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Non-Obvious Ways to Enhance Reader's Advisory Knowledge
Return to Fiction_L Booklists Menu July 2006 (To use this list in your library, book club, etc., please include the following credit line: "Compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list." This list may not be used for commercial purposes.)
 Listen to the NPR radio program, Writer's Almanac, narrated by Garrison Keillor, or receive daily emails from http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/ Sign up for Daily Dose emails from Powell's Books (readers choose favorite titles): http://www.powells.com/features/dailydose.html Sign up for Review-A-Day from Powell's Books (reviews from a variety of newspapers and magazines): http://www.powells.com/review Sign up for Publisher's Weekly email newsletters: https://www.publishersweekly.com For Library Journal subscribers, a weekly LJ Express newsletter via email: http://www.libraryjournal.com/ Subscribe to Publishers Marketplace ($20 a month, a site for publishing professionals): http://www.publishersmarketplace.com Visit the Bookslut website (interviews, reviews and more): www.bookslut.com/blog Visit the Elegant Variation (British publishing; a Guardian Top 10 Literary blog): www.marksarvas.blogs.com Visit the Bookshelves of Doom (book news and reviews): http://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com For YA RA, visit Ann Arbor Public Library Books blog: www.aadl.org/catalog/books Visit the Ornery Librarian (an eclectic assortment of reviews, etc.): http://ornerylibrarian.blogspot.com Subscribe to Fresh Fiction (a daily update of new titles and media appearances) via email: http://www.freshfiction.com/ Subscribe to Publisher's Lunch: http://www.caderbooks.com Subscribe to Resource Shelf (Resources and News for Information Professionals): http://resourceshelf.freepint.com/ Visit Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind (Crime fiction and more): http://www.sarahweinman.com Subscribe to Book Trade News Digest (for news about publishing in the UK): http://forums.booktrade.info Visit or subscribe to Daily Media News from GalleyCat (a blog about books and publishing): http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat Visit SFsite (home page for science fiction and fantasy): http://www.sfsite.com Visit All About Romance (the back fence for lovers of romance novels): http://www.likesbooks.com Visit Cluelass (comprehensive information about the world of mystery fiction): http://www.cluelass.com Sign up for the Borders Reward program (email newsletters, etc.): www.bordersrewards.com Sign up for Barnes and Noble newsletters (including best picks for book clubs): http://www.barnesandnoble.com/newsletters Visit online message boards (such as those used by teens, especially useful for YA RA) Create displays (makes us dig deeper and research titles) Create bookmarks and booklists (makes us research titles) Collection development (research the best book titles) Keep a reader's notebook for yourself, listing titles, genres, etc. Browse new books Attend writers' conferences. Examples: Boucheron, Worldcon, RWA Indulge in popular culture via People magazine, Entertainment Weekly and television shows such as Entertainment Tonight, etc. Look for titles reviewed in non-book periodicals such as science journals or cooking magazines
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