Blog Review #2: Jo's Bookshelf
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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This is the second review for this site.
And, it's been for a while. (Sorry for that, folks.)
I do love books and I love to read anything (even canned good labels) during my spare time. But, I am not as wide reader as the owner of this blog.
We may call her Jo. Her name is Johanna. And she loves books that much; that is why she made a blog reviewing her collections of books. And in order for us to know her more, I quote:
My ideal piece of downtime heaven is curling up with a good book over-ice-cold soda or over a glass (or pitcher - hic!) of ice cold, tart margarita. I love them to a fault, a vice really. This vice has recently forced me an additional bookshelf for housing an accumulated 60++unread volumes.
The blog's author started with Douglas Carlton Abrams' The Lost Diary of Don Juan, a novel, in October 2008. The blog reviews a decent number of books since it started, from Atilla of William Napier to World Without End of Ken Follet.
Plenty of Books, huh? Actually, as of the date of this review, the owner of Jo's Bookshelf reviewed a total of 84 books. Some of these books were series of novels.
The book reviews did not focus only on fictions but you can also find some reviews on non-fictions: Analyses, Thesis, Dissertations, Inspirational and Memoirs.
She posted some random thoughts, too.
One of the strengths of this blog is that the author made lists arranged by author, by date of publications and by title. Jo made the blog site easy to navigate with these arrangements. She categorized the fictions she reviewed from Adventures to Techno-Thrillers.
Another noted strength of Jo's reviews is her rating for every book reviewed. She rates her books into five scales. The highest, she called it as "Bookshelf Gem" and the lowest, as "Trash! Don't bother".
Typical with wordpress blogs, the site is easy to navigate. There is no clutter in the sidebars. Menu tabs will also help you through it.
Jo's Bookshelf made a strong presence in book review niche as well as under the books and literature category. A must visit site for all book lovers.
For all of you who want to know some decent reviews on books -- those reviews that are not intended for commercial purposes -- visit Jo's Bookshelf and you'll envy what Jo's have in her bookshelf. More so, her reviews are made not in a writer's view but as a mere reader or lover of books.
Blog Address: http://josbookshelf.wordpress.com
Blog Description: Personal Reviews of My Collections
Tags: reviews, fiction, multi-genre, novels, books
My mark: 4/5
This post is a wonderful surprise to me! Thank you so much for your kind review of my site. This fires me up to continue blogging away.
Btw, this is a great idea for a blog--a review site for just Filipino blogs. I've bookmarked this site already. :)
This post is a wonderful surprise to me! Thank you so much for your kind review of my site. This fires me up to continue blogging away.
Btw, this is a great idea for a blog--a review site for just Filipino blogs. I've bookmarked this site already. :)
Thank you. Thank you for your appreciation Madam Johanna.
Just continue reading your books and buy some more (lol) and keep on giving us decent reviews. Reading is a great hobby but giving a decent review is hard. Keep it up.
By the way, if you like this review, you may post your reactions in your blog :) as payment to me ha ha ha. (It's not compulsory, though.)
Thank you again.