College Age Summer Reading
Dates: 5/10/02,3:36 PM through 5/14/02,9:16 AM (29 postings)
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FROM: "Janice Borg" <jborg@cooklib.org>
REC'D: 5/10/02, 3:36 PM
Thenk You in advance for your suggestions for the 18 - 22 year old crowd.
Janice Borg
Reader's Services
Cook Memorial Library
FROM: "Robbins, Christie" <CRobbins@QueensLibrary.org>
REC'D: 5/10/02, 3:36 PM
Christie Robbins
Queens Borough Public Library
FROM: Katie Dunneback <dunnebac@students.uiuc.edu>
REC'D: 5/10/02, 3:56 PM
Katie Dunneback
UIUC GSLIS - MLIS '03
>===== Original Message From "Janice Borg" <jborg@cooklib.org> =====
>
>Every summer as the college students return home for vacation, we get
requests for suggestions for a "really good book". Obviously we try to chat
for a few minutes but basically they want an engrossing read which is
different from their college work.
I'd appreciate your suggestions for our list. So far our
titles include:
>
> The Romance Reader...Abraham
> Tell No One...Coben
> Girl with a Pearl Earring...Chevalier
> Janet Evanovich series
> Without Remorse...Clancy
> The Samurai's Garden...Tsukiyama
> Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas...Patterson
> Left Behind series...LaHaye
> Memoirs of a Geisha...Golden
>
>
>Thenk You in advance for your suggestions for the 18 - 22 year old crowd.
>
>Janice Borg
>Reader's Services
>Cook Memorial Library
>
>.....................................................................
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FROM: "Amy J Richard" <amy.richard@lycos.com>
REC'D: 5/10/02, 4:06 PM
Amy
University City Regional Library
Charlotte, NC
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On Fri, 10 May 2002 15:29:28
Janice Borg wrote:
>
>Every summer as the college students return home for vacation, we get requests for suggestions for a "really good book". Obviously we try to chat for a few minutes but basically they want an engrossing read which is different from their college work. I'd appreciate your suggestions for our list. So far our titles include:
>
> The Romance Reader...Abraham
> Tell No One...Coben
> Girl with a Pearl Earring...Chevalier
> Janet Evanovich series
> Without Remorse...Clancy
> The Samurai's Garden...Tsukiyama
> Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas...Patterson
> Left Behind series...LaHaye
> Memoirs of a Geisha...Golden
>
>
>Thenk You in advance for your suggestions for the 18 - 22 year old crowd.
>
>Janice Borg
>Reader's Services
>Cook Memorial Library
>
>......................................................................
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FROM: mcraes@eiNetwork.Net (Sharon McRae)
REC'D: 5/10/02, 4:17 PM
Sharon McRae, Adult Services Librarian
Shaler North Hills Library
1822 Mt. Royal Blvd.
Glenshaw, PA 15116
----- Original Message -----
From: "Janice Borg" <jborg@cooklib.org>
Date: Friday, May 10, 2002 4:29 pm
Subject: College Age Summer Reading
>
> Every summer as the college students return home for vacation, we
> get requests for suggestions for a "really good book". Obviously
> we try to chat for a few minutes but basically they want an
> engrossing read which is different from their college work.
> I'd
> appreciate your suggestions for our list. So far our titles include:
>
> The Romance Reader...Abraham
> Tell No One...Coben
> Girl with a Pearl Earring...Chevalier
> Janet Evanovich series
> Without Remorse...Clancy
> The Samurai's Garden...Tsukiyama
> Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas...Patterson
> Left Behind series...LaHaye
> Memoirs of a Geisha...Golden
>
>
> Thenk You in advance for your suggestions for the 18 - 22 year old
> crowd.
> Janice Borg
> Reader's Services
> Cook Memorial Library
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
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FROM: Lisa Olsen <lolsen@clsn1269.cumberland.lib.nc.us>
REC'D: 5/10/02, 4:48 PM
_______________________________________________________________
Lisa A. Olsen
Information Services
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
Hope Mills Branch
3411 Golfview Road
Hope Mills, NC 28348-2266
(910)425-8455
On Fri, 10 May 2002, Janice Borg wrote:
>
> Every summer as the college students return home for vacation, we get requests for suggestions for a "really good book". Obviously we try to chat for a few minutes but basically they want an engrossing read which is different from their college work. I'd appreciate your suggestions for our list. So far our titles include:
>
> The Romance Reader...Abraham
> Tell No One...Coben
> Girl with a Pearl Earring...Chevalier
> Janet Evanovich series
> Without Remorse...Clancy
> The Samurai's Garden...Tsukiyama
> Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas...Patterson
> Left Behind series...LaHaye
> Memoirs of a Geisha...Golden
>
>
> Thenk You in advance for your suggestions for the 18 - 22 year old crowd.
