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I'm looking for a really great read.

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How many of us have come into our libraries and asked,"Can you tell me how to find a book that was recommended to me and I heard everyone is reading.".   Subsequently you are disappointed when told there are 50+ people already waiting for one of the copies available in the network.   Perhaps you are about to embark on that long awaited and much needed vacation and want to take a great read. You come into the library and can't think of anything based on author or title and don't know what to pick. The library is a great place to just browse and choose one or multiple books off the shelves, take them home, and not worry if they grab our interest because we can just put it down and read the next one. However, in our hurried world, we often have little patience to spend reading the first 50 pages of a book to see if we like it. Also, our free time is so valuable we are hesitant to make a selection other than based on recommendations.  "Please, just