Week 9

Assignment 1

Two articles didn't seem to be very excited about book trailers, neither did the authors involved.

Assignment 2

Not much difference that I can tell between a written summary and the book trailer, of course, the video.  As a reader, I would much prefer to read about the book and not necessarily see the author or even less appealing, an actor, trying to promote the book.  Perhaps this will be more important as the generation who are now definitely on You Tube become more interested in the book trailers.


In Summary,

I found parts of these assignments to be new and enlightening to me.  However, there were parts that were very well-known to me and most likely most people in this field that I found a bit repetitous.  For the most part, it was a worthwhile experience being exposed to different ways to advise our readers.

Assignment 4

Breaking Night by Liz Murray is her story of struggle to overcome many obstacles in her life.  It does have a happy ending and would appeal to those readers who enjoy feel good endings.

Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly would appeal to students of history and those who enjoy reading historical fiction.

Assignment 3

One book that fiction readers would enjoy is a biography of Liz Murray entitled Breaking Night.  This of course, is in our biography section and would be of interest to anyone who enjoys a "feel good happy ending".  The story is very inspirational.

Another genre is history in the 973's.  A book I would recommend for those who enjoy historical fiction would be Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly.  Definitely reads like fiction, but based in fact.

The third genre I chose is faith.  Located in the 133's, I would recommend Law of Attraction expecially for those interested in self help reading.

Finally an ultimate medical genre in the 616's is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skoot.  Anyone interested in medical ethics as Robin Cook, would like this book.

Assignment 2

Some of the information about nonfiction reading pretty common sense.  However, it was interesting to view the categories of nonfiction in much the same way as fiction.

Week 8
Assignment 1
Read the two articles.  I found I totally agree with the suggestion that people who read fiction can be interested in narrative nonfiction if introduced by the many factors stated in the articles.

Assignment 4

Checked out Little, Brown and discovered that they are promoting Finishing School.  Sounds a bit different from some of the trends today.  Also looked at Penguin Teen.  Found it interesting that they link to what they call miniwebsites, which are websites which are devoted to each individual book.

Assignment 3

Looked at School Library Journal.  Although they are seasonal, they are still folowing some books over the summer.  Also checked out Teen Reads and was able to see some of the new books that are coming out.

Week 7

Assignment 1

Intersting flow chart.  Makes it esay to recommend.

Assignment 2

No surprise that YA literature crosses over to all ages.  We enjoy reading the stories and of course, now some popular authors are now writing for that genre.