>
> Janice Borg
> Reader's Services
> Cook Memorial Library
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
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FROM: dstreet@carmel.lib.in.us (Deanna Street)
REC'D: 5/10/02, 4:48 PM
Deanna Street
Readers' Advisory Librarian
Carmel Clay Public Library
FROM: dstreet@carmel.lib.in.us (Deanna Street)
REC'D: 5/10/02, 4:58 PM
Deanna Street
Readers' Advisory Librarian
Carmel Clay Public Library
FROM: jessica emily jones <jejones4@students.uiuc.edu>
REC'D: 5/10/02, 6:23 PM
Jessica Moyer
University of Illinois
ACDIS Libarian
On Fri, 10 May 2002, Janice Borg wrote:
>
> Every summer as the college students return home for vacation, we get requests for suggestions for a "really good book". Obviously we try to chat for a few minutes but basically they want an engrossing read which is different from their college work. I'd appreciate your suggestions for our list. So far our titles include:
>
> The Romance Reader...Abraham
> Tell No One...Coben
> Girl with a Pearl Earring...Chevalier
> Janet Evanovich series
> Without Remorse...Clancy
> The Samurai's Garden...Tsukiyama
> Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas...Patterson
> Left Behind series...LaHaye
> Memoirs of a Geisha...Golden
>
>
> Thenk You in advance for your suggestions for the 18 - 22 year old crowd.
>
> Janice Borg
> Reader's Services
> Cook Memorial Library
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>
FROM: "BookBitch" <bookbitch@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 5/10/02, 10:23 PM
all the Chick Lit authors, i.e. Helen Fielding, Anna Maxted, Jennifer
Weiner, Sophie Kinsella, Jane Green, Marian Keyes, Jenny Colgan, etc.
On the Road by Jack Kerouac - actually, any of the beat writers - Alan
Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Charles Bukowski
Tom Wolfe
Ken Kesey
Hunter S. Thompson
David Eggers
Michael Crichton
Tom Clancy
Diana Gabaldon
Haruki Murakami
Banana Yoshimoto
Stacy Alesi
Southwest County Regional Library
Palm Beach County Library System
I am the BookBitch
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FROM: Sandy Westbrook <sandyw@crlc.org>
REC'D: 5/11/02, 10:58 AM
Sandy Westbrook
South Windsor Public Library
At 03:29 PM 5/10/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>
>
>Every summer as the college students return home for vacation, we get
>requests for suggestions for a "really good book". Obviously we try to
>chat for a few minutes but basically they want an engrossing read which is
>different from their college
>work. I'd
>appreciate your suggestions for our list. So far our titles include:
>
> The Romance Reader...Abraham
> Tell No One...Coben
> Girl with a Pearl Earring...Chevalier
> Janet Evanovich series
> Without Remorse...Clancy
> The Samurai's Garden...Tsukiyama
> Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas...Patterson
> Left Behind series...LaHaye
> Memoirs of a Geisha...Golden
>
>
>Thenk You in advance for your suggestions for the 18 - 22 year old crowd.
>
>Janice Borg
>Reader's Services
>Cook Memorial
>Library
>
>
>......................................................................
>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
>Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
FROM: Patience Beer <beerpati@metronet.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 5/11/02, 11:19 AM
Lisa Olsen wrote:
> I would recommend "Doomsday Book" and "To Say Nothing of the Dog" by
> Connie Willis.
>
> _______________________________________________________________
>
> Lisa A. Olsen
>
> Information Services
>
> Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
> Hope Mills Branch
> 3411 Golfview Road
> Hope Mills, NC 28348-2266
>
> (910)425-8455
>
> On Fri, 10 May 2002, Janice Borg wrote:
>
> >
> > Every summer as the college students return home for vacation, we get requests for suggestions for a "really good book". Obviously we try to chat for a few minutes but basically they want an engrossing read which is different from their college work. I'd appreciate your suggestions for our list. So far our titles include:
> >
> > The Romance Reader...Abraham
> > Tell No One...Coben
> > Girl with a Pearl Earring...Chevalier
> > Janet Evanovich series
> > Without Remorse...Clancy
> > The Samurai's Garden...Tsukiyama
> > Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas...Patterson
> > Left Behind series...LaHaye
> > Memoirs of a Geisha...Golden
> >
> >
> > Thenk You in advance for your suggestions for the 18 - 22 year old crowd.
