Week 8: Assignment 3

Biography

                                                                     

  Steve Jobs  by Walter Isaacson 

Call Number:  BIO J

Science

         

Death at Sea World by David Kirby

Call Number:  599.53 K 

Medical

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

Call Number:  616.89 K

Travel

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

Call Number:  917.404 B

Week 8: Assignment 2

The E-Learning video from the Maryland State Library Resource Center was very informative.  The lists of 16 different genres and 16 different appeal factors will be extremely helpful with becoming more comfortable with nonfiction reader's advisory.

Week 8: Assignment 1

The two articles regarding narrative non-fiction were very interesting and helpful!

Week 7: Assignment 4

I spent some time exploring Tor Teen and Teens@Random.  The current trends that I noticed in these two websites is a prevalence of Science Fiction and Fantasy titles.  Ender's Game, the 1985 science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card, will be released as a film in November 2013 and this has created a resurgence of interest in science fiction.




                                  

Week 7: Assignment 3

Forever Young Adult

This is a blog that is definitely intended for an adult audience, although the primary focus is literature for teens.  There are 14 writers (13 of which are women) who post reviews for young adult books on this blog.  As is stated on their "About" page, this blog is "a place where you can let your inner Lady Nerd loose and swoon over fictional characters without shame."

Stacked

This blog does not appear to be quite as successful as the FYA blog.  The blog and the reviews are written by librarians and the intended audience appears to be primarily librarians and other adults.

Week 7: Assignment 2

I read  YA Comes of Age and Who's Buying Teen Books? Lots and Lots of Adults.  I was a little surprised with the findings from the Bowker study, that over half of the customers who purchase young adult books are over 18.  It was also interesting to learn that the publication of The Hunger Games was a major factor in bringing an older audience into the realm of young adult books.  Personally, young adult literature has always been my overall favorite to read.

Week 7: Assignment 1

The "What to Read Next" flowchart was very interesting to examine and I got some great ideas for readers advisory while looking at it.