Book tubers

Book tubing, the practice of making videos about books you have read or are reading. I'm going to be honest in saying that Im not a fan of the videos I viewed. The book haul videos were a mix of random books that people would go over very quickly, the problem is there was no rhythm or reason to these. There may have been some good recommendations down the line but that doesn't matter if I have already closed the video after the video because of your review of a kids book and "the shining".
If each video was on a specific genre ,or writer, or organized in some way I would be much more interested.

I also think that a lot of these could have been improved with the addition of more people. Just one person talking to a camera feels a bit awkward and with more people the videos would feel more like a discussion than an awkward diary.

As far as the technical aspects go I don't think you need to be a master film maker to be a book tuber. An average webcam is perfect for the style of video they are making. The books in the background are nice but not strictly necessary.

Of the book tubes I watched AmirasBookReviews was my favorite. It was what I was looking for in a book video, a video about one book, discussing it and telling me if I should check it out or not.
I won't say book tubing isn't for me, just that I haven't found one I want to watch. If i were going to do this it would have to have multiple people talking about the books, as i said earlier, and I would want to focus on one book or at least one genre at a time.

This is review of the site "Goodreads" a cross between a social networks and book review site. The first thing that caught my attention is how easy they have made reviewing books. The large thumbnails of titles makes it easy to recognize books you've read, then its just a matter of picking the number of stars you would give it. This makes it really addictive to move through dozens of books , reviewing and selecting what you want to read. I had a library of books built in no time and it didn't feel like a chore. They also made adding friends fairly simple, it can pull their accounts out of your contacts in facebook or from your e-mail. I haven't been able to find a book group yet but this is due to not having time to look through them all , not lack of variety. I would definitely recommend goodreads, its a very simple to use site that's really fun to get into. I look forward to using it more.

Notice

Small and light, so small that you barely pay it attention, yet you have dozens of them laying around. They are shiny, metallic, eye catching when they are new. Some have lost there sheen , green and brown covering the former beauty. Both sides are emblazoned with words and pictures, symbolizing unity and history. Raised slightly they are smooth to the touch, no edges, but the edge around is rough. On one side is the face of a man, older, refined. His hair is receding and combed carefully. He looks off, facing liberty, looking forward. On the reverse three symbols are displayed, the oak branch, the torch, and the olive. Sat between them is the motto they say we live by "E Pluribus unum". Our Name is raised above all three,united as one and all, and below sits the worth. One tenth of something more, yet to some worth more.