> >
> > Janice Borg
> > Reader's Services
> > Cook Memorial Library
> >
> > ......................................................................
> > Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> > Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
> >
>
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FROM: Michele Beyke <beykemi@epicurus.oplin.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 5/11/02, 11:40 AM
Michele Beyke
Circulation Clerk
New Madison Public Library
142 S Main St Box 32
New Madison, OH 45346
FROM: Mary K Chelton <mchelton@optonline.net>
REC'D: 5/12/02, 9:04 AM
I was reminded by this of our table's attempt at the recent PLA
preconference to do a readalike exercise for matches with Janet Evanovich.
Everyone pulled out every funny mystery they knew about, as if being funny
was enough. I pointed out that it was her humor that I loathed (I realize
this makes me a minority) and I wanted to know what kind of "funny" these
other books were. That stopped the discussion cold there, too.
I'm sorry to be a wet blanket, but couldn't help myself.
Mary K.
****************************************************************************
Mary K. Chelton, Ph. D.
Associate Professor, Graduate School of
Library and Information Studies, 254 Rosenthal Library,
Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY 11367;
Phones: (718) 997-3667 (direct/voice/voicemail),
3790 (general office), 3797 (fax).
Home: 35 Mercury Ave., East Patchogue, NY 11772.
Phone: (631)286-4255, no home fax.
E-mail: mchelton@optonline.net
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Mary K.
FROM: "BookBitch" <bookbitch@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 5/12/02, 1:51 PM
I live in a town with a state university. I've worked for Borders for five
years and the majority of the employees in my store are college students.
Part of my job at the library is the supervision of over 250 student
volunteers. And I am a college student, although considerably older than
most of my peers. The list I provided were titles that I have recommended
to people in their late teens through early twenties, most of whom are in
college, and/or are titles/authors that students have recommended to me and
to each other. The reason the list I provided is so diverse, from Chip Kidd
to Marion Zimmer Bradley to Tom Clancy to Charles Bukowski, is that college
students are so diverse.
I didn't just pull those titles/authors out of my hat. I haven't studied
Joyce Sarick's books nor Catherine Ross's research. I just talk to a lot of
people about books. A lot of college-age people. And they talk to me.
Hope this sets your mind at rest.
Stacy Alesi
Southwest County Regional Library
Palm Beach County Library System
I am the BookBitch
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From: Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org
[mailto:Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Mary K Chelton
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 12:57 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: college age summer reading
Could anyone who suggested titles tell me how you analyzed their appeal as
"good books" for college aged people in the absence of the people and a
discussion with them about what they (not you) thought was a "good book?"
Maybe because I use Joyce Saricks' books in my RA course and have read so
much of Catherine Ross's research, I am suspicious of ready lists of titles
matched only on librarians' perceptions of what is "good" for anybody. I
realize that this sounds like I'm throwing cold water on a nice
collaboration to produce a list of good books for college aged readers, but
the list might well be meaningless when you are confronted with real people.
I was reminded by this of our table's attempt at the recent PLA
preconference to do a readalike exercise for matches with Janet Evanovich.
Everyone pulled out every funny mystery they knew about, as if being funny
was enough. I pointed out that it was her humor that I loathed (I realize
this makes me a minority) and I wanted to know what kind of "funny" these
other books were. That stopped the discussion cold there, too.
I'm sorry to be a wet blanket, but couldn't help myself.
Mary K.
FROM: "Roberta Johnson" <rjohnson@dppl.org>
REC'D: 5/12/02, 2:02 PM
We could make a list of "popular with older teens" and co-publish it
with a list of "Books you'll have to read so you might as well get
started now." In other words, in the absence of the conversation with
the person, we have to rely on circulation and Literature syllabi (is
that a word?).
Roberta
-----Original Message-----
From: Mary K Chelton [mailto:mchelton@optonline.net]
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 11:57 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: college age summer reading
Could anyone who suggested titles tell me how you analyzed their appeal
as
"good books" for college aged people in the absence of the people and a
discussion with them about what they (not you) thought was a "good
book?"
Maybe because I use Joyce Saricks' books in my RA course and have read
so
much of Catherine Ross's research, I am suspicious of ready lists of
titles
matched only on librarians' perceptions of what is "good" for anybody.
