• General

    • On-line Book Selection Sites

      These are sites to use for good reading ideas and author information.

      These sites should be regarded as on-line tools for selecting books to read. They will all encourage reading for pleasure and are good at suggesting new authors to try if you enter a search for a book you enjoyed.
      They will also keep you up to date with new books. To navigate to these sites just follow the links in the logos.

      Good Reads A complicated site, varied content with lists, trivia and quizzes but very good.
      Teen Reads        Best site for teenagers but can be slow.
      Love Reading 4 Kids       Excellent for parents and students with books categorised by reading age, genre etc. There are suggestions for reluctant reader's, dyslexia sufferers etc. Massive!
      Book Browse A super site, each book has:- about the book, reviews of it, background to the book and readalikes. Lots to enjoy here.
      Fantastic Fiction Although this site looks a bit garish it is  easy to use. There is an alphabetical list of authors and links to new books, coming soon and most popular. 
      Word Pool The initial impression of this site is that it is for junior children, look further!
      Library Thing For serious readers library thing is really good. You can catalogue your own books and add reviews. Excellent site for what to read next sugestions.
      Contemporary Writers British Council Literature showcases UK writing and the UK literature sector around the world, serious reading!
      Total Teen Fiction This a blog rather than a website but it is good for readers in Year8/9 and above. The book reviews are quite detailed and lengthy but give a clear indication what the book is like and they also recommend other novels to read that are similar. There is an index to the site and Book of the Month etc.

    • Book Blogs

      • Book Blogs Page

        Besides the book review websites such as Teen Reads and Fantastic Fiction  there are also many book blog sites. Normally run by single people who are enthusiastic readers these can be a bit overwhelming in number.

        To make it easy I am listing here just a few that are considered to be good.  You can always search the web for such sites yourself,  with searches like 'book blogs' or better still 'teen book blogs' or specific genres such as 'chick lit book blogs'.

        A UK blog that brings book news straight from the publishers along with book reviews and author interviews. Although it covers all the genres this blog likes paranormal, fantasy and contemporary books.

        This is the book blog of a sixteen year old British girl who has been blogging a bout her reading since the age of eleven. This makes her a very choice for 11-16 year old Bootham students to follow. She interestingly posts the Good Reads review by each book and then writes her own review underneath. There are an interesting selection of novel son here most of which I haven't heard of before so its a good place to discover something new and  authors have recommended her blog.

        This site mainly reviews Young Adult fiction. It has a very interesting section called bookcase showcase, this is a look at the bookcases of various other bloggers and authors it includes well known YA authors such as Holly Smale and Annabel Pitcher and Phil Earle who have visited Bootham. There are photographs of the book cases and the author talks about some of the books and their personal stories about why they like them. Fascinating!

        A team of book reviewers from the UK who love all types of fiction. As well as reviews they also bring author interviews, book news, event reports and lots of giveaways. They review children's and young adult fiction as well as women's fiction, historical and crime fiction.