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reading_trailsReading Trails offers a forum for passionate and enthusiastic readers a way to communicate with each other and to learn more about commonalities between books.

The trails are books that are linked by certain shared qualities and the trails are created by the users within the community. Some example trails are books to read before you die or famous books I’m embarrassed not to have read. These trails then can share books that are common threads between trails, otherwise referred to as intersecting trails.You can then organize your own trails by tagging books with titles such as unread, reading, and read. This is part of your personal profile that you can create. The website also allows you to add widgets to your website or blog to notify others about your trails as they relate to your topics.

Reading Trails also invites professors and authors to the site to share their knowledge with members of this social community. It allows you to view the active professors and authors on the website as well as their personal reading trails.

If you’re stumped, the site offers some advice on creating an interesting trail.

Browse our trails until you find a book you have read. This will be the kernel of your new trail. Click new trail.
Then ask yourself, what book should people read next? You don’t have to know why they should read that book. Trust your gut. And repeat. Once you get going, maybe you’ll find an overarching “reason” for linking those books together, or maybe not. In any case, you’ve made a trail.

This site is perfect for the book lover that is looking to connect with others that share their passion.  It is user friendly and a creative idea to expand social networking for those that enjoy reading.

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