I
realize that this sounds like I'm throwing cold water on a nice
collaboration to produce a list of good books for college aged readers,
but
the list might well be meaningless when you are confronted with real
people.
I was reminded by this of our table's attempt at the recent PLA
preconference to do a readalike exercise for matches with Janet
Evanovich.
Everyone pulled out every funny mystery they knew about, as if being
funny
was enough. I pointed out that it was her humor that I loathed (I
realize
this makes me a minority) and I wanted to know what kind of "funny"
these
other books were. That stopped the discussion cold there, too.
I'm sorry to be a wet blanket, but couldn't help myself.
Mary K.
************************************************************************
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Mary K. Chelton, Ph. D.
Associate Professor, Graduate School of
Library and Information Studies, 254 Rosenthal Library,
Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY 11367;
Phones: (718) 997-3667 (direct/voice/voicemail),
3790 (general office), 3797 (fax).
Home: 35 Mercury Ave., East Patchogue, NY 11772.
Phone: (631)286-4255, no home fax.
E-mail: mchelton@optonline.net
************************************************************************
****
Mary K.
FROM: jessica emily jones <jejones4@students.uiuc.edu>
REC'D: 5/12/02, 9:46 PM
My suggestions of Wicked and strong support of Mists of Avalon, come from
being a very recent college student, even though I am in grad school I am
still only 21, so I feel that I am definitely part of the group. Both
titles are interesting works, that approach some common themes, Wizard of
oz, Arthurian legend, from a new and interesting perspective. Also I
specifically liked these titles because they are not just everyday pop
fiction, but, in my opinion, have a bit more to them, that is thought
provoking and unusual, something that I think would be appealing to other
college students.
Going in a different direction, the suggestions of Jenny Colgan and Helen
Fielding, I think appeal to the girls of this age group because they are a
lot like their own lives, of dating, girl friends, dieting and bars. And
of course all the other reaons that Bridget Jones' diary has been so
popular.
So there are my two cents on why these two books/authors would be
appealing to this age group.
Jessica Moyer
ACDIS Librarian
University of Illinois
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
On Sun, 12 May 2002, Mary K Chelton wrote:
> Could anyone who suggested titles tell me how you analyzed their appeal as
> "good books" for college aged people in the absence of the people and a
> discussion with them about what they (not you) thought was a "good book?"
> Maybe because I use Joyce Saricks' books in my RA course and have read so
> much of Catherine Ross's research, I am suspicious of ready lists of titles
> matched only on librarians' perceptions of what is "good" for anybody. I
> realize that this sounds like I'm throwing cold water on a nice
> collaboration to produce a list of good books for college aged readers, but
> the list might well be meaningless when you are confronted with real people.
>
> I was reminded by this of our table's attempt at the recent PLA
> preconference to do a readalike exercise for matches with Janet Evanovich.
> Everyone pulled out every funny mystery they knew about, as if being funny
> was enough. I pointed out that it was her humor that I loathed (I realize
> this makes me a minority) and I wanted to know what kind of "funny" these
> other books were. That stopped the discussion cold there, too.
>
> I'm sorry to be a wet blanket, but couldn't help myself.
>
> Mary K.
> ****************************************************************************
> Mary K. Chelton, Ph. D.
> Associate Professor, Graduate School of
> Library and Information Studies, 254 Rosenthal Library,
> Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY 11367;
> Phones: (718) 997-3667 (direct/voice/voicemail),
> 3790 (general office), 3797 (fax).
>
> Home: 35 Mercury Ave., East Patchogue, NY 11772.
> Phone: (631)286-4255, no home fax.
> E-mail: mchelton@optonline.net
> ****************************************************************************
>
>
>
> Mary K.
>
>
> ......................................................................
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FROM: dunnebac <dunnebac@students.uiuc.edu>
REC'D: 5/13/02, 12:17 AM
Reasons:
1. I'm 24. I'm in the age group requested.
2. In the many book discussion groups I belong to on the web, about 1/4 of us
are >26 years of age, the majority of that group being in the
college/immediately post-college age group. We talk about all genres of book
all of the time.
3. I think that if you are an RA librarian, it is part of your duty to know
what all of your patrons, of all ages, are interested in.
4. As with any group: ie. every individual is just that. Everyone is going to
have their own particular tastes, so if any librarian just took this list and
handed it to a patron without asking questions, such as: "do you like romance,
or is it the scum of the earth?", the romance-hating patron, so sad that there
are people out there who despise happy endings, is going to be greatly
offended that you gave them a list to explore and authors such as Nora
Roberts, Jayne Ann Krentz, Elizabeth Lowell, etc. were on it.
