/catalog/MaryGirl