Week 7, Assignment 3

I looked at a couple of the recommended YA/Teen sites/blogs. Stacked (stackedbooks.org) is run by Kimberly Francisco, a public librarian in Texas, Kelly Jensen, small town librarian in Wisconsin, and Jen ?, another librarian. As to whether this site is successful, I don't know yet. Another site I visited is Teenreads.com. This site has over 25 reviewers from all walks of life, but all have an association with writing, reviewing, or publishing. Teenreads.com is part of The Book Report Network - which runs at least 8 other reader oriented sites. There is a whole corporate structure involved here - including founder/president Carol Fitzgerald, editorial director, content coordinator, senior writer, etc. etc., etc. Teenreads has a separate blog to read or follow. Both of these sites are aimed at the Teen/YA reader. Either could be useful to librarians, media specialists, or teachers to select titles for booktalking to their students.