How is it that I can be such a voracious reader of virtually everything written and not know about Goodreads?   If you knew how hard it was for me to even admit that I don't know about something - coming from someone who knows everything (I wish) or at least from someone who at one point managed to convince the kiddies that their mom was the smartest person in the world - where was I? Oh yeah, admitting that I didn't know something...I really was clueless.  Maybe it's because I've always bought the majority of my books from Amazon or because I used to just buy real books at the local bookstore, but I honestly did not know what Goodreads was.  I'd seen it on the Barnes and Noble site but just assumed that it was what they called their reviews.  No, I don't own a Nook yet so I don't buy my books there unless they're the old fashioned kind that you get at the store.  Yeah, I still do that sometimes.  So, for  those of you who are familiar with Goodreads, why didn't you tell me?  For those of you who aren't, it's pretty cool.  I spent maybe five minutes there today (while I was working at my real job so don't tell anyone) and they have all these lists of recommendations that appeared to be broken down into different categories.  Like I say, I only spent a few minutes there but plan to check it out some more tomorrow.  I found out about it when I found a review by Punya H. Rashid.  She consumes books at an impressive rate and writes reviews.  She'd written one on An Absolutely Incredible Valentine that I came across on a search engine.  Now I can honestly say that she and I probably look at most things differently and I'm going to go out on a limb and say she's probably younger than I am but that's ok.  She reads, she has opinions and she voices them.  I personally never get beyond loved it, liked it, or hated it although I'm going to try to do better for new authors.  I might even write a review.  So, I found that Ms. Rashid and I share similar tastes in some books and in most cases are not that far apart on my loved it, liked it, hated it scale.  So if you're interested, she's read a lot of books and you might find something new there that you haven't read.  So, here's the site if you want to check it out. http://punyareviews.blogspot.com/ 

Don't forget to check out Goodreads if you haven't done so.

And the other site that has quickly become one of my favorites:
http://temptingbooks.blogspot.com/p/home.html  
The author, Karen (the only name I've seen), finds romance and erotica books that are 2.99 and under and posts links to them.  Not all the books  are great, but some I've found have been really good and I'm thrilled that someone else has the patience to scour the retail stores to find them. Considering the small fortune I have invested in books, the inexpensive ones are always nice!

Enjoy!
Casey