I explored LibraryThing today. It is a pretty cool tool!
I set up my account and added just a few books, in order to experiment with it a little. The books I've been reading are teen fiction (The Twilight series, by Stephanie Meyers) so when I looked at recommendations, I got some interesting teen responses. I tried to add a LibraryThing widget to my blog, but was not successful.
I think this tool would be really fun and useful, both personally and professionally. It would be interesting to solicit book reviews when I'm looking for something new to read, and also to hear others' opinions of books I like and don't like. Similarly, I think it would be motivating and fun for kids to create a library of what they've read and to be able to hear opinions and recommendations from peers.
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Hi, Rhonda! Some Groves students are already using LibraryThing ... could our school be next??
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