tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72240912606118085522024-03-18T20:53:42.811-07:00 Most StoriesDaniel (age 5): Why is the library the tallest building in town?
EG (stumped): I don't know! Why?
Daniel (gleefully): Because it has the most stories!
--Ellin Greene, StorytellingAvery Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13819194277007524929noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224091260611808552.post-20472049355184362552017-04-20T10:35:00.003-07:002017-04-20T10:35:53.051-07:00Two Or Three Things I Know For Sure Annotation<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Avery Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13819194277007524929noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224091260611808552.post-10098028008702897852017-04-20T10:33:00.003-07:002017-04-20T10:34:09.291-07:00Week 15 Prompt<span id="docs-internal-guid-85226d3b-8c6d-2db2-fb30-7747343fe0c3"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another way to market my library’s fiction collection is to borrow Sarick’s excellent idea of putting together a “Good Fiction You May Have Missed” cart. I particularly liked this idea not only because it’s simply a clever, effective marketing technique, but because of the opportunity it affords for amplifying books that may have been marginalized by the white supremacist/capitalist/patriarchal nature of our society. Because it is not as overtly political as a specially-themed display, the Good Fiction cart has the benefit of offering for readers’ consideration books that they might shy away from usually. At the same time, readers could just as easily choose to avoid books not to their taste. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Finally, as I’ve demonstrated before on this blog, I really have a taste for reader’s advisory which ties into programming. I think a library’s fiction collection can be marketed in concert with virtually every program. Offering a lunch-time concert series? Display fiction at the back of the room which features a musical theme. Hosting a knitting club? Put together a booklist of recommended audiobooks for patrons to listen to while they craft. Technology workshops, lectures, and even financial literacy workshops could all be productively tied in to fiction collection marketing--maybe put out a display of gentle reads to accompany that financial workshop, for example!</span></div>
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</span>Avery Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13819194277007524929noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224091260611808552.post-58560281155802040142017-04-12T08:32:00.001-07:002017-04-16T14:00:18.660-07:00Week 14 Prompt<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The library in which I will be working is in a small town in the deep South. This being the case, I would handle the LGBTQ+ collection and the African American fiction collections differently. Given that LGBTQ+ people are statistically more likely to be the targets of hate-motivated violence than any other group of people (Park), I would be unwilling to flag this collection in any way. If bigoted community members were able to note those frequenting an LGBTQ+ section and then target those patrons with violence or discrimination, a separate section would have the potential to lead to far greater harm than good. That being the case, I would create other forms of passive reader’s advisory to help guide readers interested in LGBTQ+ fiction to this collection--a “recommended diverse fiction” leaflet, for example, which would list many books representing diverse communities and tag the various books with appropriate tags (i.e. “LGBTQ interest” after a Sarah Waters novel). Such a leaflet could be picked up much more unobtrusively, especially if it didn’t even advertise itself as specifically listing LGBTQ+ reads. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In considering an African American fiction collection, however, I would take a different tactic. African American people make up more than half the population of the town in which I will be working (“American FactFinder”), indicating that interest in this collection will likely be high. As a librarian I would like to make sure that this collection is as easily accessible as possible, but would wish to avoid separating the collection entirely given the South’s history of segregation. In order to strike a balance between facilitating access and remaining politically correct/historically sensitive, I would go with the tactic of putting stickers on the books’ spines demarcating them as African American-interest. I have seen this technique used in many libraries, often to indicate not only African American fiction collections but also fiction with various religious themes, or fiction belonging to certain genres. The American Library Associations’s “Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights” page clarifies that “</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As long as these collections represent diverse points of view within the parameters of the collection and are designed to help patrons find resources relevant to their experience...this practice would be acceptable” (</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Questions and Answers on Labeling and Rating Systems.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) </span></span></div>
