I came acrooss BookWormz by accident the other day. If you are in need of a gift for a bookworm/reader/librarian or friend, this just might fill the bill.
Having never ordered from BookWormz, I can't vouch for the quality or purchasing experience, but the bookmarks sure look interesting!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
BookBrowse
BookBrowse offers a free twice-monthly e-newsletter full of book reviews. I like the twice a month frequency and the variety of books covered by the reviewers. And there is more than one review. In addition to the BookBrowse reviewer, comments from Booklist, Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, or other authors are given.
Take the Reading Personality quiz. I have three reading personalities: Exacting, Serial and Eclectic. Interesting....
BookBrowse also has a premium membership for an annual fee.
Take the Reading Personality quiz. I have three reading personalities: Exacting, Serial and Eclectic. Interesting....
BookBrowse also has a premium membership for an annual fee.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
BookSpot
Here's an interesting site: BookSpot.com. Lots of lists (bestsellers, mystery, online books, bookstores, authors, discussion groups and more).
According to BookSpot.com, the site "is a free resource center that simplifies the search for the best book-related content on the Web. Featured sites are hand-selected by BookSpot.com editors and organized into intuitive categories...."
According to BookSpot.com, the site "is a free resource center that simplifies the search for the best book-related content on the Web. Featured sites are hand-selected by BookSpot.com editors and organized into intuitive categories...."
Monday, February 9, 2009
Author Author
Author Author is a WETA (Washington, D.C. public tv and radio station) blog featuring video author interviews (vlogs) and book reviews by Bethanne Patrick. Many categories of book reviews from Adventure to Young Adult. I like the author interviews as I usually miss televised interviews and can watch these at my convenience.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Goodreads
Goodreads is another fascinating site. Here's the official description:
Goodreads is the largest social network for readers in the world. We have over 1,800,000 members who have added over 41,000,000 books to their shelves. A place for casual readers and bona-fide bookworms alike, Goodreads members recommend books, compare what they are reading, keep track of what they've read and would like to read, form book clubs and much more. Goodreads was launched in December 2006.
I've started entering my books -- this may take some time. Plus, I need to work on my friends list and explore the trivia, video, writing, quotes and more fun things on Goodreads.
Goodreads is the largest social network for readers in the world. We have over 1,800,000 members who have added over 41,000,000 books to their shelves. A place for casual readers and bona-fide bookworms alike, Goodreads members recommend books, compare what they are reading, keep track of what they've read and would like to read, form book clubs and much more. Goodreads was launched in December 2006.
I've started entering my books -- this may take some time. Plus, I need to work on my friends list and explore the trivia, video, writing, quotes and more fun things on Goodreads.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
LibraryThing
The first blog item has to be LibraryThing . LibraryThing is a fantastic site -- a librarian's dream -- catalog your books using Amazon, Library of Congress, and other libraries; get suggestions for new books to read; find other people with similar reading tastes; read book reviews and more.
LibraryThing boasts that it is the "world's largest book club."
Create your library catalog -- the first 200 books are free, unlimited entries for one year ($10) or lifetime ($25).
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