Downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application for creating, customizing and sharing virtual bookshelves displaying the user's book collection, cataloguing and managing personal book libraries, creating and managing reading lists, tracking reading progress and habits, recording reading statistics, rating and reviewing books, scanning book barcodes and covers, setting reading goals and reminders, timing reading sessions, blocking access to applications during reading sessions, and social networking among readers; Downloadable software for creating, customizing and sharing virtual bookshelves displaying the user's book collection, cataloguing and managing personal book libraries, creating and managing reading lists, tracking reading progress and habits, recording reading statistics, rating and reviewing books, scanning book barcodes and covers, setting reading goals and reminders, timing reading sessions, blocking access to applications during reading sessions, and social networking among readers