Wordpress is a very flexible platform. It also benefits from being a global product with lot of users and a great community of support-- so there are lots of 'themes' and 'plugins' and it stays up to date. It also means people can easily have control of their own site--editing content etc

There is a 'WooThemes' template called ‘BookClub’ that might help  http://www.woothemes.com/2011/02/bookclub/

Ken
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-----Original Message-----
From: Web 2.0 use in libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kat Nower
Sent: 23 January 2012 10:24
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Subject: Re: Teenage E-book review blog

I worked in a secondary school library in Nottingham about 7-8 years ago and they had a bit of software called Bookbuzz, which I think pretty much fits what you are after.  It was fairly basic, so might look a little dated now, but it might be worth seeing if anyone can tell you anything more about it.  Unfortunately the library I worked in closed down, so I don't really have any contacts anymore...

Kat

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From: Web 2.0 use in libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Terri McCargar
Sent: 23 January 2012 10:05
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Subject: Re: Teenage E-book review blog

Hi Robert

I don't know but we are interested in the same: a safe web space where our kids can read and post about books, authors, reading, etc. Ideally, I would want this to be a network for our own school primarily. And something for all the school, without having to set up a "reading group" or set up individual accounts. I was hoping to check out a subscription to the Reading Agency's "groupthing" which sounded perfect, but have only just discovered that it is no longer being supported. I'd be interested to hear suggestions from others ...

Terri McCargar
Librarian
Latymer Upper School
Hammersmith
London