I just finished reading Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs. I thought it was awesome. I haven’t read very many books in the past couple of years, and barely any that I have been very excited about, so this was a nice change. I would like to make it more of a habit.

Coincidentally, Jessie and Katie both just found me on Goodreads within the span of a week. I think making reading more social will encourage me to establish a regular-reader habit. It’s neat to see what they are reading and whether they liked it.

However, I really wish that Goodreads had a real recommendation engine, like Netflix. In my experience, Amazon’s “Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought” sucks. I know about What Should I read next? but I haven’t been very excited by the recommendations it comes up with — not enough data, maybe? I bet they could gather more data if it was integrated into a site like Goodreads which has extra hooks that make reading history data entry fun satisfying instead of boring.

In the mean time, I will definitely take advantage of all the used bookstores within walking distance of my house and check out the AAPL.