When the author and talent go together, the story brings pure pleasure. Readers’ advisory suggests five firsts for spring 2013.
Reading for National Poetry Month | Wyatt’s World
By on April 5, 2013 1 Comment
Emily Dickinson writes “life is such strong a vision that not one of it will fail.” One vision of life is poetry, so what does life look like in your library?
March Madness Basketball Reading | Wyatt’s World
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Basketball reads for fans of the underdog, legendary leaders and game-changer coaches, plus accounts of personal triumph after loss, play-by-play.
Celebrity Chefs | Wyatt’s World
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Selected cookbooks to be shelved in time for spring!
Women Writing | Wyatt’s World
By on March 12, 2013 2 Comments
March is Women’s History Month! Celebrate with five new titles by women authors Denise Kiernan, Joyce Carol Oates, Ruth Ozeki, Sheryl Sandberg, and Marisa Silver.
Conclave Reading | Wyatt’s World
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This week’s Wyatt’s World taps into the history of the papacy and the Catholic Church, highlighting titles that connect power to politics to prayer with accounts of the real and narratives of the imagined.
Five Fantagraphics Faves | Wyatt’s World
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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.
Romance Advisory | Wyatt’s World
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Readers’ Advisory for suspense, historical, steampunk, and paranormal romance novels.
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.
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