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Avery Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13819194277007524929noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224091260611808552.post-21514282538157187632017-04-06T12:42:00.006-07:002017-04-06T12:44:07.395-07:00Week 13 PromptI focused on graphic novel collections in my response this week!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Both before and during library school I’ve the the good fortune of receiving exposure to graphic novels in such a way as to help me take the genre/format seriously. Prior to beginning library school I heard Art Spiegelman (creator of Maus) give a lecture on the history of comics; during library school, I heard a scholar of graphic novels from Indiana University (whose name, I’m sorry to say, now completely escapes me) discuss the evolution of this particular format as well as its role in libraries. Perhaps because of these educational experiences, I really believe in the importance of improving perspectives on and access to graphic novels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Offering a variety of programming related to graphic novels and targeted at different patron groups is one way I can see of increasing readership. Putting together one program on the history of comics and graphic novels for adults, one on making your own graphic novel or cartoon art for teens, and playing around with some of the fantastic graphic novels targeted at youth would increase awareness of the format across the board. Partnering with area businesses, like a comic book store or bookstore, to promote Free Comic Day, would be another good programming idea, whether free comics were actually being given out in the library or whether the area partners could simply advertise along the lines of “Looking for more free comics? Check out your library!”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That being said, programming only reaches a certain patron group. How to reach patrons who might never look at a calendar of upcoming library events, but who would perhaps tear through Saga, Ms. Marvel, or any of the other fantastic reads coming out of late? One passive advisory technique that could be extremely effective, should funds allow, would be to have a duplicated collection (or at least, of the most popular graphic novels), which would allow these texts to be shelved in two locations--a discrete graphic novels collection, and one integrated into general fiction/non-fiction. This way, graphic novel enthusiasts could find their reading material all in one place, but those unfamiliar with graphic novels could also simply stumble across graphic novels in the course of their browsing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Finally, I think being prepared with an articulate response to challenges aimed at individual graphic novels as well as the graphic novel collection as a whole could go a long way. If library staff is prepared as a unified front to respond with a considered, defusing mien to challenges that might be posed, individual patrons will feel heard without necessitating the removal of the graphic novels collection. </span>Avery Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13819194277007524929noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224091260611808552.post-35816047111919194092017-03-29T13:50:00.001-07:002017-03-29T13:50:48.855-07:00Week 12 Prompt: Nonfiction Matrix<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Where is the book on the narrative continuum? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A mix (combines highly narrative moments with periods of fact-based prose).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What is the subject of the book? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How the concept of the white “race” has been historically and culturally constructed, particularly in the United States of America but beginning in the ancient Western world.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What type of book is it? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A mix of cultural criticism and kind of “popular ethnography.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Articulate appeal</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What is the pacing of the book?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Thorough, detailed, steady.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Describe the characters of the book? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Painter focuses on many characters forgotten by history; often offbeat, sometimes foolish or downright misguided folks. Characters are written of in a humanizing but not uncritical manner. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How does the story feel? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Critical, amusing, investigative, quirky.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What is the intent of the author? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To deconstruct and analyze the concept of whiteness and to demonstrate that “the white race” should be subject to analysis just as surely as any other “race.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What is the focus of the story?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The evolution of one idea (i.e. “whiteness”) throughout history.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Does the language matter?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Yes! Painter not only writes humorously, in a style rich with word-play and puns, but also uses carefully chosen language to dissect the concepts around race without replicating the historical racist attitudes she investigates.</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Is the setting important and well described?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Setting (both geographical and temporal) is important as background information contextualizing the concepts which Painter describes, but is not described in depth. