Week Three

Assignment 1:  “The RA Conversation” by Neal Wyatt.

Interesting article.  I am not at all hesitant to approach library customers to offer assistance! 

Assignment 2:  Nancy Pearl Podcast.

I love the way Nancy Pearl uses appeal terms to highlight books.

Assignment 3:  Patron’s descriptions:

Conversation 1:

What I ‘hear’ in appeal terms:

“draws me in”=engaging

“interesting woman and so brave”=likable characters

“descriptions of the countries she went to and what she did while there”=place is important

“shared her inner thoughts”=personal narrative

“funny”=humorous

Book Recommendation: Cheryl Strayed’s Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail.

Conversation 2:

What I deduced:

“way too slow”=wants more fast paced

“teen love story – way too much angst!”= wants adult characters & less youthful dithering

Book Recommendation: If the customer is okay with romance – the Argeneau Series by Lynsay Sands.  The first book in the series is Quick Bites.  If less romance is desired, I would suggest the author Anne Rice.

Conversation 3:

“ill fated expedition”=adventure tale

Fast paced

Nonfiction history

“one of their crew was a murderer”-suspenseful

“fascinating”=compelling

Book Recommendation: Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II by Vicki Croke.  Or if the customer wanted another expedition-adventure tale, The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann.