Thing # 16 The Library Thing

The Library Thing website was fun and useful. Not many things are more disappointing than getting home from the bookstore or library with a new book to read only to find that it doesn't suit your taste in books. You can read book reviews, look over the cover, read about the author, read a few pages and think it is a great book and still come away wishing you had not bothered. But, I will check out this site before getting a new book. Because you can read several reviews, including those from people who did not like the book, and because books are listed in a sort of "If you liked this, you will also like this" kind of way you are more likely to come away with a satisfying read. There is no doubt about my personal use of this website, it is bookmarked. I am not sure about the classroom use, other than to have students do what I just did - explore the site for personal use. You could also get a lot of different types of reviews for your students to look over as examples of what to write in their own reviews. Maybe set up a group challenge for your class? I have tagged this one so that I can explore it a little more. . .