I love books!
I had once come across a great list of book recommendations on the LessWrong website ("The Best Textbooks on Every Subject"). But when I had stumbled upon the list a couple of years ago the last comments and recommendations on it were from 2011.
And similarly I found that most recommendations on the web suffer from this form of time decay. What I wanted was a site that had high quality recommendations similar to the LessWrong list that would feel fresh and current.
Amazon was overwhelming for me since it has a gazillion books on each subject and the "Thanks! Arrived in good condition!" type of reviews drive the signal-to-noise ratio down.
So I decided to scratch my own itch with this project. It's a bare bones MVP, shamelessly copying HN's look-and-feel (even on mobile!)
but Im hoping it will get used for quality comments and recommendations on books.
Would love to get some feedback. Thanks! [email protected] or http://twitter.com/vivalabooks1http://www.vivalabooks.com