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When I was teen, I was on a heavy Stephen King and Peter Straub reading jag. I couldn’t get enough of these authors. Today I still have my collection of these books residing on a shelf of my bookcase. Sometime in my early twenties I became less enamored with King’s readings. I don’t know if my taste just changed or I had burned out on his style. I have to say though that The Shining by King was the first novel I read of his and my favorite out of all his books.

I then started leaning more toward suspense and thrillers and less of horror. Some of the authors I followed were Mary Higgins Clark and James Patterson. My favorite Patterson novels were The Beach House and When the Wind Blows. They were other suspense authors peppered into the mix, but this is the one genre where I mostly stuck to favorite authors.

When my children were in grade school, the Harry Potter craze was all the rage, and I was just as engrossed in reading the books as they were. I found out at that time how much I enjoyed fantasy and many young adult novels. It seemed that YA authors were more creative in many ways than most adult novel authors. My sister-in-law is a YA librarian at a high school, so she would advise or buy certain books for me to read. For young adult reads I didn’t really stick to one author, but would go off recommendations and reviews for great YA books. Yes I devoured the Twilight series, but I can’t say this was my favorite YA read. The best young adult novels I have read are Jellico Road by Melina Marchetta and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.

I still enjoy reading suspense and thrillers as well as many young adult books, but in the last few years, I have also started reading many gentle reads that pull at the heart strings. Again there is no specific author that I stick to, but mostly go off recommendations and reviews to select reads from this genre. Some of my favorites in this category are: Firefly Lane by Kristen Hannah, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, and The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards.

I am not much of a non-fiction reader unless I’m forced to read it. In addition, I a little romance goes a long way in a book, so I’m not a big romance novel reader.

Sunday, April 24, 2016

Week 15 Prompt

I have not worked in a library setting yet, but I have a few ideas to promote fiction within the library. 

1)       Displays can always be created to draw attention to the latest reads.  I would not just do one display, but I think several genres need displays throughout the library.  They need to be catchy with words and pictures/photos as well as color.  Pinterest has great ideas for library display ideas. 

2)      Several book clubs could be held throughout the month based on genre as well.  This would take some resourcing, so possibly one or two a week where each one is a book from a different genre.  If there seems to be ones that are not getting enough attendance, maybe those could be scaled back. 


3)      Thirdly, the library’s website could have a list of tops reads by genre.  This could be based on the Library Journal Reviews or some other reputable book review site.  In addition, it could be displayed on the library’s website home page, so patrons who are pulling up the library’s site to check on available books, library hours, etc.  will see this first.  
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3 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 25, 2016 at 10:45 AM

    I use Pinterest all the time for display ideas! It is a very handy tool.

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  2. AnonymousApril 29, 2016 at 1:06 PM

    I like your ideas. I mentioned in my own entry for this week's prompt, too about utilizing the library's website. It's a natural place for people to go to for information, and is inexpensive advertising.

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  3. UnknownApril 30, 2016 at 2:47 PM

    I also used the library's website as a way to market, but I really like your idea of the book club. For some reason that never even occurred to me but it makes perfect sense and seems practical. Good ideas!

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