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Book Lovers
Looking for a good book to read?
Let us help you find something that fits your interests and
needs. Our "Book Lovers" page contains information
for those who love to read and are looking for books and other
library materials for personal enjoyment.
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Want a good book? Use Your Bettendorf Library card to log
on to NoveList
- an online reader's advisor. NoveList is a fiction database
that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations,
and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. It also includes
other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author
Read-alikes, What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides,
Book Talks and Annotated Book Lists.
- Receive Monthly newsletters via e-mail each month from Book
News. Readers can select electronic newsletters based
on genres, including new fiction, new non-fiction, mystery,
business books, home and garden books, and science fiction
books. Register
here.
- Join our online Book Clubs. Each day we'll email
you a 5-minute portion of a book. During the week you can
read 2-3 chapters and decide if you want to check the book
out of the library. every Monday we start new books. Sign
up and start reading.
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Have you read all the titles by your favorite author? Check
our "If you like" booklists to find similar authors.
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For a list of new library materials click here.
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Try some of the favorite books of our staff, board, and
volunteers -
2004 favorites, 2003
favorites, 2002 favorites,
2001 favorites, 2000
favorites, 1999 favorites,
1998 favorites, and 1997 favorites.
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For more suggestions, listen to About Books, a radio
program on Fridays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at noon on WVIK
(90.3 FM in the Quad-Cities). You can see some of the books
the show's hosts and guests have recommended here.
- Check out our book discussion kits, DIBS (Discussions In
BoxeS). These contain a selection of challenging and entertaining
discussion books plus a binder full of reviews and information
about the authors. They have a check-out period of six weeks.
Click here to see a list of the available
titles.
- Internet sites of interest to
book groups:
www.readinggroupcenter.com
www.bookclubreader.com
www.harpercollins.com/readers/readingGroups.aspx
www.randomhouse.com/knopf/catalog/rgg.html
www.randomhouse.com/BB/read
www.penguinputnam.com
www.twbookmark.com/books/reading_guides.html
www.readinggroupguides.com
www.barnesandnobleuniversity.com
Bettendorf Public Library staff have chosen some
of our favorite websites for readers:
- Don't forget you can always
stop by the Information Desk to talk to a librarian, or call
us at (563) 344-4179. You may also send your question via
an online form, or e-mail us at info@bettendorflibrary.com. We'll
be happy to help you find a good book to read as well as answer
your other questions. We will also consider your
recommendation for items to add to the Library collection.
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