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Are there details and, if so, of what</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">? The book is filled with details. Painter takes pleasure in sharing the odd anecdotal facts and figures encountered during the course of her research.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Are there sufficient charts and other graphic materials? Are they useful and clear?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Yes. Well-placed figures punctuate the work and are both fascinating and informative.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Does the book stress moments of learning, understanding, or experience</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">? Moments of learning and understanding are at the center of this book. Moments of learning are stressed as Painter shares little-known historical information, and moments of understanding are provided as she breaks down the complicated concept of race. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Learning/understanding </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Writing Style</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Detail</span>Avery Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13819194277007524929noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224091260611808552.post-89318665101210208972017-03-22T08:16:00.001-07:002017-04-16T14:02:07.800-07:00Week 11 Prompt: Ebooks and Audiobooks<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The landscapes of e- and audiobooks absolutely represent my growing edge in terms of librarianship and reader’s advisory. My experience with ebooks is limited: I turn to ebooks only out of necessity (the book isn’t available in a print version) or convenience (the print version is huge, and I can’t practically carry it with me throughout my day). I don’t have a portable e-reader, which has further curtailed my use of ebooks. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Audiobooks are somewhat more familiar to me. I have had a lot of fun exploring the audiobooks available through the Hoopla platform at my local library, and will often try out multiple different narrators, when available, before settling on the one I’d most like to listen to--the impact of narrator as appeal factor is real! I’ve found that the audiobook format encourages me to read more international novels and classics than I naturally gravitate towards. The liveliness of a good narrator brings more stodgy classics to life, and I appreciate hearing the correct pronunciation of names in international novels. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But while I have some experience with both of these formats, I’ve thought little about how they affect reader’s advisory practices. Dunneback (326) points out that, just as it is important to be aware of the books in one’s print collections, it is equally important to develop an awareness of the e-books in one’s collections. The challenging nature of developing such an awareness had never occurred to me, and I was grateful for Dunneback’s suggested resources for learning more about e-books of various genres and eras. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The ability to serve as not just an advisor in terms of content but also technology and access is another matter Dunneback raised which I’d never before considered. She brings up the great point that “ Library patrons come to us for help in figuring out the best possible reading experience” (327), and that this necessarily includes the format of the book as well as its genre, pacing, tone--placing format squarely in the “appeal factor” category. I’ve had a subconscious awareness of format-as-appeal-factor ever since I listened to the incredible audiobook version of </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Watsons Go to Birmingham </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">by Christopher Paul Curtis, narrated by James Avery. When I was recommending the book to a friend one day, I found myself specifically recommending the audiobook as narrated by James Avery: my reading experience had been so completely influenced by his rendering of Curtis’ moving, hysterical text. </span></span></div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-628b7bac-f696-fbbc-c495-a66ccf0aea72"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I feel motivated now to increase my exposure to e-books and audiobooks, and familiarize myself more thoroughly with the pros and cons of the two formats. It was interesting to read, for instance, that many e-book readers gravitate towards the format because it saves them from having to look at an ugly book cover! While I’m not sure how to incorporate this tidbit of knowledge into my reader’s advisory practices--yet!--it effectively demonstrates one of the appeal factors of e-books, and reminds me to bear the unique qualities of these formats more centrally in mind. </span></span>Avery Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13819194277007524929noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224091260611808552.post-4169389582590377422017-03-22T08:08:00.001-07:002017-03-22T08:08:19.173-07:00Westerns Annotation: Blood Meridian<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Avery Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13819194277007524929noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224091260611808552.post-24108827870868919612017-03-09T10:21:00.002-08:002017-03-09T10:21:41.409-08:00Book Club Observation<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">I attended the February meeting of the Monroe
County Library’s Ellettsville Branch book club. The book club met in a meeting
room at the library, where the set-up was cozy and hospitable: a circular ring
of tables and chairs was set up promoting an intimate and equitable air. A
