When researching potential books that I will read and
review, I found three books that interested me: Intertwingled: Information Changes Everything, Social Media Explained: Untangling the World’s Most Misunderstood
Business Trend, and The Word
Exchange: A Novel. The following is what I found when searching through
Amazon, WorldCat, Google Books, and Library Thing.
Intertwingled: Information Changes Everything by Peter Morville
Amazon: 4.0 out
of 5.0 stars
Reviews: People either loved it or hated it. They think that
the book has either scattered thoughts and was confusing or a book that attacks
complex ideas and very relevant.
WorldCat: 7
libraries have this book but none in the area
Google Books: No results
Library Thing: No reviews
Popularity: 3,689,591
Social Media Explained: Untangling the World’s Most Misunderstood
Business Trend by Mark W. Schaefer
Amazon: 4.6 out
of 5.0 stars
Reviews: insightful, talks about
how things are connected and organization, talks about systems of thinking coming together
WorldCat: 14
libraries have this book but none in the area
Google Books: 4 out of 5 stars
(1) Review: Good for business
owners thinking about social media and for people who haven’t kept up with the social media
progression
Library Thing: No
reviews
Popularity: 2,001,085
The Word Exchange by Alena Graedon
Amazon: 3.9 out
of 5.0 stars
WorldCat: 934
libraries have this book and libraries in the area have it
Google Books: (10) Reviews: beginning of the
book is a lot better than the end of it, explores societies uncomfortable
reality of social lives, not very deep
Library Thing: 3.31 out of 5.0 stars
36 reviews
Popularity: 71,264
After searching for a book to read and review, I have
decided to choose Social Media Explained:
Untangling the World’s Most Misunderstood Business Trend. I picked this
book because the topic interested me the most and seems the most relevant to
what I may be doing in my future. Although this book did not turn up when
searching through ProQuest or Project Muse, I am not turned of from reading
this book. The outstanding reviews from Amazon and my interest in the
description and title gives me enough of a reason to proceed with this book.
1 comment:
Scott,
I think you chose a great book that is extremely interesting. I like that the book you chose directly correlates to what you want to do later in life. I think it is important to learn about things that hold high levels of interest to you, because that will ultimately lead to you being more attentive when reading. Let me know your overall opinions on the read in the future, I am quite interested!
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