Lately, I have been trying to find new books to read and
have been looking around for recommendations everywhere. So I thought it was a
good idea to pull up a list of where I’ve found these recommendations. We all
have friends who give us great suggestions and my ultimate favourite is to go
stand in the middle of a bookstore and spend hours trying to pick out the
perfect book (or two! We’ve all been there, right?) But there are some great
places online as well that have gotten me some great recommendations! Here are a
few of them:
1)
Review Blogs:
There are so many of these great blogs out there on the internet that you
can spend hours just browsing the thoughts of fellow book lovers and trying to
find the next great read. I have been binge reading a lot of Young Adult literature
and my latest favourite blog is called YA Crush. They have reviewed tons and
tons of YA books and I have them to thank for introducing me to great reads
like Anna and the French Kiss (St.Clair!), Lola and the Boy Next Door (Cricket
Bell!!!), The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks (Go Frankie!) and
many more. I knew I could count on this blog the minute I saw a list of reasons
“why Michael Moscovitz is the fake man of her dreams” on the blog. I have been in love with
Michael Moscovitz since I was 16. And thanks to the glorious Meg Cabot, we get
to meet him again this June in the eleventh Princess Diaries book, The Royal
Wedding!
2)
Instagram
This is one place I honestly did not think I would find books. But I was
pleasantly surprised. There are these amazing book lovers who post pictures of
their books and beautiful bookshelves crammed with tons and tons of great
reading material (Translation: Great recommendations!). When I spotted my favourites Harry Potter (Ah
Harry! I am yet to meet a book better than you!) Divergent (Four. Nuff said),
Fangirl (Baz Fan through and through) and many more such gems peeking through
the many beautiful filters of Instagram, I knew I just had to follow some of these accounts!
3)
Goodreads
This is a website where you can create an account and keep track of all
the books you have read, see what other people are saying about the books you
want to read and join groups for book suggestions and discussions. I found this
awesome website a few years back and have actually become friends with a few
authors. I enjoy reading the reviews for the books I really want to read and
Goodreads automatically shows suggestions based on what you’ve browsed. There
are lists, quizzes, giveaways and so much more.
4)
Amazon
I love the recommendations (“Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought”
part) that appear at the end of the page after you scroll through some of the
books that you’re actually looking for. These recommendations look like virtual
suggestions from people who like to read the same kind of books that you do. I
found Kasie West’s The Distance Between
Us like this. And if you read my review, you’ll know I adored the book. J
5)
Lists from various Websites (Buzzfeed)
Nowadays,
lists are all the rage. There is a list for almost every genre. I’ll admit,
these lists are sometimes fun to read. My favourite type is the one that gives
me book recommendations (27 books falling off the TBR shelf but oh yeah! We totally need
more!) or the ones that give us reasons why readers are so awesome (right
right??). My browser bookmarks section is filled with these lists just so that I
can go back and check out the new reads when I’m in need of one.
I’m going to leave it at this and call it Part 1. I’ll give
it time and come up with Part 2 hopefully someday soon.
Gotta go!
The Perennial Reader. J
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