I've written about this before, I think, but Amazon's recommendation page drives me a little batty. I mostly use it to get ideas for books to check out from the library. I rate stuff I've read, and the list (supposedly) kicks back other books I might enjoy. Por ejemplo, I recently read (and liked, okay?) the Sookie Stackhouse books. So according the Amazon algorithm, I probably only want to read books featuring vampires, fairies, werewolves, ghosts, gnomes, etc. Gah! Ninety percent of the recent glut of this type of book flat-out sucks. I'm going to have to check "not interested" on about one hundred items to get some fresh ideas.
P.S. to fantasy writers: If you spell vampire, "vampyre" or kindred, "kyndred," I refuse to read your stupid book. Annoying!
And sometimes, the recommendations are kind of mind-bending. Amazon suggests I might want to buy
Fig Newtons
because I put a portable clothes drying rack on my wish list. What are people out there doing that unites these two products?!
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