Week 6: Assignment 1
In Week 1: Assignment 4, you began following one of the genre links on the right. Write a blog post about your discoveries.
I elected to follow several of the genre links, on the assumption that each seemed to have potential use for readers' advisory, genre boot camp preparation, or book review inspiration/reference. Of the three, (Stop, You're Killing Me, EarlyWord, and Locus), I found Stop, You're Killing Me to be the most effective ready reference guide. I routinely use this website, not only for series read-alike recommendations, but also to identify authors and series based on customers' at-time foggy descriptions of the some of the chief characters in the series. Beyond it's usefulness as a tool for locating specifically sought materials, Stop You're Killing Me is one of the best resources I've found for recommending titles and series based on subgenre (Genre Index), occupation (Job Index) setting (Locational Index), era (Historical Index) or even character/setting background (Diversity Index).
It's simple, straight-forward, no-frills and a top-notch reference tool. Though it is simple in layout, it is meaty and thoroughly comprehensive in the depth and breadth of mystery characters, subgenres, and appeal factor categories. I cannot recommend it thoroughly enough and I make a habit of showing curious customers how to utilize it on their own.
In Week 1: Assignment 4, you began following one of the genre links on the right. Write a blog post about your discoveries.
I elected to follow several of the genre links, on the assumption that each seemed to have potential use for readers' advisory, genre boot camp preparation, or book review inspiration/reference. Of the three, (Stop, You're Killing Me, EarlyWord, and Locus), I found Stop, You're Killing Me to be the most effective ready reference guide. I routinely use this website, not only for series read-alike recommendations, but also to identify authors and series based on customers' at-time foggy descriptions of the some of the chief characters in the series. Beyond it's usefulness as a tool for locating specifically sought materials, Stop You're Killing Me is one of the best resources I've found for recommending titles and series based on subgenre (Genre Index), occupation (Job Index) setting (Locational Index), era (Historical Index) or even character/setting background (Diversity Index).
It's simple, straight-forward, no-frills and a top-notch reference tool. Though it is simple in layout, it is meaty and thoroughly comprehensive in the depth and breadth of mystery characters, subgenres, and appeal factor categories. I cannot recommend it thoroughly enough and I make a habit of showing curious customers how to utilize it on their own.
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