All-TIME 100 Best Nonfiction Books

The list is out -- All-TIME 100 Best Nonfiction Books.  I've read a few on this list, but have lots of reading to do....    How many have you read?  What is your favorite?

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Amazon Kindle Daily Deal

Today's deal is The Lincoln Lawyer for $2.99.

Don't Miss a Deal


The Kindle Daily Deal will be posted daily on Twitter, and frequently on Facebook and the Kindle Daily Post

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Book Shelf Porn

Aaahhh!  What wonderful pictures!  Picture after picture of bookshelves -- I love 'em!  Which one is your favorite?

Decorating with Books

Have you ever noticed how books are used in decorating rooms?  Today I received a catalog of great  furniture and wall pieces.  Almost every picture of a room full of furniture also had books as part of the decorating.

I have books all over my house.  Several years ago, a friend's daughter visited and told me I had too many books.  What??  I replied, "You can never have too many books!"

Books are my comfort food.

Kindle Cloud Reader

Technology is truly amazing.  Now Amazon has come up with the Kindle Cloud Reader.

Buy Once, Read Everywhere

• Instant access to your Kindle library
• Continue reading even when you lose your internet connection
• Optimized for iPad: shop the integrated Kindle Store for Tablets

SLIS students at The University of Iowa chose their favorite blogs.  Here are the many areas they considered for the final lists:


Blogs by librarians
Blogs by LIS students
Blogs relating to information science
Blogs relating to archives and special collections
"Other" blogs that may be of interest

Twitter and Twitter Search

I don't Tweet, but for those of you who do, you might be interested in this posting, Twitter and Twitter Search in Plain English. 
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Months ago, California school librarians created a list of their favorite web 2.0 tools.  The list varies from Glogster to images to lesson plans to social networks. Quite varied and really interesting.


Web 2.0 Tools -- Top Tools Recommended by CSLA Members

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Book Crossing

Have you come upon one of the books set out by Book Crossing?  I had a friend who did this years ago, but I have never participated.  I just might do this.


From the Book Crossing site:

What is BookCrossing?

It's the World's Library. It's a smart social networking site. It's a celebration of literature and a place where books get new life. BookCrossing is the act of giving a book a unique identity so, as the book is passed from reader to reader, it can be tracked and thus connecting its readers. There are currently 946,873 BookCrossers and 8,136,366 books travelling throughout 132 countries. Our community is changing the world and touching lives one book at a time.

What's our mission?

Very simply, we aim to connect people through books.

How do we do it?

Label. Share. Follow. Breath new life into books instead of letting your old favorites collect dust - pass them along to another reader. Our online archival and tracking system allows members to connect with other readers, journal and review literature and trade and follow their books as lives are changed through “reading and releasing”. Users are able to tag and track their individual books by marking them with BCIDs (BookCrossing Identity Numbers). Each BCID is unique to each book – once it’s registered on our site, the book can then be followed and journaled forever. BookCrossing is free to join and free to play. So don't be 'shelf'ish with your books - read and release!
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Reading Lists

A few weeks ago I mentioned I was gathering books for my summer reading list.  Besides my shelves (note the plural use of shelf) and printed lists of titles (another use of the plural form), I used suggestions in this article, How to Create an Awesome Summer Reading List.


Actually the ideas presented in this article are good for creating any reading list or getting recommendations for reading.  Though I have plenty of books on my 'to read' shelves and downloaded on my Kindle, sometimes I just do not feel like reading a few.  Then I find other titles I am more interested in reading.  You know, some times you feel like a book.  Sometimes, you don't!
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Kindle in public libraries?

According to an article on ReadWriteWeb, "The CEO of OverDrive, which distributes e-books and audiobooks to libraries, has dropped a pretty obvious hint that the Kindle will join other major e-readers in public libraries in September. EarlyWord reports that Steve Potash looked "like a kid with a delicious secret" at OverDrive's Digipalooza conference last weekend, saying that he was "not allowed to announce a date ye[t]," but he included this blunt clue in his "Crystal Ball Report" during the final session:


Streamlining (both downloading and ordering)
Explosion (we have gone from two reading devices to 85 and more are coming)
Premium (the library catalog as the most premium, value-added site on the Web)
Traffic (enormous growth coming by year's end).


I find this agreement very interesting.  It is great news for public libraries and the general public, but not for school libraries.  Recently Amazon made the statement that a separate email address for each device is required.  This requirement seems a bit unruly for school libraries with numerous Kindles.   Is this Amazon's way of forcing school libraries to subscribe to Overdrive?  However, the policy just might send school libraries to the Nook!

Matt Damon and teachers

The online Washington Post printed Matt Damon's speech to teachers at the Save Our Schools march.  I have always liked Matt Damon.  :')
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Back from a little break and Lending Kindle books

Took a little break from blogging the past couple weeks.  Been busy taking care of household chores, running errands and travelling to the beach!  The temperature has finally lowered to the 80s, but now we are waiting for the rain so I thought I would get back to blogging.


Borrowing and or lending Kindle books always seems to be a hot topic.  A recent article in Daily Finance has information on another lending site.