A Reading Plan. Got One?

This semester we'll be reading books together--at least two or three. You'll also continue to have choices with your reading. In the next week you need to begin putting together your own reading plan--what books you want to read--both for fun and as sources of writing topics (which might also be fun). Your reading plan will be due Friday, September 25th but you can begin working on it now.

Also, and looking ahead, begin thinking about the best ways to use writing with the books of choice that you're reading. Book reviews for the blog? Brief essays on topics of interest? Collaborative projects? Letters to your author? Rewriting endings? Poetry or stories inspired by your book? Be thinking about these kinds of writing ideas as you choose your books.

Do you already have a reading plan?
Where do you begin if you don't? Here are a few places to start:

Our Blog. Of course! See what other people in the class are reading. Add books that sound intriguing to your own to-read list. (Click in the upper right corner of this blog to connect to the class blog, Until To Morrow.)

Amazon. You can enter a book you love into Amazon and then scroll down. Check out "Customers Who Also Bought this Book Bought . . ." Or check out Listmania at the very bottom of the page for more ideas.

LibraryThing Is it the world's largest book club? Well, according to their front page it is.
This is one of my favorite sites. You can catalog your books, make wish lists, join groups, see what others think of books. Well, you can do all sorts of things. Excellent resource. Easy to join. You can turn in your book plan as pages printed from LibraryThing if you wish.

Media Center at the Career Center
The Media Center Coordinator has started a small book blog with favorites of the folks who frequent the Media Center just down the road. She's kicking off the year by introducing a fantasy series by Melissa Marr. (Anyone familiar with her?)

Best Books for Young Adults at the American Library Association Site. These are catalogued by year.

Also, any of the sites for book reviews below can be good sites for finding books.

Other places you go to find good books? Email me or write them in the comments here and I'll add them to the list.

Note: check this NYT article out. The Future of Reading? Looks like we're in good company---