Dena’s Blog

I already had a Library Thing account, but I didn’t know of all its uses. I saw it on someone else’s blog when I started my personal blog, and I embedded it because I thought it was cool.

I didn’t know about groups, etc, so my first thought was that Library Thing wasn’t useful for much more than letting people know what kinds of books I had in my personal library.

Having explored the site a little more fully, however, I have done two additional activities. I’m not sure they apply to my classroom use, but personally I found them exciting.

I joined the 50-book challenge, beginning with the book I am reading now, The Last Lecture. This book was recommended by one of my students, and it’s a short and easy read. I come across so few students who are readers by choice that I feel compelled to read what interests them……sometimes.

I also joined the Early Reviewers on Library Thing. I don’t know what the odds are that I’ll actually be chosen to review any book(s), but the chance to have FREE BOOKS was just too much for me to turn down. If I have to do a little bit of homework after reading a book, I consider it a trade-off.