I'm sure I've signed up for both of these in the past, but I've not been using them and whatever username/passwords, etc. I signed up under are long forgotten, so I signed up again. LibraryThing is Alison53, and GoodReads is Alison.
On
GoodReads, when rating the books 1-5 stars, I'm rating them by how much I enjoy/enjoyed them, not by how "good" I think they are. Because everyone's taste is different and all books are good/bad in different ways. Also, I assume that when we indicate having read a title, it doesn't *have* to be that particular edition pictured. And as far as dates, well, do I count being read "Rapunzel" by my mother before I could read myself?...or reading the Classics Illustrated Junior version, before I read the original Grimm version?
In other words, this tool is a little tricky, and not entirely representative.
On Library Thing it seems easier to find specific editions of titles.
I think (at this early stage) I prefer GoodReads because I find it easier to navigate and edit. Ultimately, I just wish I had more time to explore these sites and play around with them.
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