5. Probably the biggest assumption that those of us who made suggestions made
was that the college-age patron would be looking for something like a summer
read. Ie. light, fluffy, and little to no brain activity involved. After
having to read Kafka, Moliere, and Potok during the past 9 months, they
probably don't want to head to the _War and Peace_ or _The Brothers
Karamozov_.
That's just my two cents though.
Katie Dunneback
UIUC GSLIS - MLIS '03
FROM: "christine jeffords" <sevenstars39@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 5/13/02, 7:50 AM
If they like fantasy and haven't read David Eddings yet, point them his way.
He has 12 books in or connected to the Belgariad and six in the
Elenium--and they're thick.
If they're into Westerns, suggest Larry McMurtry. The Lonesome Dove trilogy
is praised by almost everyone who encounters it--and its books too are
thick.
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FROM: "christine jeffords" <sevenstars39@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 5/13/02, 8:00 AM
For sf fans, the late Poul Anderson is extremely prolific and writes with a
poetic style. Start with the early Ensign Flandry books and work up. His
fantasies too are very good: "Midsummer Tempest" should hook the English
majors in the crowd.
You could also suggest they boot up and pay a visit to
http://www.bookbrowser.com, which will suggest many series, mystery and
otherwise.
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FROM: "christine jeffords" <sevenstars39@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 5/13/02, 8:00 AM
>From: dstreet@carmel.lib.in.us (Deanna Street)
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <fiction_l@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: College Age Summer Reading
>Date: Fri, May 10 2002 16:52:47 GMT-0500
>
>Mary Higgins Clark and the Amelia Peabody mysteries by Elizabeth Peters are
>popular.
>
And don't forget the others Peters, Ellis, with Brother Cadfael!
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FROM: "christine jeffords" <sevenstars39@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 5/13/02, 8:10 AM
>From: jessica emily jones <jejones4@students.uiuc.edu>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <fiction_l@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Re: College Age Summer Reading
>Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 18:19:39 -0500 (CDT)
>
>My first suggestion would be Wicked by Gregory Maguire, interesting,
>unusual, and engrossing and about the Wizard of Oz, something familiar to
>all in those age groups.
>
There are many other such modern treatments of classic fairy tales too.
Start with Robin McKinley ("Beauty," "The Spindle," "Men of Sherwood").
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FROM: Kathleen Stipek <kstipek@exchange.acld.lib.fl.us>
REC'D: 5/13/02, 8:10 AM
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From: christine jeffords [mailto:sevenstars39@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 8:54 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: College Age Summer Reading
>From: dstreet@carmel.lib.in.us (Deanna Street)
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <fiction_l@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: College Age Summer Reading
>Date: Fri, May 10 2002 16:52:47 GMT-0500
>
>Mary Higgins Clark and the Amelia Peabody mysteries by Elizabeth Peters are
>popular.
>
And don't forget the others Peters, Ellis, with Brother Cadfael!
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FROM: Diana Tixier Herald <dherald@sff.net>
REC'D: 5/13/02, 8:10 AM
Strangely enough, the books my college friends are recommending to me are
the Lemony Snicket books. Even though the books are published for middle
grade readers, lit majors are picking up on the literary references Handler
has included. I don't know if this is a local phenomena or widespread. The
proprietor of the body piercing studio across the street from the college is
a great reader (she has characters from children's books tattooed around her
arms) and talks books with any of her customers who are willing. I think she
is the one who started the Lemony Snicket thing here with college students.
--
Happy reading,
Diana Tixier Herald
Books of the Week Page http://www.genrefluent.com
dherald@sff.net
FROM: "christine jeffords" <sevenstars39@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 5/13/02, 8:21 AM
>From: "BookBitch" <bookbitch@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <fiction_l@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: RE: College Age Summer Reading
>Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 23:20:17 -0400
>
>The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Also "Lady of Avalon," the Darkover series, "The Fall of Atlantis,"
"Firebrand" (about the Trojan War), "The Forest House," "Witch Hill," "The
Inheritor," the Light series ("Ghostlight," "Heartlight," "Witchlight,"
"Gravelight"). "Lythande," "The Ruins of Isis" (about a matriarchal society
in spacefaring days), "The Catch Trap" (trapeze performers), "Dark Satanic,"
"Night's Daughter" (novelization of Mozart's Magic Flute).
