Comments on: readers advisory http://booktruck.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/readers-advisory/ squeaky wheels in the information world Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:39:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Kerri http://booktruck.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/readers-advisory/#comment-3535 Kerri Sun, 25 May 2008 18:11:29 +0000 http://booktruck.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/readers-advisory/#comment-3535 I'm currently reading The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud. Ive been halfway through for a while now, but I have no desire whatsoever to finish it. I will eventually because I'm stubborn. I feel it can be really hard to book talk an adult book, because sometimes after I finish a book I totally blank on what I just read if it wasn't anything remarkable. Thank God for goodreads.com. I try to write as much down as possible about the book and then when a patron comes up to me to ask what it was about I have a little "cheat sheet" to help me remember. I’m currently reading The Emperor’s Children by Claire Messud. Ive been halfway through for a while now, but I have no desire whatsoever to finish it. I will eventually because I’m stubborn. I feel it can be really hard to book talk an adult book, because sometimes after I finish a book I totally blank on what I just read if it wasn’t anything remarkable. Thank God for goodreads.com. I try to write as much down as possible about the book and then when a patron comes up to me to ask what it was about I have a little “cheat sheet” to help me remember.

]]> By: alison http://booktruck.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/readers-advisory/#comment-3438 alison Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:47:47 +0000 http://booktruck.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/readers-advisory/#comment-3438 I just finished reading Divisadero by Ondaatje. I used to be a youth librarian and those books are much easier to talk about. How would i booktalk Divisadero? It's the story of a father and his 2 daughters and the boy he has been raising after the boy's family was murdered. They live isolated lives on a farm in the California hills. As the 3 children grow older a violent event changes the dynamics between them and the father. We then follow each of the characters to see how their lives have changed after this event. See? It's so much harder to booktalk an adult book - especially one where character development supersedes plot. I just finished reading Divisadero by Ondaatje. I used to be a youth librarian and those books are much easier to talk about. How would i booktalk Divisadero? It’s the story of a father and his 2 daughters and the boy he has been raising after the boy’s family was murdered. They live isolated lives on a farm in the California hills. As the 3 children grow older a violent event changes the dynamics between them and the father. We then follow each of the characters to see how their lives have changed after this event. See? It’s so much harder to booktalk an adult book - especially one where character development supersedes plot.

]]> By: kristy http://booktruck.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/readers-advisory/#comment-3376 kristy Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:02:29 +0000 http://booktruck.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/readers-advisory/#comment-3376 I'm about halfway through Jeffrey Eugenides' <i>Middlesex</i>, which I'm really enjoying. I'm also deep into an issue of <i>Harper's</i> and an issue of <i>The Oxford American</i>, two of my favorite magazines of all. I also find it hard to book-talk, and tend to fall back on cliches and vague overviews. And I find the biggest challenge is not giving away too much of the plot for books that I really liked. You are so right about winter reading... I'm going to do more of it right now. I’m about halfway through Jeffrey Eugenides’ Middlesex, which I’m really enjoying. I’m also deep into an issue of Harper’s and an issue of The Oxford American, two of my favorite magazines of all.

I also find it hard to book-talk, and tend to fall back on cliches and vague overviews. And I find the biggest challenge is not giving away too much of the plot for books that I really liked.

You are so right about winter reading… I’m going to do more of it right now.

]]> By: Mimi http://booktruck.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/readers-advisory/#comment-3358 Mimi Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:18:48 +0000 http://booktruck.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/readers-advisory/#comment-3358 I read "Soul of a New Machine" this summer and loved it. (And then I realized Jessamyn's dad is Tom West!) When I read studies of technology, especially of computing, I get kind of mad because I'm like, "How come no one has ever told me about this?! It's so cool!" I read “Soul of a New Machine” this summer and loved it. (And then I realized Jessamyn’s dad is Tom West!) When I read studies of technology, especially of computing, I get kind of mad because I’m like, “How come no one has ever told me about this?! It’s so cool!”

]]> By: anarchivist http://booktruck.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/readers-advisory/#comment-3357 anarchivist Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:30:51 +0000 http://booktruck.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/readers-advisory/#comment-3357 Right now, I'm wading my way through Etienne Wenger's <em>Communities of practice: Learning, meaning, and identity</em>. Next up (as soon as my hold arrives at my branch library) is Tracy Kidder's <em>The Soul of a New Machine</em>. I've been picking up and putting down Tom Reiss's <i>The Orientalist</i>. I really need to dig into some fiction. Right now, I’m wading my way through Etienne Wenger’s Communities of practice: Learning, meaning, and identity. Next up (as soon as my hold arrives at my branch library) is Tracy Kidder’s The Soul of a New Machine. I’ve been picking up and putting down Tom Reiss’s The Orientalist. I really need to dig into some fiction.

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