This week’s activity was to set up a Shelfari account and add books to the account. I have set up a personal account for my hobby interests and included adult fiction books I would like to read this summer. Set up was easy and I explored the site carefully. Since the books were my hobby books, there are knitting, spinning and weaving books on my shelf, so I joined the Knitting Group. I looked at books that had discussions listed and I viewed the discussion in the group. Exploring the options to export this shelf to another knitting community website, is on my summer list of things to try.
I do see a number of possibilities for the Lebo School Library on Shelfari. Many schools established groups for series books that are especially popular at their school. Most of these groups were closed which allowed for a more controlled discussion atmosphere. Next fall could be a good time to try a Shelfari group but what series should we choose?
Personally I was a little frustrated that I could not divide the books on my shelf into groups other than, read, reading or want to read. It would have been nice to organize my hobby books in a different manner than my fiction books.