Readers of these may also enjoy Jennifer Roberson. The Tiger & Del, or
Sword-Dancer, saga is up to six volumes; the Cheysuli has recently been
reissued in a series of paperback omnibus volumes; and for romance fans,
there's "Lady of the Glen," "Lady of the Forest," and "Lady of Sherwood."
Mercedes Lackey is another good bet and very prolific. Her main series, the
Valdemar Saga, is long and getting longer. There are numerous Web pages
devoted to her books; suggest they use their favorite search engine to find
out about them.
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FROM: Sandy Westbrook <sandyw@crlc.org>
REC'D: 5/13/02, 8:51 AM
Mary K.,
You're right, it's hard to do RA without the person in front of you.
But, I do think that you can do some preliminary educated guess work. When
I sent in a list of suggested authors for college aged readers, I sent in
authors read by my twenty-something sons, their girlfriends and the
library's college aged part timers. They all read very different books so
I felt confident that something in the list would appeal to at least some
other college age readers.
I do the same thing when someone asks me about a book that might appeal
to their husband, son, boyfriend, who doesn't read much. I start them out
with something I know other men enjoy - Dave Barry or John Grisham, maybe
and I might suggest an audio book to start. If you make an effort, the
patron will usually return and tell you whether you guessed right or wrong
and you can move on from there.
Sandy Westbrook
South Windsor Public Library
South Windsor, CT 06074
Ph 860-644-1541
Fax 860-644-7645
sandyw@crlc.org
FROM: Cynthia Orr <cynthia.orr@cpl.org>
REC'D: 5/13/02, 9:13 AM
She basically does what any other reader does. First she went for authors
she knows she's liked in the past. But she'd read all of the Nora Roberts
books they had on the shelf. So I asked her what kind of book she was in
the mood for, and she said she loved Ken Follett's books. So we went to
the thriller section and chatted a bit about what she liked about Follett
and it was great for me because I could pull out what I think of as "best
of" books in the genre. But, as you would do with any reader, I pulled
out a range of things and let her choose based on the jacket copy, etc.
I'm not sure that she is typical, as she wasn't necessarily looking for
something that was aimed particularly at her age group. She just wanted
"good stories" so that she could escape from school work. I agree with
Mary K. that it's hard to recommend "generic" books just because someone
is the same age. As another example, when I had my hair cut last week, I
was chatting with the stylist, who is a year older than my daughter but
didn't go to college. She had just finished reading Lolita and loved it.
If you were going to make assumptions, you might think the hairdresser
would read Nora Roberts and the college student would read Nabokov, but
there you are--you can't make assumptions like that.
But anyway, I think when you're trying to make displays or lists that will
appeal to a broad group of people, the thing to do is pick those Best Bets
that many people enjoy, and list a wide range of types of books so they
can make their own choices. Otherwise, I agree that it's best to talk to
each person.
---
Cynthia Orr
Collection Manager
Cleveland Public Library
17133 Lake Shore Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44110
(216) 623-2906
Fax - (216)623-2977
www.cpl.org
FROM: Lisa Olsen <lolsen@clsn1269.cumberland.lib.nc.us>
REC'D: 5/13/02, 12:54 PM
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Lisa A. Olsen
On Mon, 13 May 2002, dunnebac wrote:
> 5. Probably the biggest assumption that those of us who made suggestions made
> was that the college-age patron would be looking for something like a summer
> read. Ie. light, fluffy, and little to no brain activity involved. After
> having to read Kafka, Moliere, and Potok during the past 9 months, they
> probably don't want to head to the _War and Peace_ or _The Brothers
> Karamozov_.
>
>
> That's just my two cents though.
>
> Katie Dunneback
> UIUC GSLIS - MLIS '03
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FROM: "christine jeffords" <sevenstars39@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 5/14/02, 9:16 AM
>From: Mary K Chelton <mchelton@optonline.net>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <fiction_l@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: college age summer reading
>Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 09:56:56 -0700
>
>Could anyone who suggested titles tell me how you analyzed their appeal as
>"good books" for college aged people in the absence of the people and a
>discussion with them about what they (not you) thought was a "good book?"
You'll have noticed that *I* usually qualify my suggestions: "If they're
Western fans...if they're into fantasy..." I agree, a good RA person needs
to know her patrons, or at least spend a few minutes trying to get a handle
on their likes and interests. Of course, if the patron says, "I loved
So-and-So's novels and I want to read more like them," that's certainly a
big help!
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