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Bookish Tools: Flashlight Worthy Books

I’ve been watching this site for a couple of months and I’m totally obsessed with it.
As I admitted in my last post, I am a list keeper. I  love lists in general.  This site, Flashlight Worthy Book Recommendations, is chock full of lists.
Some of them are your standard bookish lists, “Best Book Club Selections of 2009″ [...]

Bookish Tools: 5ft Shelf Update

I tooted this site’s horn awhile back.
In the post, I made the comment that I wished there was some way to “friend” each other or get updates on your friends’ shelves.  The founder of the site replied to my post, saying that it was in the works.
Well it is up and ready now!
The way that [...]

Bookish Tools: ReadPrint

I know that since a lot of the books that have been released online, 1,000 sites with free books listed have popped up.  For me these have never been overly appealing because the sites are so cluttered and set up so poorly.
This morning, I stumbled upon ReadPrint.  The design is simple and sleek.  There are [...]

Bookish Tools: 5 Foot Shelf

I found 5ft Shelf by accident the other day while looking for new book blogs.  It was love at first sight.
The idea is this:  In 1909, the president of Harvard said that everything that makes up a full liberal education could fit on a 5 foot shelf.  He went further, saying that by reading 15 [...]