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Scholastic launches You Are What You Read

To highlight the importance of reading, book publisher Scholastic has launched “You Are What You Read,”a social networking site for readers. Users of You Are What You Read create a profile by listing five books that had the biggest impact on their lives, and connect with readers through shared “Bookprints,” as Scholastic calls them.

Users can login to You Are What You Read via Facebook or Scholastic.com accounts. The site features the Bookprints of more than 130 notable people including Scarlett Johansson, Al Roker, Sir James Dyson, Venus Williams, Jodi Picoult, Malcolm Gladwell, Judy Blume, and President George H.W. Bush.

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What would be on your list of five books?

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Permalink Reply by Kay Elizabeth on November 1, 2010 at 2:25am

It's interesting to see what the celebrity choices are! I wouldn't mind rubbing shoulders with them virtually there. Good for Scholastic for encouraging more reading.

Daniel Radcliffe, naming Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. What a shock. ;)

Five for me would be:

A Course in Miracles
Illusions: Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
The Stand
The Road Less Traveled
and...hmm, can't think of another one specifically. I'll come back to you on that. :)