Comments on: Tuesday Thingers: recommendations

By: Literate Housewife

Literate Housewife — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:59:44 +0000

The Tudor History not meshing with Fantasy must come from me (although the fantasy thing is because I haven’t read any of it before). Sorry, my bad!

By: Traci

Traci — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:34:44 +0000

I do wonder how the unsuggester actually works. It seems to be just a “the people who have this book in their library, don’t have any of the books you have in yours” sort of thing which in theory seems like it should work. But I think it ends up giving most people the same selections. What I’d like to see is what’s on the lists of those people who actually own all those Christian books that show up on everyone else’s lists.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:59:07 +0000

The only time that I’ve found Amazon recommendations to be truly helpful is for non-fiction. After I read The Worst Hard Time for example, I was interested in the Dust Bowl, and the “have also looked at/bought” feature turned up some gems.

By: The Kool-Aid Mom

The Kool-Aid Mom — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:12:23 +0000

I do like you. I go with what people are saying more that LT suggester. I had a thought while reading your post. You said you try to pick books similar to what you have, and that reminds me of Amazon’s “people also bought” thing. Sometimes I look at that, too… though I’ve never picked anything off of that either.

By: Swapna

Swapna — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:35:15 +0000

I haven’t looked at the unsuggester, but I have a feeling I’d enjoy it!