Friday, February 21, 2014
Week Six Prompt
Personally, I don't agree with this statement. I think it's good to have read the book. but, I don't think you have to like it. I don't like certain genres, but if it's a good book, even one I might not personally like, I should be able to see things in it that would appeal to readers who do like that genre. Let's use Twilight for example. Personally, I don't really like it. However, I can see the appeal so I could booktalk the heck out of it. If I had to, I could sell it to a teen audience, because I can see how it would appeal to THEM as opposed to me. It's part of being non-biased and well-versed in different genres and styles.
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That's a great point. In my response, I said that we should like the books that we use for booktalks. However, I definitely see your point. The fact is, we are not going to like every book we read, but that does not mean that they will not appeal to other readers. The point of this class is to make us able to suggest books to all patrons, no matter what genre they are requesting. If we used our reader's advisory skills, we actually could do a booktalk for any book, even if we didn't enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteMy sister and brother-in-law talked about Twilight just this morning over coffee and banana bread. I mentioned that I had read neither Twilight nor Harry Potter. (They thought it was scandalous that I hadn't read Harry Potter.)
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