A blog about the books you love

Learn Spanish today - my new blog

2009-06-06T12:31:00.000-07:00

In my new blog, Learn Spanish with Maria Fernandez, you'll find book and audiobook reviews, music clips, movie trailers, etc.

You'll also find free Spanish lessons from my Spanish for Beginners course, and you can listen to my podcast series Spanish Podcasts for Beginners.

Harry Potter books and movies

2008-05-13T08:44:00.000-07:00

If you're looking for cheap Harry Potter books, movies and audiobooks, here's a great Harry Potter site. You'll be able to find every hard cover and paperback edition, new and used, as well as all the movies in any dvd format. There's plenty of information on all the products, including price and shipping costs. There's nothing I haven't been able to find yet!

Manga books

2008-02-19T03:45:00.000-08:00

At English Bookworld you can find literally thousands of manga books. Whether you’re looking for the most popular titles or the highly obscure ones, you’ll find them all there.

Here’s just a small sample of what you can get: The Manga Bible, Dark Hunger, Death Note, Warriors, Indiana Jones, Bleach, Berserk, Tsubasa, Naruto, Gothic & Lolita, Junjo Romantica, Hana-Kimi, Let's Find Pokemon!, Love Mode, Making Comics, Absolute Boyfriend, Pet on Duty, Fushigi Yûgi, Kingdom Hearts, Babymouse, and many, many more.

Free online thesaurus

2008-02-15T04:59:00.000-08:00

If you need a free online thesaurus , this is the best one I’ve found so far. Unlike many other free online resources, this one is nicely laid out, easy to use and comprehensive.

When you look up a word it groups its synonyms according to common meanings and grammatical functions (verbs, nouns, adjectives, etc.), making it fast for you to read through them. Not just that, but all the results are hyperlinked to their own synonyms.

A warning, though. This took is addictive!

Where to find bibles at great prices

2008-02-13T08:36:00.000-08:00

Finding bibles on the Internet is easy, but getting them at good prices can be very time-consuming. At English Bookworld you can find hundreds of bibles and other religious books at superb prices.

This specialized store offers you a wide selection of bibles for both adults and children on paperback and hardcover, as well as gospels, religious books, biblical leaflets, bibles on cds, dvds, cd roms, mp3s, and much more.

If you’re looking for large print bibles, the choice is awesome. There is also an amazing collection of bibles in Spanish, together with cds, dvds and children’s gospels also in Spanish. If you’re looking for bibles in other languages, you’ll find them in French, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and more.

If it’s audio bibles you’re looking for, you’ll find the New Testament on cd, The Bible Experience – mp3, Audio for Kids – A Blessing to Others, Audio for Kids – God Meant it for Good, The Listener’s Bible – mp3 and Who Is Jesus?, among others.

As for bibles and other religious books for children, you can find: The Children’s Bible, The Global Bible for Children, Young Women of Faith Bible, The Young Reader’s Bible, Bible for Kids, and dozens more.

It’s or its, how do I know which one is right?

2008-01-14T05:48:00.000-08:00

Do you ever hesitate whether to write “it’s” or “its”? Here are some tips that’ll help you get them right every time.

“It’s” is the contraction of “it is”, whereas “its” is a possessive form.

If you don’t know which one to use, try substituting it with ‘my’ or “the”. Does the new sentence make sense? If so, then use “its”. Let’s see, for instance: “the school is proud of its team”. If we were to say: “the school is proud of my team” or “the school is proud of the team”, the meaning would change but they would both be grammatically correct.

If substituting what you’re saying with “my” or “the” doesn’t make sense, try substituting it with “it is”. Here’s an example: “tell me when it’s ready”. In this case, “tell me when it is ready” is also grammatically correct, so “it’s” is the right form to use.

Now that you know the difference between “it’s” and “its”, can you fill in the gaps in the sentences below? You can find the solutions here.

.......... essential that you put each pair of shoes in .......... box.

.......... a book everyone reads in spite of .......... length.

What a wonderful house. .......... color is beautiful. .......... the place of my dreams.

.......... not the taste. .......... smell is what puts me off.

.......... a superb song in .......... own way.

What kind of world would you not want to live in?

2008-01-10T22:55:00.000-08:00

Not long ago, while listening to the news, it occurred to me to ask myself: what kind of world would I find so abominable that I’d rather not live in it? What would it have to have for life not to be worth living?

However hard I tried, I couldn’t think of anything that wasn’t worth fighting for, or rather, against. Then I realized that it’s not what it has to have, but what it has to lack, that would make my life unlivable: a world without books. That’s the one world where I wouldn’t want to exist.

This blog is dedicated to all of you who wouldn’t want to live in it either.

Can you imagine another unlivable world?