If you are like me, just as there is no such thing as ’too many books’, there is always room in my day to visit another website about books! I have a new one for you: BookBrowse.
I recently discovered this site (thank you Glatfelter Memorial Library) and appreciate several aspects. My favorite is the Read-Alikes but I also enjoy the Review, Book Discussions and What’s New sections. I visit this site to help with library purchases and reader’s advisory and personal selections.
Don’t forget that we love book recommendations for purchase requests – it helps us fill our shelves with books that OUR readers at Collinsville would like to read.
While this site offers for fee subscription options, ($10 for 3 months or $35 for 1 year), I have been able to look around, read, investigate and request emails. I may treat myself to a membership – it is that nice of a site.
It did not surprise me to find Rosamunde Pilcher, Elizabeth Berg and Maeve Binchy pooled together as Read-Alike authors – 3 of my favorites. When I looked up A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson, I was able to add The Oregon Trail by Rinker Buck and The Great Northern Express by Howard Mosher to my “read soon’ list.
What book will you look for first?