LibraryThing will definitely save me time in the future. As one of my compulsion, I have always kept a ledger of all of the personal Young Adult books that I own and share with my students, but it was always a bittersweet chore. I would email the title and the author to my home computer and then add the info to my long list saved in an MS Word document. In another word, I am just like the guy on the YouTube skit, making it hard when you can really work smart instead... From now on, I can just immediately input the book info on the web, and best of all I have cover pictures too! The only caveat is that the max it holds for free is 200 books, which I know I will reach very quickly.
I checked out the different tabs on the LibraryThing website and particularly enjoyed The Zeitgeist feature and by browsing through the 25 most reviewed books, I remembered that I had wanted to read Life of Pi and had forgotten all about it. Another interesting feature I liked is that it was easy to see what is popular with Young Adults by going to the Group tab. The most common shared books on this Read YA Lit gave me some insight about what some of my ESL students might like to read, although the titles seem a little too advanced. I clicked on the Zeitgeist group hyperlink, but it took a long time for the page to load. I am wondering if anyone might have found a group for YA books in Spanish? It would be a great hit with my students and they would be able to write reviews in their own language and become more familiar with touchstone YA books that are popular with American kids too. Okay, on that note, let me go back to my "macrame owl" --no, just kidding, I am eagerly going to delve into my novel du moment: Unaccustomed Earth! See ya!
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Hello, ESL Froggy! Thanks for stopping by my blog (foolingwithwords. I am glad to see that you are a reader -- I am always looking for new titles. I just finished a couple of older releases that had been on my list for a while - Liar's Club and Bastard Out of Carolina. I am carrying Wicked around with me right now, but I am just not in to it... Got any good suggestions?
Oh, and by the way, good luck with that macrame owl. Maybe you can make some crochet toilet paper hats next! :.)
I love finding those on other blogs too. Keep up the good work.
You are such a great reader, Frenchy! And, yes, always conscientious, too. Great job on your blog about LibraryThing - I'm not surprised that you like it and can use it for school and personal things. Keep playing!
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