BookBound

Link to the site: https://bookbound.herokuapp.com/

The Why

I read too fast. (It's not a good thing. People should savor their books.)

And because I read too fast, I always need a new book. Every couple of weeks I'm emailing, texting, calling my friends and family:

"Any good sci-fi you've read this year?"

"What's your favorite memoir?

Do you have a hard copy I could borrow?"

I have all the same access to Amazon and Goodreads reviews just like everyone else, but I trust my family & friends' recommendations more than the masses.

And it's wonderful to finish a book and have people you can discuss it with!

That's where BookBound comes in. BookBound is a web application dedicated to sharing your favorite books with those you love and finding your next book from those you trust.

Technologies

• Node
• NPM
• Express
• MongoDB / Mongoose
• Jade/Pug (templating language)
• Javascript, HTML, CSS
• Bootstrap
• Integrated with Google Auth
• Hosted on Heroku

If you want to get it running locally:

1. Fork me
2. Install NPM dependencies (see package.json for all dependencies)
3. Run script:

npm run serverstart

4. View on localhost:3000

Future features (in priority order)

• Utilize Google API to search for books to reduce data entry & prevent duplicates (& display book covers!)
• User can filter columns
• User can add their review to a book someone else added

Have other cool ideas?? Let me know.