Bookmarksmagazine.com – Yet Another Site for Book Lovers

Hey fellow booklovers, I’m just going through the stacks of discounted magazines in Book Sale yesterday when I chanced upon a November 2008 issue of Bookmarks Magazine.  This is my second issue of this magazine since I was also able to buy one, last year I think.  I enjoy this magazine since it’s fully loaded with book reviews, recommendations and other stuff book lovers would love.  Actually I haven’t had a chance to see newer issues of this magazine in National Book Store.  Well, even though it’s a year old, I still love the reviews.  The mag has excellent reviews of Stephen King’s Duma Key and Robert Harris’ The Ghost (which I both own in hardbacks) plus loads more.  Then I also checked out their Web site and it’s as fun as their mag.  Actually, I’ve just signed up to receive their newsletter.  So what are you waiting for book lovers, check this site out at http://bookmarksmagazine.com/

Bookreporter.com — The Site for Book Lovers

I have been searching for a long time for a Web site with book reviews.  I don’t like the book reviews from Amazon.com or BN.com.  Finally, while searching the other day, I chanced upon bookreporter.com.  It has all the latest reviews for the latest books.  It has a great archive of reviews for books released in the previous years.  And I especially like the Books Into Movies section where they discuss the latest movie adaptations of novels or short stories.  Another great section is Word of Mouth.  Here you can see reading recommendations by other readers.  All-in-all an excellent site for book lovers!

Web Site for Book Lovers

I was just googling for some book covers to be used for my blog when I stumbled upon this super-cool Web site: http://www.librarything.com

I’m obssessed with organizing and cataloguing my book collection into an Excel spreadsheet. So far I was only able to manage some of my recent books. So imagine my joy when I discovered LibraryThing. Not only can I organize and catalogue my books online, I can also view my collection as a List of Covers instead of a boring spreadsheet like what I’m doing.

Check this screenshot! I’m now officially addicted to LibraryThing…

Foundation – Best. SF. Ever.

I’ve just completed Isaac Asimov’s Foundation and I was really impressed. I have, for a long time, wanted to read the Foundation books and finally I was able to do it. I really liked Asimov’s writing style, it’s fast-paced with no sacrifice to detail and the plot progression flows smoothly. Truly an epic. It inspired me to be an SF writer. Although I have the 4th book, Foundation’s Edge, I’m still looking for the 2nd and 3rd.