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Bibliography: Krueger, William Kent.  1998. Iron Lake. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN: 9780671016968 When I started learning about reader’s advisory, the service of suggesting books to readers based on their likes and dislikes, I was very interested to learn about what are called appeal factors.  Appeal factors take recommendations beyond the genre or favorite [...]

Bibliography: Bannerman, Helen. 1899.  Little Black Sambo. London: Grant Richards.  Reprinted 2003 by HarperCollins. ISBN: 9780397300068 This week, in recognition of Banned Books Week, Patti wanted to recruit as many librarians as possible to blog about banned books and the freedom to read.  I thought about what I wanted to write about…I could write about [...]

Bibliography: Knopf, Chris. 2005.  The Last Refuge: A Tale of Money and Murder in the Hamptons.  Sag Harbor, New York: Permanent Press. ISBN: 1-57962-118-X I find many books that I might want to read by reading reviews.  Even before I was the fiction librarian, I devoured huge amounts of fiction and mystery reviews every month.  [...]

Bibliography: Coleman, Reed Farrel. 2002. Walking the Perfect Square. Sag Harbor, New York: Permanent Press. ISBN:1579620396.  Reprinted 2008 by Busted Flush Press ISBN:978-0979270956 As a reference librarian in the public library, one spends some time talking to patrons about books.  Often I would be placing holds on books by their favorite authors, occaisionally I would [...]

Bibliography: Peters, Elizabeth. 1973. Borrower of the Night. New York: Dodd Mead. ISBN: 978-0396067696 Reissued paperback: 978-0061656071 It might be a stretch to call this a “forgotten book,” since Elizabeth Peters (also writing as Barbara Michaels) has remained very popular with readers.  But more so for her Amelia Peaody series.  There are soon to be [...]

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