There has been some discussion over on Tips, Links and Suggestions of how hard it is to keep track of reader reviews. With that in mind, I've decided to take a slightly different tack with this roundup, in an attempt to draw attention to our beautiful, but not always beautifully accessible, book pages.

Take the page for Zadie Smith's NW, which was reviewed this week by RedBirdFlies. Though, as my old dad would have said, "I says it as shouldn't", these pages strike me as rather wonderful community hubs all of their own.

RedBirdFlies writes eloquently of the sense of place which this week won Smith a place on the Ondaatje prize shortlist:

For me personally, it was in part a nostalgic read, Zadie Smith's writing comes alive when she evokes place and it is a neighbourhood I lived in and around for many years, NW is the most complete and yet complex character of all, embracing so much diversity, inviting everyone in without prejudice and yet claiming some in the harshest terms possible.

Lest anyone should fear this is another of those media hype-fests, RedBirdFlies conceded: "There are as many reasons to hate it as there are to love it and anyone who has lived there will likely never forget it."

However, the glory of the page is that it creates a little discussion forum all of its own, with reviews by Adam Mars-Jones and Rachel Cooke, in the Guardian and Observer, followed by Emk11 remarking that as an enthusiastic reader of Zadie Smith's work, he or she found NW "really quite tedious. Except perhaps Felix. But otherwise an uncomfortable, clunky read." Clicking on the link to Emk11's profile reveal a cluster of comments, giving a sense of where he or she is coming from.

Helen Anderson, who joined the site last summer but is making her first venture into commenting (welcome Helen), felt "Smith's experiments with narrative techniques are interesting and if her formal devices take the reader beyond a fixed 'comfort zone', I do not think that is a bad thing."

So there you have it: a varied, informed and intelligent conversation about a book, involving regulars and newbies. As a lifelong champion of the importance of reviewing, I'm delighted by the quality of this long-play conversation compared with the flurry of sometimes puerile comments that Smith so often attracts.

Here are some other pages that are worth reading because of strong reader-reviews:

The Invention of the Jewish People by Shlomo Sand, reviewed by Secondthought. This is controversial book by a controversial writer, but a look at Secondthought's profile makes it clear that he or she is a consistent and thoughtful commentator across many parts of the Guardian.

And last but not least, Panda Panic by Jamie Rix, reviewed by two of our beloved family reviewers from the children's site, mother and daughter team Emily and Maisy (6), who review under the name Actiongirl.

As ever, if I've mentioned your review, do drop me a line at claire.armitstead@guardian.co.uk, and I'll send you something from the book cupboards. If you contribute to any of the book page debates I've mentioned, let me know and you too will receive something with its very own community space.