March 9

Goodreads.com

Screen shot 2011-03-09 at 2.27.27 PMGoodreads.com is free to join, visually attractive, simple to use and almost without any commercial intervention!
This website is especially useful for readers and for reading promotion.

Its uses include:

* Logging the books you read, rating and reviewing them
* Keeping track of books you want to read
* Checking what your friends are reading
* Reading others’ recommendations and reviews
* Finding out more about an author
* Linking to an author’s website or blog
* Finding other works by the same author
* Sourcing books in the same genre – in lists
* Joining online discussions about a book

Why not take a look! It’s an easy way to become more involved in reading.

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Posted March 9, 2011 by marjk in category Library bits, Teacher comments

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Teacher-librarian at Aquinas College, Southport, Gold Coast, Australia

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