WebJunction

Time Travel Romance Writers

http://timetravelromancewriters.com/

My thanks to David Wright, Seattle Public Library Fiction Dept.
for posting this one to another list today. It's a new one for me and I am certain I will be able to find use for it when helping patrons find new books and authors to read.

The site is quite busy and seems to contain the key elements for a good search. Author, Book Title, Scenario, Hero/heroine, Character Type, Series , Publisher, New Release There's also a section of reviews and author interviews, and forthcoming titles. You can browse by type of time travel romance by choosing your page of interest.

I was curious about the heading scenario so clicked on it with these search results:


Anthology - Time Travel
Time Travel - Future to Modern Day
Time Travel - Future to Past
Time Travel - Historical Time Period to Past
Time Travel - Modern Day to Future
Time Travel - Modern Day to Past
Time Travel - Past to Future
Time Travel - Past to Modern Day

So then I wondered where Audrey Niffenegger's wonderful time travel novel <u>The Time Traveler's Wife</u> would fall. I was easily able to do a title search. I found that scenario seemed to become theme in the results screen and that the title is considered Modern Day to Future and is linkable to other similar titles. Also included on this page were a plot summary, a place to add your own review, and a link to the publisher which could be useful for some patrons. You can then add the book to your own romance book shelf, a very user friendly feature.

A nice addition to my ever growing Readers' Advisory bookmarks!

Thanks for letting us know about these...I certainly will take a look-see over the weekend. Looking forward to BookExpo this year. I attended the last time it was in New York and got to hear a great panel discussion by 5 mystery authors, Edna Buchanan, Barry Eisler, the husband and wife writing team of Michael Baden & Linda Kenney Baden and Linda Fairstein. Introduced by M.J. Rose, this program was the best!

Add this to your list of places to search mysteries by location:

[url http://www.wheredunnit.com// ]WhereDunnit[/url]

...created by Stephanie Davies, a freelance writer

Searches can be done for USA, UK, or Europe. World locations are coming soon. The links for each bring up a map of the area, click on your location and go to a list of authors whose crime and mystery fiction take place in that locale. You can do a direct search too, just by typing your location author, title or character name into the search box at the opening screen; a useful feature if you're looking for someone or something specific. This database seems to be pretty extensive and you can email your suggestions to the coordinator. You can follow a link to purchase from Amazon but the sell is subtle. There is also a FAQ list. This is a fun and useful site.

I second readers advisor online! I nag our staff to set up their newsreaders and get this via rss!

I also read
Booklist Online Readalikes:
http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=2379135

Fantasybookspot.com

and a number of others I'll list later when I have time!

It doesn't appear to have been updated in awhile, but here is a page of links from the Seattle Mystery Bookshop's website.
http://www.seattlemystery.com/Links/links.html

Thanks! I will check them out!

Gee, it has been a while since I posted. We have been busy.

I will look at the titles in whichbook.net again. I created a very simple readers advisory web site for our library and wanted to put which on as a link, but hesitated. Maybe I will add it.

On another note. Have you heard about Novelists new version coming out soon? It included RA for Non Fiction, read alike bookmark templates, reading lists to print off for patrons and Acadia..the ability to set up patrons on an email service to receive recommendations of new books to read.

Quite a list isn't it? There's something for everyone here. It's always nice to find a few new spots to visit. Thanks for sharing this with us.

The state of Connecticut recently had to eliminate What Do I Read Next? from the offerings on Iconn, Connecticut's reSearch Enginge. I used this resource frequently so was happy to see that individuals can take advantage of Books and Authors, GaleCengage Learning and make use of many of its resources free of charge. You can browse books by title, author, genre, and award winners. After finding a title, content includes summaries, character, genre, awards, recommended similar titles, and what best seller list it appeared on. Like many other good databases you can create reading lists, post a review, or share the title. A great resource to share with patrons or to use yourself. Registering requires, username, email, password, and zip code.
Books & Authors Complete is available by library subscription. Fuller content includes expert picks, autoritative suggestions, Who? What? Where? When?, author biographies and thousands of book reviews are some of the content. A more modern graphical interface than the old What Do I Read Next?

Marianne Goss sent me this link to a list she created of positively good reads. This type of book is requested frequently so I'm certain this list will be used again and again.

Positively Good Reads

Thanks Marianne!