table full of snacks was also provided, including chocolate, cookies, popcorn,
chips, and salsa. From group members’ discussion before the club started, it
sounded like some of the snacks were provided by the library and some provided
by group members themselves. There was also hot water and tea bags. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">The atmosphere of the discussion was friendly
and lively. Members welcomed me and characterized their group to me, letting me
know--after the discussion-- that “They don’t like everything they read, and
their discussions aren’t always so agreeable.” There was a good degree of
camaraderie present amongst members of the club who have been attending
regularly, but three new members were also present at this meeting, and they
were warmly welcomed. While the group was vastly made up of white women over
the age of 60, this homogeneity didn’t seem to prevent any obstacle to folks
who didn’t fit this profile: despite being about forty years younger than
everyone else in the room, I was never condescended to and was instead treated
with welcome and respect. Additionally, another new group member was a man,
friends with one of the regular attendees. While he definitely got some gentle
ribbing from the crowd of women, he was also encouraged to participate and
return for future meetings. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> This
club usually discusses current literary fiction. Books are selected by the
group from a list of options presented by the facilitator. The group selects
books for 6 months in advance in one decision-making process, combined with a
regular meeting, in order that the upcoming book list can be published to the
website and library program booklets. Most of the members had read the book
upon arriving at the meeting--those who had not were all attending the club for
the first time--and one member was even famous for reading all the books twice;
other members deferred to her meticulous notes when there was a question of
what exactly had occurred in the text, or when. Having been held monthly for a
year now, the book club had definitely established some such regulars, each of
whom seemed to have reputations to uphold: two attendees certainly spoke more
than all of the others combined. Group members seemed habituated to this
dynamic and almost seemed to have reached an unspoken agreement of allowing
these two more talkative members to have all of the spotlight at first and
then, once they’d aired their views significantly, stepping in and taking up
some space of their own. Most attendees spoke three or four times during the
course of the book club, with a few breaking in almost non-stop and others just
listening. Those who just listened, again, were those who were new to the
group--so it seems likely that they will participate if they continue attending
the group in the future, due to the group’s friendly and welcoming culture.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> The book club was facilitated by a
librarian, though she took a reserved route to facilitation. After calling the
group to order and providing a brief introduction to the group’s history and
methods, she mostly sat back and allowed the group to follow it’s own course of
interest. The ilovelibraries web page on facilitating book group discussion
provides various suggestions for how a facilitator might initiate or encourage
discussion, including picking a specific character or passage to analyze in
depth, or bringing in a prop or artifact related to the story and asking club
members to discuss the way in which this object played into the novel (2015).
While these are useful suggestions, I believe the facilitator of the
Ellettsville club was wise to give this group more free rein, as they were
enthusiastic and highly participatory. It was group members themselves who
posed most of the questions that the club considered, with the facilitator
pitching in her thoughts, guiding questions, or opinions every so often. With thirteen
people in attendance at the bookclub, this method sometimes became rather
clamorous, as side discussions broke off simultaneous to the group
conversation. The librarian did have a book guide to the book being discussed--<i>The
Storied Life of A.J. Fikry--</i>and consulted this when asked to do so by the
group, typically for insight into some of the book’s symbolism and literary
allusions. When the leader did raise points or pose questions, she always
allowed group members to respond first. She would, however, chime in when group
members raised a query but, again, after waiting for group members time to
answer first.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Avery Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13819194277007524929noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224091260611808552.post-34285382028197665292017-03-01T09:20:00.005-08:002017-03-01T09:21:45.015-08:00Special Topics Summary: Reader's Advisory to the IncarceratedI've been interested in library services to incarcerated populations for a while now, so this special topics paper seemed a great opportunity to learn about reader's advisory services to this underserved population. The first thing to note in this area is that there are very few resources on the topic: Pickett and Sullivan's <i>Reader's Advisory Handbook</i> has a very short chapter on the matter, and books on library services to the incarcerated only cover the topic obliquely in the course of investigating other matters. Nevertheless, the resources I did find helped me to gain a better understanding of limitations and special considerations in this area, summarized below:<br />
