Welcome to our select
list of websites that the librarians at Pamunkey have found useful. This
is by no means an exhaustive list. Websites change often. These have
been recently checked, but may disappear or move without any warning. Please report any missing or broken links to
ask@pamunkeylibrary.org.
While the Internet contains lots of up-to-date information, it is not
the only source of information on books and reading. Please remember to
check with Pamunkey Regional Library's friendly staff when you are doing
research for any project that includes book discussion groups. They will be
able to direct you to many print sources that you may find helpful.
Love to read the latest books? Take a look at
our list of upcoming titles now on
order for the library (Microsoft Word file).
You can go
to PamCat, our online catalog
and place your hold before these books arrive at the library.
Dates listed are expected release dates. Availability may
vary.
This is the first place to try on the web for book guides and author
information. The Paz Associates have created a guide to many (but not
all) the Reading Group Guides issued by publishers and in their own
publication, "Reading Group Choices". This does not index Oprah's
Book Club.
www.ReadingGroupChoices.com
Publishers who have EXTENSIVE lists of Reading Group Guides
include:
Almost all of these sites are trying to make money in one-way or another. However, they do all have interviews with a variety of authors. Each has
different access points to the interviews.
Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Borders all have their own list of Award
winners on their web sites. You can also search the web using the name of
the award you are interested in.
There are lots and lots of booklists maintained by individuals or
libraries on the web. These are some of the most interesting that I have
found.
Morton Grove Public Library, Morton Grove, IL:
www.webrary.org This library has a very extensive page for Reader’s
Services. It includes “Web Sites for Book Lovers”, “Thinking Out Loud” (a
book discussion group) and over 120 different booklists compiled by
librarians from all over the country.
Oprah's Book Club:
http://www.oprah.com/books/books_landing.jhtml
Oprah's Book Club is back (spotlighting
the "classics"), and you can see all of the Oprah book and discussion questions here.
Oprah read-alikes
www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/mainpage/adult/oprah.htm
Kansas City, Kansas’s
public library has created a site with books that Oprah readers may also
like. The titles are linked to Oprah’s early picks.
Reading Woman:
www.readingwoman.com/
This book club claims to have started when Oprah
was 16.
There are a wide variety of personal review websites. They often come up
when you do a search of the web by title or author. These three are
regularly updated and maintained.
Genrefluent: The World of Genre Fiction www.genrefluent.com/
This librarian
and author of Genreflecting, Diana Tixier Herald reviews at
least three books per week on her web page. She includes only the books
she feels she can recommend.
The Pamunkey Regional Library offers access to
magazine indexes and databases from the library on our web site. These
databases allow users to search for magazine articles on a wide variety of
topics including author interviews and book reviews. You may need to know
your library card number to access some of these databases from our web page.
