The Book Buddy skill is the easiest way to get an overview of your favorite books. Simply ask for the desired book. You can then ask for the average rating, author, number of pages, summary, or even books similar to the one you picked. It's the easiest way to keep track of books you've read, as well as to identify new books that you might be interested in.
Using the books skill is as easy as having a conversation. Below are some examples of what you can ask.
> "Alexa Open Book Buddy" What book would you like to know about? Please say get book, followed by the title.
> "Get the book Alice in Wonderland" Ok. I found the book Alice in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)
> "Who is the author?" Lewis Carroll
> "What is the rating?" There are 318560 user ratings. The average rating is 4.01.
> "How many pages?" There are 92 pages.
> "What's it about?" Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.
> "Similar books" The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame,The House at Pooh Corner (Winnie-the-Pooh, #2) by A.A. Milne,Moominpappa at Sea (The Moomins, #8) by Tove Jansson