#59 Books at last

Book reviews and things at last, I was getting irritated (who moi )by cooking widgets etc. So good, I immediately crossed over to my library online and placed a reservation for "The Archivist's tale" If book club links on our library website can lead patrons back to the catalogue it will be a very relevant and useful site. The book report network is a useful professional tool for keeping abreast of Author information and providing numerous links to specific genre sites author sites etc Author yellow pages handy for author groupies and Authors on the web has lists of up and coming publications reviews and author sites. Links to these on our ref desk web links guide could be really useful.

#54 Jetting around with Books

Book jetty what a useful tool, finding books in near by libraries is great.The site is a fiddly at first finding the way around, but the quick flash ups of reviews are useful in the reference desk setting.

#53 don't take that literally

Litclubs Great site that can offer very detailed reviews and author information. review "people of the Book"
Well I have just read this offering from Geraldine brooks (sorry couldn't wait) I bought it in the airport. It is a bit of an airport sort of book it staggered in places but it did have big themes .
How all cultures revere the arts, and the commonality of people who work with books and big ideas. How many people of the book bring to their work the same core values. That the beauty and skill of producing such an item is triggered by big ideas and that the history that the item represents is valuable, more important than religion or politics. The tale delved also into the middle east and the conjoined histories of the communities there that have more in common than they have differences.

Perhaps this site could be the basis of a book group that meets regularly at the library using its tools as a focus and guide.