I had never heard of LibraryThing, but as a book lover I'm very interested in social network sites that focus on books. I am currently an avid user of GoodReads (www.goodreads.com), which is quite similar. GoodReads seems to be a more popular site; you are likely to find many more reviews of any given book there than on LibraryThing. The drawback might be that because it is so popular, the quality of the reviews tend to be a little less intelligent than they might be on the slightly more highbrow LibraryThing. I like the "discussions" feature on LibraryThing - something GoodReads does not have.
I did a little test, which I'm afraid LibraryThing did not pass. I searched for "Cigar Box Banjo", by Paul Quarrington. This book came out last week. I read it on the weekend and was going to post a review on LibraryThing - only LibraryThing did not have a record of it yet. I noticed that in the "Awards and Honors" section about the author it listed his winning the Matt Cohen Prize, but made no mention of the more prestigious Governor General's Award or the Stephen Leacock Medal that Quarrington had won. I tried to amend this, but LibraryThing wouldn't let me log back in! Ack!
So for now I'll stick to Goodreads, but will re-visit LibraryThing from time to time to see how it improves.
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