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Sunday, December 4, 2011

School Tech Connect: The Week in Books

School Tech Connect: The Week in Books:

The Week in Books

This week's haul from the Rogers Park branch library. My tech thought for the week is this: if your kids aren't reading a lot of books, on their e-readers or tablets or whatever, it doesn't matter what else you're doing: something has gone horribly awry.



Here are my micro-reviews from last week. Each Litte Bird That Sings -- couldn't finish it; the narrator's voice annoyed me too much and, well, Love, Ruby Lavender it ain't. What a curse it must be to have written one of the truly great YA books. The Golem's Eye -- still listening to it. Wonderful, witty, subversive. War Dances-- dreadful