New graphic novels for patrons whose reading taste doesn’t fit between the lines.
Frozen in Time | RA Crossroads
By on February 21, 2013 Leave a Comment
Steer your patrons to Mitchell Zuckoff’s retelling of the November 1942 crash of a U.S. cargo plane into the Greenland Ice Cap, the loss of the B-17 sent to find it, and the loss of a Grumman Duck amphibious plane that had managed to rescue one B-17 crew member. LJ’s readers’ advisory suggests World War II narratives read-alikes, read-arounds, and watch-alikes.
African American Authors Then and Now | Wyatt’s World
By on February 20, 2013 Leave a Comment
LJ’s readers’ advisory expert celebrates Black History Month with the current and previously published work of Jamaica Kincaid, Countee Cullen, Sampson Davis, Charles Henry Rowell, and Jeanne Theoharis.
Elegiac Ink: Death in Graphic Novels | The Reader’s Shelf: February 15, 2013
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Reviews of graphic novels exploring the themes of death and mortality.
Romance Advisory | Wyatt’s World
By on February 11, 2013 Leave a Comment
Readers’ Advisory for suspense, historical, steampunk, and paranormal romance novels.
Erotica: Full-Frontal Shelving | Genre Spotlight
By on February 11, 2013 14 Comments
If your library doesn’t already collect erotic literature, where should you start? How do you mine your collection for titles you may already have? How do you help patrons navigate the world of erotic literature and assist them in finding something they want to read?
200 Years of Pride and Prejudice | Wyatt’s World
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In 200 years, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice has evolved as a novel and there’s no knowing how it started or where it will end.
The Narrating Brilliance of Simon Prebble | RA Crossroads
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Experience the brilliance of audiobook narrator Simon Prebble in his own voice, listen-alikes, listen-arounds, and listen-agains. Readers’ advisory recommends Clarke’s Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell; Morgenstern’s The Night Circus; Eliot’s Middlemarch, Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities among others to get reading patrons listening.
The Reader’s Shelf | February 1, 2013
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Books exploring the concept of place
RUSA’s 2013 Most Notable | Wyatt’s World
By on January 29, 2013 Leave a Comment
Readers’ advisory and collection development librarians of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association, list top fiction, nonfiction, reference, and audiobook titles. Winners of The Dartmouth Medal, The Sophie Brody Medal, Listen Lists and Reading Lists.
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