Amazon’s latest generation of E-readers, the Kindle Fire HDX got a rave review at NYTimes.com, noting improved battery life, lighter weight and sharply defined images. PCMag.com takes you through a comparison of the current top eReaders.

Congratulations to 451 Degrees, the book club at Chicago’s Lane Tech High School that I mentioned in my March 31, 2013 blog. They recently won the Illinois Library Association’s Intellectual Freedom Award for leading a protest after the book was banned from Chicago public schools and libraries. The clubs efforts via traditional and social media gained enough supporters that the ban was rescinded. 451 Degrees founder Levi Todd said, “A lot of books banned are really good books. They make for great discussions.”