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1. Prisoners are protected by the ALA's Library Bill of Rights just as surely as any other library patron. However, prison administrators may restrict or censor the type or content of books (i.e. hardback books, books with any gang-related subject matter, etc) allowed into the prison library. Prison librarians have to understand these limitations as they provide reader's advisory, as these restrictions can result in small collections, or limited numbers of popular books.<br />
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2. Prisoners are often completely restricted from information resources those of us on the outside take for granted, such as the internet. To that end, reader's advisory for prisoners could realistically be expanded to the concept of "information advisory," as librarians might be called upon to recommend resources to prisoners seeking information about law and legal issues, reentry, or any number of leisure interests.<br />
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3. Many, though by no means all, people who are incarcerated are disadvantaged by extremely low literacy and information literacy. Librarians should be particularly conscious to dignify all patron interests with thoughtful responses, and meet patrons where they are at in terms of reading ability; an extensive knowledge of popular and classic fiction and non-fiction, as well as high-lo reading material (high interest, low difficulty) is essential.<br />
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4. Librarians are as likely as anyone else to fall prey to stereotypes about prisoners and what kind of books they may want or "need," but should take pains to avoid acting on these stereotypes. Reader's advisory to prisoners is not an opportunity to "reform" prisoners, but rather a chance to respond thoughtfully to prisoners' requests for reading material in which they are interested.<br />
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In case you are interested in reading more about this area, I've attached a truncated works cited list below:<br />
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<br /><br />Collis, Roy and Liz Boden. (1997). Guidelines for Prison Libraries.<br /><br />Clark, Sheila, and Erica MacCreaigh. (2006). Library Services to the Incarcerated. <br /><br />Guerra, Stephanie. (2010) "Reaching Out To At-Risk Teens: Building Literacy With Incarcerated Youth." PNLA Quarterly 75.1: 50-60. <br /><br />Lehmann, V. (2011). Challenges and Accomplishments in U.S. Prison Libraries. Library Trends, 59 (3), 490-508.<br /><br />Lilienthal, S. M. (2013). Prison and Public Libraries. Library Journal, 138(2), 26-32.<br /><br />Pickett, Kate and CJ Sullivan. (2010). Readers’ Advisory Handbook. <br /><br />Prisoners Right to Read. (2010, June 29). Retrieved February 23, 2017, from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill/interpretations/prisonersrightoread.<br /><br />Vogel, B. (2009). The Prison Library Primer. <br /><br />Wagner, P., & Rabuy, B. (2016, March 14). Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie. Retrieved February 23, 2017, from https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2016.html.Avery Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13819194277007524929noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224091260611808552.post-18394029272803295082017-02-22T09:15:00.000-08:002017-02-22T09:15:06.935-08:00Science Fiction Annotation: Oryx and Crake<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Avery Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13819194277007524929noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224091260611808552.post-45184376265409762712017-02-22T08:39:00.004-08:002017-02-22T08:40:33.211-08:00Week 7 Prompt Response<br /><br />In much the same way as reviewers’ featuring of a small set of chosen works is not exactly “fair,” the instant fame provided by a recommendation such as Oprah’s may not be fair either--but is in my opinion less problematic. Book reviewers at least purportedly act as neutral agents communicating the relative worth or worthlessness of books to a general public audience, but their success at this is arguable precisely because the general public which they seek to serve constitutes such a vast and diverse group of people. Oprah’s book club, on the other hand, holds as its audience a very specific--if not small--group of people: watchers of Oprah. I think this knowledge of audience positively influences Oprah’s selections and makes the unavoidable bias of her choices more excusable, as Oprah watchers have, in a sense “elected” Oprah to select books which they are likely to enjoy by watching her show. <br /><br /><br /> That being said, I know I would feel differently about Oprah’s disproportionate influence if she were, for example, a conservative talk show host using her clout to promote bigoted or hateful texts. It is because of my own biases that I find Oprah’s recommendations, which so often uplift the works of authors belonging to marginalized communities, admissible and even commendable. Of course, those conservative celebrities are surely out there with their book clubs as well, as are a great number of other celebrities with their own book clubs, an expanding phenomenon assisted by social media. What is perhaps most remarkable about Oprah’s Book Club, then, is simply its vastness, as even those who may have never watched Oprah or read anything she’s recommended, will likely still be familiar with her book club and recognize its insignia when they come across it in the book store. Whereas I couldn’t think, off the top of my head, of even one other celebrity book club, though an internet search instantly informed me of Emma Watson’s, Emma Roberts’, Lena Dunham’s, and Reese Witherspoon’s. In the process of this search, I also came across a short article by an advertising agency’s analyst looking into <a href="http://chadwickcannon.com/2016/08/celebrity-book-clubs/">“Celebrity Book Clubs: What’s the Deal and What Can We Learn?”