Week 1

Assignment 1

What a fun assignment! I scored a 21/24 on the adult books quiz and a 19/20 on the children's books quiz.

Assignment 2

This assignment was much harder for me than Assignment 1, which shows how much I need to strengthen my knowledge of subgenres (particularly sci fi and fantasy)! I scored a 9/12.

Assignment 3

I've come across lists like this in my grad school classes, but I have never before seen rules #5 and #6 (pigeonhole neither the readers nor the books). What a great rule and an excellent way to put it! I will definitely try to perform my readers' advisory in accordance with these maxims.

Assignment 4

I chose EarlyWord for the following four reasons:

• I found it to be the most readable and user-friendly site out of the five options.
• Its posts are brief and to the point (no overly lengthy book reviews).
• It has a unique feature where it alerts you to books that suddenly have a lot of holds and why (I think this will be quite useful information to know).
• It informs you of books that are being made into movies.

I chose Street Fiction because this is the one genre in which I have not read any titles. I've often been asked by customers for suggestions in this area and felt myself at a loss. Also, since urban fiction is a popular genre at the branches where I work, I believe that this genre website will help me the most.

Assignment 5

I certainly got a few chuckles reading this little girl's take on the classics. Who knew that Jane Eyre was a gold miner?? Her conjecture on Fifty Shades of Grey is quite priceless.