Google Reader vs. Bloglines

While both aggregators have a similar look with the sidebar on the left side of the screen, I have to admit I am a bit partial to google reader because it is a little more "clean cut." Bloglines offers a host of features (top 100 or 1000, image walls, recommendations, etc.), but it did not individually list my blogs, which were saved in a folder.  The only way I am able to see a blog post is to specify by post date (within xx hours).  If there was no recent posting, the right side is blank.

With google reader, even though I put all the blogs in a SCILS folder, I was still able to see the individual blog address in the left column.  The blog content was on the right - as it should be.  I also really liked the "manage subscriptions" tab on the bottom of the sidebar.  It allowed me to easily put the blogs in the folder.  The "trend" function was also interesting!  

An added benefit of google reader is that it links directly to my google email account.  

In general, bloglines and google reader appear to have similar features, but from a novice's standpoint, google reader was a bit more intuitive to navigate.