</a>. I found that their conclusions clearly communicated some of my own positive feelings about celebrity book clubs: these “clubs” encourage reading, “rally people” around books, and--perhaps best of all--encourage communication about and critique of the chosen books. In our sped-up, dizzyingly media-saturated culture, someone who, with no more than an instagram post, can get people talking about a book with other people has my gratitude.Avery Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13819194277007524929noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224091260611808552.post-36880182536069412952017-02-16T13:33:00.000-08:002017-02-16T13:33:07.162-08:00Week 6 Prompt Response: Gentle Reads Program<br />In our overstimulated day and age, there is a lot to be said for the slower and more contemplative experience of reading a book--especially a book that is upbeat, comforting, and character-driven instead of flashy, violent, or fast-paced. While the genre of gentle reads is somewhat pigeonholed by stereotypically being for older readers, I think there’s many younger and middle aged readers who would also appreciate the reprieve these books offer from the speed and complexity of modern life. <br /><br /><br />To promote gentle reads to a wider audience, I would create a program at my library on “Slowing Down & Releasing Stress” or something similar. This program could present various stress-relief techniques (such as meditation, coloring pages, taking a once-a-week break from technology, etc), invite a local scholar or psychologist to discuss effects of stress versus relaxation on the brain, and then conclude by offering attendees stress-relieving resources available at the library--a display of gentle reads, complete with bookmarks providing further suggestions; a display of feel-good or inspirational movies; and a flier listing all relevant library programs, like musical events, crafting groups, meditation hours, and more! To better reach its intended audience, I would hold this program in the evening so that busy workers could more likely attend, and be sure to acquaint attendees of e-book and audiobook versions of all the media discussed, so that people with commutes or minimal free time could more easily access the recommended resources. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Avery Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13819194277007524929noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224091260611808552.post-23788574436409786942017-02-08T08:45:00.001-08:002017-02-08T08:45:20.157-08:00Week 5 Prompt Response<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><br />The question of reliability when it comes to reviews is a knotty one. The reviews for Billionaire’s First Christmas, for example, while “unreliable” in terms of whether or not they objectively address the novel’s artistic quality (they do not, for instance, talk about whether or not the novel is a good representative of its genre, how effectively the author uses figurative language, etc), they are certainly reliable in representing how an average reader is likely to respond to Rayner’s book. As a collection developer or reader’s advisor, this kind of information is probably just as useful as the more polished reviews published in recognized review journals--but only as a method for determining whether or not the book in question is likely to circulate and be enjoyed. As mentioned above, these reviews do not address the fact that this book is clearly not romantic suspense, and should therefore not be purchased for a library as a representative of this genre. <br /><br /> It seems advisable, then, that more informal, reader reviews and more polished, published reviews be used in tandem. As much as the reviews for Angela’s Ashes, for example, suggest that the novel is indeed a promising read and will be a worthwhile addition to any library collection, it is difficult to determine from these reviews alone whether a book such as this (one of those “reviewed to death”) will indeed be enjoyed by the average library patron, or whether it is simply a media darling chosen and pushed by the publishing company. A chicken-and-egg scenario, while these “chosen” books are not necessarily any better than the many books surely under-reviewed by the media, they are the books that will probably be in higher demand at the library, simply because they are the titles people know. This lopsided characteristic of the reviewing media fundamentally affects the library collection by influencing which books it collects.<br /><br /> On that note, negative reviews seem just as useful as positive reviews, and I would personally shy away from review sources which are purely positive. While I wouldn’t necessarily decide not to buy an item due to a negative review--especially if patrons are likely to request the item either way--I think negative reviews can still be quite useful. From a reader’s advisory standpoint, a negative review could, for instance, alert you to a jarring change in a long-running series, which you might want to mention to loyal readers, or serve as the deciding factor in whether or not you’d recommend a book described as poorly-plotted to a particularly literary reader. <br /><br /> While I do not purchase for a library or use reviews very much to influence my own reading choices, I do use reviews to help me find good literary candidates for my work with children. School Library Journal’s reviews have been instrumental in helping me stay up to date on what’s happening in the world of children’s lit and helping me determine whether or not a given book is worth looking into for a certain age group. Another review source I’ve frequently consulted is Common Sense Media. Their reviews of both books and media for youth have been invaluable, and their web site hosts a very user-friendly interface, with easy-to-browse lists of books and media organized by different categories, such as age group, genre, topic, and “multicultural” reads.