Saturday, August 8, 2015

Week 5: Assignment 1


What information have I learned from the resources monitoring since week one?

RT Book Reviews

RT Books Reviews is a fun website to explore.  During my high school years I was a committed, diligent Harlequin romance reader.  Back then my little public library in South Dakota kept all the paperback romance novels on the bottom shelf, in back of a main stack of regular fiction.  There were two choices, Barbara Cartland or the Harlequins.  Times have changed!  There are many more subgenres within Romance than expected.  I recognize several titles reviewed in the "mainstream" section of RT Book Reviews from our library's new fiction shelves.  One new & interesting subgenre to me is paranormal world building.  Also of note, I see ‘military’ theme romances pop up here and there.  The site is searchable.  I searched for “Janzen, Tara” who authored the one and only series I’ve recently read.  Sadly, no new books in the series.  What I don’t like is the publication date of some novels is not always listed or the date book reviews are not posted or are not quickly / easily located by this user.  The “cover break down” and discussions about interesting covers are a delight!  I especially appreciate that the monthly RT Seal of Excellence award book winners' reviews list appeal factors.  Erotica genre is growing with readers and RT’s section provides steamy excerpts of new print and digital published novels.  Lastly, RT provides a nice monthly, downloadable “Top Picks” list of novels reviewed. 

Early Word

Early Word is the website that definitely has it all!  So much so that I’ve signed up for the digital email newsletter.  Less overwhelming.  This is THE go-to site for librarians.  Since I've been regularly monitoring the website I truly feel like I've been in the 'know.'  Every piece of news in useful . . . 'titles to know and recommend'. . .'in the media'. . . 'being released in theatres or on TV or opera or on stage' . . .'celebrity picks' . . . and on and on.  It is loaded with relevant, heads-up information!  As mentioned above, I signed up for the newsletter.    

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