Showing posts with label goodreads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label goodreads. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 20, 2013





Are you an avid reader?  If you are and have not discovered goodreads.com, you may want to check it out.  On goodreads you can keep track of all of the books you have read and would like to read.  You can get reading ideas based on the books you have read and discuss books with other readers.  There are literally thousands of reading groups you can join, depending on your interest.   If you like trivia, there are quizzes on hundreds of books, including a never-ending book quiz.   I have kept a list for over ten years of books I have read, and on goodreads I could enter them and then tag them under different categories, such as historical fiction, nonfiction, suspense, favorites, etc.  It’s a great way to recommend books to people, depending on their reading preference.  So, if you’re a reader I encourage you to give goodreads a try. 

Friday, December 7, 2012

goodreads of the Year!

'Tis the season for "Best Books of the Year" lists!  And here's one of my favorites!
This week, Goodreads announced their Choice Awards 2012 winners.  I'm partial to this particular list because the site is a social network for book lovers (think Facebook for people who are habitually hiding behind a book cover), and the list is generated entirely by votes cast by the website users.
Anyway, without further ado, the winners are....
Best Fiction: The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
Best Mystery & Thriller: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Best Historical Fiction: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Best Fantasy: The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King
Best Paranormal Fantasy: Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
Best Science Fiction: The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
Best Romance: Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James
Best Horror: The Twelve by Justin Cronin
Best Memoir & Autobiography: Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Best History & Biography: Elizabeth the Queen by Sally Bedell Smith
Best Nonfiction: Quiet by Susan Cain
Best Food & Cookbooks: The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food From My Frontier by Ree Drummond
Best Humor: Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
Best Graphic Novel: The Walking Dead Volume 16: The Larger World by Robert Kirkman
Best Poetry: A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver
Best Young Adult Fantasy: Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Best Young Adult Fiction: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Best Middle Grade & Children's: The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
Happy Reading!
Best Picture Book: Olivia the Fairy Princess by Ian Falcolner