</span>Avery Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13819194277007524929noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224091260611808552.post-17735595707488542072017-02-08T07:11:00.001-08:002017-02-08T07:13:46.739-08:00Adventure Annotation: Treasure by Clive Cussler<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Avery Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13819194277007524929noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224091260611808552.post-8444753442465708562017-02-06T18:03:00.002-08:002017-02-08T07:13:54.636-08:00Four-Legged Girl by Diane Seuss, a Kirkus-Style Review<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Electrifying language and evocative images anchor poems
narrating the episodes—both mundane and bizarre--of a woman’s life. Written from
the vantage point of an older person reliving her earlier experiences, this
collection of poetry is nevertheless no sedate reflection. Threading along in a
loosely chronological manner, the speaker recounts with a startling vividness
the loss of her father to cancer, her fresh-eyed move to New York City from the
sticks of Michigan, her admittance to the fringes of the New York art world of
the 60s, and her tumultuous relationship with a heroin addict. These poems are
rhythmic, sensual, steamy and smoky: they gulp you down into a rabbit hole
equal parts greenhouse and whorehouse, complete with fragrant metaphors and raw
imagery. While there is plenty of tenderness found throughout the book, as the
speaker moves from eulogizing her father to addressing her own son, the
sentimental is overshadowed by the erotic, the creative, the brutal, and the
starstruck, as these poems pay homage to a bygone era in American art culture
and probe the realities of the body. Indeed, the speaker’s exploration of the
body—especially the body claimed and experienced as female, especially this
body experienced as it ages—is a sustaining theme, and one that is interrogated
from a fiercely feminist perspective which revels in pleasure even as It refuses
to conceal that which is ugly, painful, and/or stigmatized. Each poem in this
collection is a sizzling galaxy unto itself; simultaneously, each poem is
strengthened by its inclusion in the dynamic tapestry of narrative and theme
that Seuss so boldly creates. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
Avery Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13819194277007524929noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224091260611808552.post-56918820213813786152017-02-05T10:46:00.000-08:002017-02-08T07:14:07.585-08:00Secret Shopper Experience<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My Secret Shopper experience was middle
of the road. While I did come away from the interaction with a good book, I
also feel that there are aspects of the interview that could have been better. The librarian I consulted relied heavily on the computer, making only minimal eye contact with me and asking few questions to suss out what exactly I was looking for in my next book. That being said, they used a variety of tools (NoveList and, when that didn't supply satisfactory results, Goodreads), and explained these tools to me briefly as they used them. Once they'd found a suggestion, they accompanied me to the shelf to find the book, a touch I found particularly hospitable, and I left the library with a book I'm genuinely quite excited to read!</span><span style="font-family: times new roman;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Avery Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13819194277007524929noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224091260611808552.post-43845831008434019512017-01-26T11:18:00.000-08:002017-01-26T12:12:50.930-08:00Prompt Response 1<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 15.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Preface: I responded to these questions as if I were actually writing/speaking to a patron, thus the direct-address writing style! I used NoveList to find recommendations for almost all of these imaginary patrons, as I hadn't used the resource before and wanted to familiarize myself with it. For Number 7, however, I consulted Goodreads' Clean Reads discussion group, as they have a thread particularly devoted to Clean Suspense/Thrillers.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 15.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 15.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You might try out Church of Marvels, by Leslie Parry. It’s not on the same subject matter, but if you liked Kingsolver’s beautiful writing style, I think you might like this! The reviews say that Parry’s writing style is “smooth and descriptive,” plus the novel seems to offer a few more twists and turns to make the pacing a little speedier. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 15.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 15.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You might try out The Shogun’s Daughter by Laura Joh Rowland. It’s set in Feudal Japan and is written with a real attention to historical detail. It’s also a mystery, so if you’re not super into mysteries, you could try The Translation of Love by Lynne Kutsukake. This one is set in post-World War II Japan, and while it’s also historically detailed, it follows two young girls as they try to make sense of the world around them. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 15.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 15.