Assignment 1
I’ve been using Goodreads, which I just talked about in the last entry.
Since writing that one, though, I’ve been trying to be more active and have a
few more ‘friends’ on the site. I find that cruising their readings lists and
seeing their updates has been a much better way to find new books than the
recommended lists from the site itself.
Assignment 2
Popular books in the branch tend to be eye-catching new releases. A few
customers come in with lists, and some come in with recommendations from
friends, but it’s mostly whatever is on display in the new section that looks
appealing at the time. The customers here often don’t know what they’re looking
for until they see it.
We definitely have a much higher interest in fiction. Even more than
usual. Literary non-fiction just isn’t a hit. So we try to focus on the fiction
best seller list. We don’t get a lot of “I heard about it on NPR” the way that
I used to at other branches. Even the best seller lists fail us sometimes
because people are a somewhat resistant to request things. Actually, what seems
to work well is finding best seller lists from a few months back. Books that
were popular, but interest has waned enough to put copies back on our shelves.
Assignment 3
Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell promises to be a dark, fantastical
story of an abandoned girl raised by an overly permissive scholar in London.
When she turns 12, Sophie sets off on a journey to find her mother, whom she
believes to have survived the shipwreck that separated them. The trail leads
Sophie to the rooftops of Paris, where she discovers and joins a gang of feral
children. Fans of historical fiction with a dash of fantasy should enjoy this
book, as well as fans of fantasy with a dash of history and a strong young
female lead. This is definitely a must for those folk who cracked open The
Golden Compass by Pullman and wished they could spend more time on the rooftops
with brash young Lyra at the beginning.
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