Part I: Urbran Reviews and NPR Books
Surprisingly, I really like NPR books. This site provides genres and some review categories, especially the review categories: PG-13, My Guilty Pleasures and Summer Books. I have a feeling these categories, especially Summer Books, will be a great reference tool for me. I also like that there is a good amount of book world information but not an overwhelming amount.
Part II: EarlyWord
I am not a fan of EarlyWord; there is just so much information housed on its main page. It is a tad overwhelming and will definitely take some practice to be efficient at navigating that site. On the other hand, it is great having everything in one place.
Having never really used EarlyWord, I think this entire site will become a new resource for me. I might have to go about exploring in a systematic fashion because of the wealth of information. I think I will be more inclined to pay attention to different genres because of how categorized everything is on the site. Additionally, I like that publishing news is available and publishing trends.Also, the publisher catalogs is a nice resource to have on hand, or to know that they are easily accessed through EarlyWord.
Part III: Coming-Soon Season Previews (EarlyWord)
I chose Requiem by Lauren Oliver from PW-Most Anticipated Books for Spring 2013
This romantic, and yet action packed finale in the Delirium series, intricately concludes the compelling story of Lena Haloway's rebellion in a world where there is a "cure" for love. Fans of The Hunger Games trilogy, the Matched trilogy, the Divergent series and the Chemical Garden trilogy are sure to love this.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Monday, May 20, 2013
Week 4
Goodreads:
Prior to this Be More Bookish training, I had joined Goodreads and have become a consistent user. My absolute favorite part of Goodreads is the listopia section under Explore. I find myself always immediately going there to find new and upcoming books in whatever genre I am currently reading. To be honest, it can become a complete time trap. One list will lead to dozens upon dozens of books, creating this massive snowball effect.
Some of the other aspects of Goodreads I find helpful are found when a particular title is selected. When a title is selected, on that page, there is a list of similar books, genres the title fits under, other books by author, lists (from listopia) that the title is on, and Goodreads community reviews and ratings. While I often don't read any of the reviews of the books I personally read, I do however like to look at the ratings for titles.
As for some of the aspects I don't necessarily enjoy about Goodreads are the fact that no matter what computer I am on, it has a tendency to be slow in loading pages. Additionally, a possible downside is that Goodreads has a ton of information, which may seem daunting and overwhelming to the average user.
As for my recommendation-I recommended Huck: The remarkable true story of how one lost puppy taught a family-and a whole town-about hope and happy endings by Janet Elder to Debbie Bastacky. After looking through Debbie's "read" shelves, I saw that she tends to read and highly enjoy pet memoir books, especially those that are inspirational and heartwarming.
Prior to this Be More Bookish training, I had joined Goodreads and have become a consistent user. My absolute favorite part of Goodreads is the listopia section under Explore. I find myself always immediately going there to find new and upcoming books in whatever genre I am currently reading. To be honest, it can become a complete time trap. One list will lead to dozens upon dozens of books, creating this massive snowball effect.
Some of the other aspects of Goodreads I find helpful are found when a particular title is selected. When a title is selected, on that page, there is a list of similar books, genres the title fits under, other books by author, lists (from listopia) that the title is on, and Goodreads community reviews and ratings. While I often don't read any of the reviews of the books I personally read, I do however like to look at the ratings for titles.
As for some of the aspects I don't necessarily enjoy about Goodreads are the fact that no matter what computer I am on, it has a tendency to be slow in loading pages. Additionally, a possible downside is that Goodreads has a ton of information, which may seem daunting and overwhelming to the average user.
As for my recommendation-I recommended Huck: The remarkable true story of how one lost puppy taught a family-and a whole town-about hope and happy endings by Janet Elder to Debbie Bastacky. After looking through Debbie's "read" shelves, I saw that she tends to read and highly enjoy pet memoir books, especially those that are inspirational and heartwarming.
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