Welcome to SCLD's Book Discussion Blog!

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

Okay, not THAT long ago. Back when the libraries were closed on Friday mornings we used to booktalk our favorites at joint regional meetings. And Region II staff met monthly to discuss youth books. In those meetings we'd pick genres or award categories (challenging ourselves to read outside of our comfort zones) and get together over lunch to rant or rave about what we'd read. It was a great opportunity to pick up new titles for readers' advisory and to practice our booktalking and book discussion skills. Open hours change, though, and our monthly bookclubs and joint booktalking sessions came to an end.

Then along came Learning 2.0...and lo, this blog was born.

This blog has been created to provide SCLD staff with a forum to show off their mad 2.0 skillz, share what they're reading, to comment on what others are reading, and to recommend titles. In short, to discuss something near and dear to our hearts--books!

For those of you who've been blogging as part of Learning 2.0, this format shouldn't hold any surprises. Post about what you're reading, or comment on others' posts. (If you want to post a new topic, you'll need to be an author. If you aren't one already, please contact Cindy at cbenson@scld.org and she'll add you to the author list. You'll need to have a Gmail account to participate, so be sure to set one up in advance if you don't already have one.) As a courtesy to others, please use a descriptive title for your entry so folks following along won't have to guess what you're writing about.

Now get to reading, sharing, and discussing!