This month's selection for the NPR/NY Times book club Now Read This is "The House of Broken Angels" by Luis Alberto Urrea. Music plays a large role in the novel so this article gives you a soundtrack in the form of theme music for each major character. Enjoy. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/in-the-house-of-broken-angels-every-character-has-their-own-song
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If you do a chunk of your reading with library ebooks, read this and weep
My anecdotal experience (supported by a number of casual studies) is that ebook readers tend to be heavy consumers of printed material, whether on paper or an ebook reader. We buy books. We borrow books. We lend books. We promote books we love to friends. We are a Good Thing for the publishing industry. And … Continue reading If you do a chunk of your reading with library ebooks, read this and weep
Looking for your next book? Amazon reviews and Goodreads aren’t the only tools
https://bookriot.com/2019/07/23/readers-advisory-tools/ 14 Great Readers’ Advisory Tools You May Not Know Abby Hargreaves 07-23-19 Listen to this post One of my favorite tasks as a librarian is readers’ advisory. I enjoy doing it so much that I applied to write for Book Riot so I could have another outlet for my love of readers’ advisory. Although … Continue reading Looking for your next book? Amazon reviews and Goodreads aren’t the only tools
Librarian’s commentary on the value of audiobooks
For those who have stayed away from audiobooks, here's a commentary from a librarian about how she includes audiobooks in her reading. https://bookriot.com/2019/07/23/how-audiobooks-transcend-format/ Audiobooks Transcend Format—and Help Me Transcend My Habits Kelly Jensen 07-23-19 I fell in love with audiobooks when I took my first full-time job. I had a near hour-long commute each way … Continue reading Librarian’s commentary on the value of audiobooks
10 Summer novel excerpts you can try before buying or going to the library
https://www.bustle.com/p/10-summer-novels-you-can-start-reading-right-now-18191534 10 Summer Novels You Can Start Reading Right Now By Cristina Arreola 14 hours ago You know the feeling: You buy a new book that everyone has been raving about on the internet, you take it home, you settle in with a bowl of popcorn and a glass of something cool and refreshing, you … Continue reading 10 Summer novel excerpts you can try before buying or going to the library
For better or worse, Apple’s range of MacBooks has contracted
It's suddenly become much easier to pick among Apple portable computers as many of the options have suddenly vanished. For most, this will make things simpler. For example, the old 12" MacBook? Gone. MacBook Pro's that don't have Touch Bars? They no longer exist. Essentially you can pick a MacBook Air (which is actually only … Continue reading For better or worse, Apple’s range of MacBooks has contracted
Completed romance series for beach reading
https://bookriot.com/2019/07/09/completed-romance-series/ Jumpstart Your Romance Reading With A Completed Series Jessica Pryde 07-09-19 For someone just getting into romance, it’s hard to know where to start. Is this the first book in a series, or the seventh? Is the series done, or am I going to have to wait months for the next one? If you … Continue reading Completed romance series for beach reading
Best New Sci-Fi/Fantasy for the summer from BookBub
Some of these were on the list from Verge posted earlier. Best? Or good PR? https://www.bookbub.com/blog/new-fantasy-books-publishers-blurbs? The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of the Summer By Tess Fletcher|June 10, 2019 What better way to escape the heat this summer than to kick back in a tsar's palace or venture into the chilly outer reaches … Continue reading Best New Sci-Fi/Fantasy for the summer from BookBub
Nonfiction options for the beach from BookBub
As I'm going thru the book lists I've accumulated, I'm tickled by their emphasis on beaches as places for reading/vacations. How about those mountain cabins? Or even a nearby park? I've read about a third of these but still see several that could be fun. https://www.bookbub.com/blog/best-non-fiction-beach-reads-publishers-blurbs?email_link_source=article_primary&position=0&source=blogdigest 17 Nonfiction Books That Are Perfect for the Beach … Continue reading Nonfiction options for the beach from BookBub
Summer reading recommendations from Bookbub Editors
I always love a list of book recommendations that doesn't have a single book I've read yet (even if two of them haven't been released yet). https://www.bookbub.com/blog/best-books-july-2019-editorial-blurbs? BookBub Editor Picks: 8 Books I'm Adding to My Reading List in July By Hannah Reynolds|July 12, 2019 Happy July! Some people love July because it's summer, and … Continue reading Summer reading recommendations from Bookbub Editors
A fervent recommendation for your summer reading
I've begun this book and put it aside as deserving a slower pace than I usually allow my reading material. Definite vacation reading when you have leisure time and (hopefully) few demands. https://mashable.com/article/summer-books-must-read-overstory/ The decade's most important novel is your summer must-read Bring the wisdom of trees with you to the beach. Image: Irina Dobrolyubova … Continue reading A fervent recommendation for your summer reading
Once-a-year sale on Amazon Kindle Unlimited subscription
Once a year, in the period around Amazon Prime Day, you can extend or buy a new Kindle Unlimited membership at a great price. The extension periods are 6, 12, and 24 months. The downside is that you pay now. But the discount is worth it for me. The usual monthly fee is $9.99. If … Continue reading Once-a-year sale on Amazon Kindle Unlimited subscription
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