Reader Book Reviews
Really liked a book you recently had from the library - then let everyone else know! Our library catalogue now lets you write a review - just search for the title you have read and click on "Write a review". You can register a username, or write an anonymouse review. If you want to see what other people thought about a book - look for the reader ratings and reviews. All reviews are moderated, and will take one working day to appear in the catalogue.
NextReads is an email newsletter service which provides monthly or bi-monthly email newsletters of new and featured books in various genres. Click on the NextReads logo above to go to the subscription page to have a look at the available newsletters and sign up.
Finding Books
The library subscribes to a number of resources to help you find suggested books and literature that you might like to read.
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Fiction Connection- A Reader's Advisory service to help you locate titles similar to books you have already enjoyed. |
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Non-Fiction Connection- A Reader's Advisory service to help you locate titles similar to books you have already enjoyed, focusing on narrative Non-Fiction. |
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NoveList Plus- Ebsco's database contains over 150,000 fiction titles and 50,000 nonfiction titles. There are over 4000 custom created articles and lists, such as Feature Articles, BookTalks, and Book Discussion Guides. Find out what other people are reading or get lists of recommended reads. |
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TumbleBooks- the TumbleBook Library is a collection of animated, talking picture books and includes puzzles and quizzes based on the books. |
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Good Reading Magazine Online- An Australian resource with information on "Everything About Books" including thousands of easy to read independent book reviews and lots of interesting Australian and International articles, author profiles, stories on writers' houses, bookshops, short stories, book trivia and more. |
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Recommended Reads Web Sites
A range of sites that assist you in finding new and different books.
- reader2reader - a UK site for people to share their opinion of books
- Lovereading UK - another English site which provides extracts, book reviews and recommendations
- Fantastic Fiction - A UK site which list new and forthcoming books, arranged by genre, plus information about authors including comprehensive lists of their books.
- whichbook.net - a site which gives you book suggestions based on characteristics of the books.
