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Weekly Web Spotlight - Historical Tapestry

Saturday, September 18th, 2010

As I think I’ve mentioned before, Fall always says Historical Fiction to me for some reason. So this week, I’d like to feature the blog Historical Tapestry.

If you are looking for a blog focusing on historical fiction, this just may be THE blog you’re looking for. Not only do they review historical fiction books, and [...]

Weekly web spotlight - the Millions

Friday, September 10th, 2010

This week’s spotlight is on THE MILLIONS!

It’s an online magazine offering coverage on books, arts, and culture since 2003. The Millions has been featured on NPR and noted by The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The Village Voice, among others.
Check out their articles, lists, top ten, and more!

Weekly web spotlight - Huffington Post

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

The Huffington Post launched its new book site last October, and in the past almost year it has become a thing of note. Authors beg to have their books featured, The New York Review of Books has partnered with them to provide content, and bloggers frantically try to post something witty enough to be included.
This [...]

Weekly web Spotlight - Fantastic Fiction

Friday, July 16th, 2010

This week I’d like to feature the site Fantastic Fiction. Its colors may be a bit harsh and gaudy, but the site is so full of information you’ll soon not even notice the atrocious design. The site claims to have information on 30,000 authors and 350,000 books and those numbers keep growing. The webmaster regularly [...]

Weekly Web Spotlight - the Beast

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

With summer fully underway, lists of best beach reads and summer reading suggestions are cropping up all over. One of the best I’ve found is from a site that, while I have mentioned it before, I haven’t actually featured. So this is a perfect opportunity for me to highlight The Daily Beast and its book [...]

Weekly Web Spotlight - BookSpot

Friday, June 18th, 2010

I don’t know how I’ve gone this long without mentioning BookSpot on this blog. It is one of the most inclusive and large-scale book-related sites out there. They cover all genres, age/reading levels, formats, news, trivia, etc. They have book lists, links to other great web sites, discussion groups, publisher and author info, and so [...]

Weekly web spotlight - BookBrowse

Friday, June 11th, 2010

This week’s spotlight is on BookBrowse - a site that has a lot going for it.
There is a blog, a current and upcoming books section, an area specially for book clubs, and so much more. They do reserve some of their content for paying members, but there is probably enough content on their front [...]

Weekly Web Spotlight Mass Center for the Book

Friday, May 7th, 2010

With summer reading coming up, and the Mass Book Awards recently presented, it seems a great time to focus the spotlight on the Massachusetts Center for the Book. This is the Commonwealth affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. They, and all the national affiliates throughout the country, work to [...]

Weekly Web Spotlight

Friday, April 16th, 2010

This doesn’t have much to do with reading exactly, but it’s still something I think you will enjoy and that will be helpful. One of my favorite parts of our collection here at the library is the cookbook section. I love drooling over the pictures, and browsing for ideas and flavors to try. As each [...]

Weekly Web Spotlight - Powell’s Books

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Powell’s Book Store, probably the most famous (and definitely the largest) independent book store in America, has a great website which I’d like to point you all towards. They have a very entertaining and informative blog, author interviews, weekly best sellers, staff picks, and just a really great site packed with a whole lot more. [...]