People love to talk about good books and exchange titles, the tools listed in this lesson are designed to do just that enhance a persons reading and give them an opportunity to share what they've read.
- Our print circulation numbers continue to grow
- Our community wide book discussion we hold each year continues to see increased attendance.
- More and more children are coming to storytime because as it says in the NEA report:
"The simplest argument for why children should read in their leisure time is that it makes them better readers. According to federal statistics, students who say they read for fun once a day score significantly higher on reading tests than those who say they never do." - Graphic Novels and the 'Twilight Series' have done a lot to increase reading among teens Young adults show the most rapid increases in literary reading. Since 2002, 18-24 year olds have seen the biggest increase (nine percent) in literary reading, and the most rapid rate of increase (21 percent). This jump reversed a 20 percent rate of decline in the 2002 survey, the steepest rate of decline since the NEA survey began.
Some of my favorite sites helped me find new titles, see what other people are reading and find discussion questions for book clubs. They enhanced my reading!
Which of the sites/tools did you visit? What are they appealing features? Any features seem unnecessary or just there "because"?
I love my LibraryThing account
These sites will be a great help with our 'Friends of the Library' book discussion group
BookBrowse
ReadingGroupGuides
Reading Group Choices
LitLovers
Other thoughts?
I agree with Andrea on her choice of sites
http://www.multcolib.org/books/
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