Stop Squat Go

Tried something new with my class to check out each others' books. All the students sat in a circle with all of the books they are reading in a pile in front of them. All students then stood behind their pile. I said,"Go." All the kids moved to their right. Then I said, "Stop." All students stopped at the next pile of books (not their own). Last I announced, "Squat." All of the students then sat at the pile and perused their classmates'  the pile of books. After about 3 minutes we moved again as I said, "Stop…..Squat…. Go." Once all students had a chance to look at others' books we discussed what books looked interesting. As the students did this activity they made a running list of books they want to read. It took about 30 minutes but was well worth a long list of book ideas.