Shelfari - Another book website for booklovers

[Joy H., Group Founder]

SEE IMPORTANT NOTICE BELOW AT END OF THIS POST:

I just discovered Shelfari:
http://www.shelfari.com/
Shelfari is similar to Goodreads in its purpose, but I've that heard it's simpler.
The Home page says: "Shelfari is a community-powered encyclopedia for book lovers.
Create a virtual bookshelf, discover new books, connect with friends and learn more about your favorite books – all for free."

Anyway, I found a funny feature there today. It provides what they call a "Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis". For example, about Love in the Time of Cholera, it says:
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(view spoiler)["Boy meets girl. Girl rejects boy. Boy stays obsessed with girl through 622 affairs and 50+ years." (hide spoiler)]
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FROM: http://www.shelfari.com/books/11594/L...
I really got a kick out of that. It's so true.

Evidently the "Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis" feature is written by the members of Shelfari. So not all books show such a summary. Instead, members are given the opportunity to write such a synopsis. On the book's page, it says: "Write a ridiculously simplified synopsis."

I haven't explored Shelfari much further than this. But it looks like an interesting place.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Today, Feb. 9, 2018, I was Googling around and found out the following:
"Shelfari was a social cataloging website for books that got merged with GoodReads ."
FROM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelfari
SEE: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Joy H., Group Founder]

PS-After looking around Shelfari a bit, I discovered that the "Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis" feature isn't always as funny as the example above. I just happened to come upon a funny example. Many of the other "Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis" examples are simply summaries in a nut shell. I like that feature. But I guess we have to beware of spoilers.

[Joy H., Group Founder]

Today I was Googling around and found out the following:

Shelfari was a social cataloging website for books that got merged with GoodReads .
FROM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelfari

See UPDATED POST AT: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...