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Maybe you could try out Louise Penny’s novels. She’s got many, but Still Life could be one to start with--it’s gotten some great reviews! It’s still suspenseful and mysterious, but it’s got that more police procedural focus that you might’ve liked from Elizabeth George--instead of focusing on just scaring your senseless!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 15.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. My husband has really gotten into zombies lately. He’s already read The Walking Dead and World War Z, is there anything else you can recommend?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 15.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 15.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Zombie Autopsies by Steven C. Schlozman looks like one good option-- it’s about some doctors who are attempting to research the zombie virus and zombie anatomy, so it could be an interesting way for him to get into some new details! Another one he might try is Passage by Justin Cronin. This one’s a little more on the Walking Dead side of things: It’s also set in New Orleans, and it’s also a part of a series, though if he’s a zombie purist he might be frustrated, because this one features a zombie-esque epidemic, rather than straight zombies. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 15.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 15.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Absolutely! Some good ones recently include The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, which got many starred reviews from all the major reviewers and was made into a movie in 2016, and The History of Love by Nicole Krauss, which won some national and international fiction awards and was also made into a movie in 2016. </span></div>
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<li>Second, after you get a chance to do the readings and explore Mary Chelton's list of tools, I want to hear about how you find books to read. It could be a site or a resource you've just discovered or one you've used for years, one you use for yourself or for your patrons or family and friends.</li>
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<span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 15.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When finding books for others (which, in my life so far, has mostly meant finding books for children and young adults), my first stop is always School Library Journal. Other favorite resources of mine are </span><a href="https://thebrownbookshelf.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #1155cc; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 15.3333px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Brown Bookshelf</span></a><span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 15.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and the </span><a href="https://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/books/default.asp" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #1155cc; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 15.3333px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cooperative Children’s Book Center</span></a><span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 15.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span>Avery Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13819194277007524929noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224091260611808552.post-9383798460898249462016-04-07T13:06:00.001-07:002017-01-15T06:41:22.107-08:00Reading ProfileReading Profile<br />
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I like to read a little bit of everything, and usually all at the same time. While my favorite genres are poetry, realistic fiction, and political/historical nonfiction, I also really enjoy theory, picture books (fiction and non-fiction), sci-fi and fantasy targeted at children, graphic novels, and self-help books. Reading has always been an important solo undertaking for me, keeping me company and entertaining me during travel or new experiences, but my favorite way to read is in connection with other people: I love reading plays and poetry aloud with friends, as well as discussing books in letters, essays, or plain old conversation. Hard copy books will probably always be my favorite reading format, but I'm also a huge fan of audiobooks, and tend to consume a lot of classic literature this way.<br />
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Despite reading virtually non-stop, there are some glaring gaps in my reading experience! I've never read a romance novel, for example, and studiously avoid thrillers/horror because I just can't stomach the suspense. I'd love to broaden my experience in reading sci fi/speculative fiction targeted at adults, try some Westerns on for size, and learn more about quality non-fiction texts in areas outside of my own realms of interest. Books that really floated my boat in this past year include Robin Coste Lewis' <i>Voyage of the Sable Venus </i>(poetry), Louise Erdrich's <i>The Birchbark House</i> (children's historical fiction), Pema Chödrön's <i>When Things Fall Apart </i>(self-help/spiritual), Chinelo Okparanta's <i>Under the Udala Trees</i> (realistic/historical fiction/LGBTQ), and Peter Brown's <i>Mr. Tiger Goes Wild</i> (picture book). I loved each of these books for their literary beauty and inventiveness, but also their humor and ability to make me see the world in new light.<br />
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Here's my <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/46239411-aolund">Goodreads</a> page!Avery Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13819194277007524929noreply@blogger.com5