Friday, March 13, 2009
Apologies!
My blogs for the Books, Readers, and Beyond are out of sequence because for various reasons, technical difficulties, etc., I did them out of sequence!
Books, Readers, and Beyond: #53 Finding Books Online Exercise 3
I downloaded the book, About my Sisters by Debra Ginsberg from Overdrive. For entertainment, I still at this point would prefer reading a paper copy, but perhaps that is because I do not own a device that I can download to. I certainly can not see myself reading on a desk computer a book for pleasure. I can certainly see, however, doing this for perhaps, a cookbook, or some other nonfiction title that I wish to refer to quickly. Which brings me to the advantages of the online format - being able to find words or terms quickly (handy if you want to go back and reread something) and being able to bookmark.
Books, Readers and Beyond: #54 Social Networking Through Books
Exercise 1: I have never been a member of a book club – finding the time to read books is enough of a challenge, much less finding the time to be in a club. If I did have the time, however, I would prefer one that would be in-person. It seems that the social interaction would be so much more meaningful if it were face on. And it would seem that that would be what joining a club would be all about, the sharing and the social interaction…
Exercise 2: Actually we already have an existing book club “Who Dun it @ the Library?” but we are implementing a few changes in terms of book selection. When it is my turn to facilitate, being a non-fiction reader, I decided to choose a true crime title by a local author, Kathryn Casey. This author spoke at a mystery program here and there was great interest in her true crime writing, hence the choice, Evil Beside Her. I was surprised to note that Shelfari did list this title with 2 reviews. In the future, if the club enjoys reading a true crime title once in a while, I will definitely go to ReadingGroupGuides.com to choose other titles. I was very interested to see that The Innocent Man was on that list, a possibility for next time. As a best seller, it is on the other sites, too.
Exercise 3: I searched for Into Thin Air on both Readerville.com and Shelfari.com. Not surprisingly, being nonfiction titles, there were not gobs of comments, but there were a few on both sites. The comments were similar. No surprises.
Exercise 2: Actually we already have an existing book club “Who Dun it @ the Library?” but we are implementing a few changes in terms of book selection. When it is my turn to facilitate, being a non-fiction reader, I decided to choose a true crime title by a local author, Kathryn Casey. This author spoke at a mystery program here and there was great interest in her true crime writing, hence the choice, Evil Beside Her. I was surprised to note that Shelfari did list this title with 2 reviews. In the future, if the club enjoys reading a true crime title once in a while, I will definitely go to ReadingGroupGuides.com to choose other titles. I was very interested to see that The Innocent Man was on that list, a possibility for next time. As a best seller, it is on the other sites, too.
Exercise 3: I searched for Into Thin Air on both Readerville.com and Shelfari.com. Not surprisingly, being nonfiction titles, there were not gobs of comments, but there were a few on both sites. The comments were similar. No surprises.
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