Annotated lists of books receiving at least one starred review from one of four major review sources: Booklist, Kirkus, LJ and PW. The review source assigns the star.
(lists of new and notable books - lists are sortable and can be downloaded)
Providing timely information about fiction (all genres) and readable nonfiction for ravenous and omnivorous readers
Note from Ann the Overbooked: I'm in the middle of moving our library department to temporary site due to an unexpected construction project.
I'm also in the process of revamping the overbooked.com site to streamline access to the most popular sections. Please bear with me... thanks.
Best Books of 2011: Earlyword provides comprehensive information about best books lists.
Overbooked is experimenting with options to raise money for library materials for CCPL. CCPL is the public library system where Ann the Overbooked is employed as the Collection Management Administrator.
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"Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable." - Augustin Birrell
