The Simpletons Book Blog

Something that is appealing about ebooks and audiobooks is that you can easily bring ebooks anywhere. All you need is a tablet or phone to read on to be able to read your books from anywhere. There is also less risk of losing, misplacing, or ruining a book, and lots of systems automatically send your book back on the due date, so you don’t have to worry about returning the book. As for audiobooks, they are more convenient for reading at times when you are cleaning your home, doing any chores, or working on your favorite hobby. EAudiobooks are great since you can download them onto your phone and listen anywhere on a trip. And the same applies to them automatically returning once the due date comes up. These are great benefits for those who love using the library and can’t find time to visit or forget when materials need to be returned. Although it is not the same as holding a physical book, it doesn’t necessarily change the book's content or the genre. Although readers can change...

The book that I had read for the club that I participated in was The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World by Max Fisher. This book was something that felt like reading a history book of recent events. It was a long read and was a struggle to get through, though I was able to finish the book in time for the book club. It was also interesting as to how everyone interacted with each other. The conversation felt very productive since everyone felt familiar with each other since they had been meeting for a while, and I am very new to the group. Who is asking the questions, is there a leader or do people take turns? There was a librarian leader to help lead and guide the discussion, but mainly she had included her thoughts and guided the conversation to keep it on track with the book, as well as letting others talk about their real-life experiences with technology and the platforms trying to garner are use time on them. Mainly, we answered her ...

Goodman, Jessica. The Counselors. Libby. Unabridged. 9 hours. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. 2022. ISBN 9780593592977. $8.99. Three girls visit their favorite summer camp once again as counselors while trying to maneuver through their adolescent changes and keep their dark secrets from each other. Goldie Easton is going to be a camp counselor at Alpine Lake with her best friends, Ava, and Imogen, after having a really rough school year. The summer starts great but quickly twists into some trouble when they find one of the locals from Roxwood washed up on the shore of the summer camp. With the opportunity to meet with each other and talk the truth out between friends, they all hold something close and struggle to communicate, so is anyone really telling the truth to each other? A fantastic story of adolescents growing and learning from their mistakes as well as learning to communicate and talk with one another and trust others with their struggles and their wins. Also, a t...

When it comes to reviews, getting any reviews is super important since you know the material is being seen by many since not everyone will review something. Having Ebooks that get little to no reviews can make it difficult to ascertain what the book is about and how others feel about it. It makes it much more difficult for librarians to make determinations when there are no reviews, and it makes it difficult for determinations when there are a few reviews since you are only getting a small taste of what the book has to offer and what a few others think of the book. For the reviews on the book The Billionaire’s First Christmas by Holly Rayner, we have a taste of what the book is about from the Amazon review and the blog review. It certainly gives a very basic idea of what the book is about, along with a lot of opinions from the reviewers on how the book felt to their tastes, so it gives an idea of what kind of person may be looking for this kind of book and give a decent idea of the s...