WK3: The Readers’ Services Conversation

Week 3: Assignment 1 Review NoveList article “The RA Conversation” by Neal Wyatt. 
Week 3: Assignment 2 Listen to this podcast of Nancy Pearl talking about books. Note how long her individual book talks are, how she describes the book, and how much plot is discussed.
Week 3: Assignment 3 Review these patron descriptions of “what they are looking for” and post an entry on your blog on what you heard or deduced, and what title you would recommend. (Note: There isn’t one “right” answer to what title you would recommend to these customers, just be able to support your recommendation.)
Conversation 1 | Conversation 2 | Conversation 3

Convo1:  What I heard from her conversation is that she like to have other people pick her books: anything that is popular and that other people are reading and all of the Oprah books.

So what would I immediately think of...

• Gone Girl and the new 'gone girl' of this summer...The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes.
• As far as similar recommendations for Eat Pray, Love
• All Over the Map by Laura Fraser, is one that comes to mind.

Convo2:  Looking for the theme of vampires or paranormal but looking for something more adult, realistic with better writing possibly??

I would suggest the following:

• the original Bram Stoker’s Dracula - the classic where it all started (sort of)
• the motion picture “Dracula’ with Gary Oldman - not to be missed (I love tying in all types of media!)
• The Fall trilogy by Guillermo del Toro - (a more adult audience and relational themes as well as the classic apocalyptic theme)
• Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood series (If you are familiar with this series you know it includes many paranormal characters, not just vampires intertwined in steamy, exciting and diverse relationships).
• Discovery of witches by Deborah Harkness
• Encyclopedia of Vampire Mythology - in depth academic nonfiction study of the history, myth, culture surrounding vampires.

Convo 3:  So he's looking for something with adventure that is fast paced and based on true events.

The first thing that comes to mind is:

• Lost City of Z by David Grann.
• Into Africa: the epic adventures of Stanley & Livingstone by Martin C. Dugard
•  Mornings on Horseback: by David G. McCullough