Fiction_L Archives Readers Advisory Sources Dates: 5/17/02,12:00 PM  through  5/20/02,12:51 PM  (5 postings) Search for: Select one or more indexes to search: 2011-current     2009-2010     2004-2008    1995-2003    (Matches from each index will be displayed separately in the results page.) Return to May 2002 thread menu   |   Fiction_L Archives Menu

FROM: Sarah Nagle <[removed]@co.carver.mn.us>
REC'D: 5/17/02, 12:00 PM

I'm not sure that this is the right thread title or not - but, why would
anyone be ashamed to admit that they read Entertainment Weekly "for the
reviews"? I read the whole thing, darn it - you certainly can find out what
is going on in mainstream popular culture. After all, they are highlighting
well-promoted books - ones which our patrons will certainly ask for - and if
we don't know about them, then it's egg on our collective face. I also
appreciate People's "thriller" or "beach read" or whatever-of-the-week
picks; I had a patron tell me that she they usually were pretty good
selections. Why ignore such a central resource?

FROM: "Carol Kubala" <[removed]@columbiapl.libct.org>
REC'D: 5/18/02, 7:54 AM

This is the same reason I check out the titles suggested in Peoply Weekl!

--
Carol Kubala
Adult Services Librarian
Columbia/Saxton B. Little Free
Voice 860-228-0350 Fax 860-228-1569

Sarah Nagle wrote:

> I'm not sure that this is the right thread title or not - but, why would
> anyone be ashamed to admit that they read Entertainment Weekly "for the
> reviews"? I read the whole thing, darn it - you certainly can find out what
> is going on in mainstream popular culture. After all, they are highlighting
> well-promoted books - ones which our patrons will certainly ask for - and if
> we don't know about them, then it's egg on our collective face. I also
> appreciate People's "thriller" or "beach read" or whatever-of-the-week
> picks; I had a patron tell me that she they usually were pretty good
> selections. Why ignore such a central resource?
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 5/18/02, 10:21 AM

Not just People or EW, but Cosmo, Glamour, US, Women's Day, Family Circle they all have book reviews. Maybe not on a monthly/weekly basis but whenever they do I make sure to read them because that is what my patrons are reading.

--
Ilene Lefkowitz
Reference Department Head
Kinnelon Public Library
[removed]@aol.com

FROM: "M. Wms." <[removed]@adelphia.net>
REC'D: 5/18/02, 10:54 AM

Oprah's "O" magazine has book reviews in each issue, and in this
month's issue (June 2002), there's a really good essay by Nora
Ephron about reading and books.

~ Molly Wms.
--
Molly Williams, Volunteer, Waterboro Public Library (Maine)
Library Weblog: http://www.waterboro.lib.me.us/blog.htm

[removed]@aol.com wrote:

> Not just People or EW, but Cosmo, Glamour, US, Women's Day, Family Circle they all have book reviews. Maybe not on a monthly/weekly basis but whenever they do I make sure to read them because that is what my patrons are reading.
>
>

FROM: Shirley Taylor <[removed]@rochestercatholic.k12.mn.us>
REC'D: 5/20/02, 12:51 PM

I also use/used the following sources: Essence, Ebony, Hispanic and the now-defunct AMagazine (Asian). These all highlighted fiction & non-fiction for the respective communities.

>
> Subject: Readers Advisory Sources
> From: "Sarah Nagle" <[removed]@co.carver.mn.us>
> Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 09:58:55 -0500
>
> I'm not sure that this is the right thread title or not - but, why would
> anyone be ashamed to admit that they read Entertainment Weekly "for the
> reviews"? I read the whole thing, darn it - you certainly can find out what
> is going on in mainstream popular culture. After all, they are highlighting
> well-promoted books - ones which our patrons will certainly ask for - and if
> we don't know about them, then it's egg on our collective face. I also
> appreciate People's "thriller" or "beach read" or whatever-of-the-week
> picks; I had a patron tell me that she they usually were pretty good
> selections. Why ignore such a central resource?
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------
Shirley Taylor, Librarian
Lourdes Library
Lourdes High School
Rochester, MN 55902
507-289-3991 ext 220

Return to May 2002 thread menu   |   Fiction_L Archives Menu

The Webrary® and Fiction_L are services of the Morton Grove Public Library "Webrary" is a registered trademark of the Morton Grove Public Library. All rights reserved. Copyright of Fiction_L postings belongs to their respective authors; postings may only be reused with the author's permission. Compiled lists (compilations of titles or authors from earlier postings on a particular topic) may not be reused for commercial purposes. To use a compiled list for non-commercial purposes, please credit "Subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list." All other content is ©2012 Morton Grove Public Library, 6140 Lincoln Ave., Morton Grove, IL 60053-2989, (847) 965-4220.