Week 3 Prompt

1.  Using Novelist and searching for (either by series title or by author name and then selecting series) Anita Blake books, the fourth book of the series was released in January 1996, titled The Lunatic Café. 

2. Using Novelist, did a basic search for Prodigal Summer under title. Scrolled through the title read-alikes to look at pace. The only entry that mentioned fast-pacing was The Queen of the Big Time by Adriana Trigiani. Other titles that may not be faster paced included Anthill by Edward O. Wilson and A Rhinestone Button by Gail Anderson-Dargatz.

3. Using Novelist, did a basic search for “Japanese historical” and limiting to adult. After looking at the entries, found a couple books that looked promising, The Printmaker’s Daughter by Katherine Govier and The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery. By clicking on the tag “Japan – History – 19^th Century”, several other titles come up that would be useful.

4. Searched Novelist for the title Well Schooled In Murder. A few possible read-alikes include Still Life by Louise Penny, The Man With a Load of Mischief by Martha Grimes, and Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers.

5. Using Novelist, I searched for the Walking Dead and/or World War Z using a title search.  From there, noticed that the read alikes on the side did not offer the subject of zombies, I found the subject headings and selected zombies.  From there, reading the descriptions, I could recommend a book such as the Living Dead, which through short stories, would offer the patron a variety of stories to read.

In all honesty, most of my reading selections are suggestions made by my wife, and she uses Kirkus, School Library Journal, and Publisher’s Weekly to find books that peak her interest.  I’ve also decided to read a book based on a particular review on Goodreads or a blog.