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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 author level [...]
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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 banned books [...]
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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. When I [...]
05 Sep, 2008
Posted by: Susan In: Adult Lit
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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 recommend books [...]
22 Aug, 2008
Posted by: Susan In: Adult Lit
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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 six entries [...]