After reading Victoria’s summer reading list it got me thinking all about books. There are several books that I personally want to read – maybe I will share some of them with you soon. But now I wanted to share some of my favorite book stuff.
First I found the BEST APP for my iPhone. Seriously this is cool. We have over 1,000 books in our house. No, I did not sit down and count them, but I did enter them all into a website called Library Thing. Great site – you enter in your books and then you can search them to find things. It is free until you pass the 1,000 book mark. Yep, that is how I know I have over 1,000 books. Neat site though – you can even share it with friends to see what they have that you might want to borrow.
So, back to the BEST APP. It is Book Retriever. For a mere $0.99 I can scan in every book I own (or type in if it is not already in their collection) and then scan out books when someone wants to borrow one. I did it just yesterday and I was so excited!! Of course I am the type of person that loves school and office supplies; to have my own little library with scanning ability on my phone is pretty thrilling.
Another great book find is the website Book Adventure. This is a free site and all the child needs to do is find the book they read, click and they can take a quiz to see if the comprehended what they read. There are over 8,000 book titles and quizzes available. In addition to the quizzes there are also games, printables and a prize library. Yes, you can enter in prizes for the child to earn through reading.
One last site that is pretty neat is Books Should Be Free. Here you will find tons of free audiobooks available in mp3, iPod or iTunes format. So many amazing classics like Pride and Prejudice, Anne of Green Gables, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Three Musketeers.
Books, I just love books! So I hope you can find something here helpful to you or your children to fuel your love for books.
1000 Books! Wow, This is a library. This is acool app to have
It is great. I used it again today as a friend left the house with a book. I have a terrible memory so now I can better keep up with my books!
We scout out the free kindle/nook books on Fridays for kids, I’ll have to check these other places out too!
Thanks for the list!
Hmmm I did not know there are free books for Kindle on Fridays – my girls have Kindles so I will have to check it out! Thanks for the tip
That book adventure website sounds really cool! Sometimes I really wonder if my son is comprehending what he is reading. I will have to check that out!
It is great! My only complaint is the quizzes cover the entire book. I wish they would make them with questions by chapter.
I had a scanner once, and started scanning my collection. Then I let my little brother borrow it and never got it back. If I ever manage to get a smart phone, I’ll definitely check out those apps!
Library thing is just a website that stores your info so that might work for you!
My husband always sells my books in garage sales! I still prefer reading books the old fashioned way.
Oh no! I love finding books at garage sales. I am with you on reading the old fashioned way. I still prefer turning the pages and underlining important parts!
I really like the Book Adventures idea! I need to look into that for my son – I always wonder if he “gets” what he reads!
I love it too. I just wish it would do quizzes by chapter instead of the entire book all at once.
Love Book Adventure! I created our accounts and the kids are already searching through books they have already read to try a quiz out.
Awesome! i hope you all enjoy it!!
This is cool! I really need to organize all my books.
I guess maybe I am lazy or simply do not have time but I am scanning the books into Book Retriever only as people borrow them. It is a lot of work but how nice to know exactly what you have.
Aw….you always have such great resources….thank you! We LOVE to read so this is perfect!
Thank you!! We really appreciate you reading the blog and making comments! I love comments!!
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