iHCPL # 54. Social Networking

1. I joined a book club in Junior High School. The book was 'Lord of the Flies'. I went to one meeting. That was enough for me. I prefer to read for pleasure. I do not care about symbolism, author's agenda or whether or not anyone else likes the book I want to read. I won't be joining a book club again, either on line or in person.

2. IF I were to want to implement a book club in this library, I would choose one for readers of cozy mysteries. To gather members I would put fliers in the lobby and invitations to join in the books being checked out by other cozy mystery readers. Using Goodreads, I would choose Diane Mott Davidson's 'Prime Cut' for the group to read.

3. I searched for 'The Good Dog' by Avi on Shelfari and Goodreads. Both sites gave the book a 4 stars or better rating.

#53 Finding Books Online

1. The 3 closest booksellers to me are: Echo Mountain Press, a private printing company; Homeschool Haven, a homeschool book store; and Barnes & Nobles, a true book store. All have websites. The private printing company appears to be based in a home. The homeschool store is specifically for the purchase and selling of books for homeschool programs. Barnes & Nobles is located in the Deerbrook Mall.

2. 'The Cat Who Wished to be a Wise Man' by Alexander Lloyd is not listed as being available from Barnes & Nobles, nor is it available from Giant Book Sale, which is the forth closest book store to me.

3.For 30 minutes I read 'Chasing Time: A Magical Bicycle Mystery' from my computer screen. I would not choose to read a book this way, I prefer to have it in my hand to read. I can see the advantage to being able to download a specific book to listen to for travel purposes.

iHCPL #52 What to Read

1. Using Novelist Plus, I entered Lilian Jackson Braun as a cozy mystery writer and the results included Rita Mae Brown, Nancy Atherton and M C Beaton. I have read all these authors and agreed with the results as being read alikes. The lists from What Should I Read Next and Fiction_L Booklists were not the same, however there were some authors on each that I have read and I do agree that they are cozy reads. I like Diane Mott Davidson from What Should I Read Next, and Jeff Abbott from Fiction_L Booklists.

2.Using Novelist Plus, I found The Cat Who Wished to be a Wise Man, by Alexander Lloyd and The Good Dog by Avi for the fourth grade girl. I also found Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits and Haunted Places by Brad Steiger, and Restless: a ghost story by Rich Wallace for the 13 year old brother.

3.For the customer who has read all of Koontz's books, using What Should I Read Next, I would recommed Iris Johansen or F. Paul Wilson; using Novelist Plus, I found Greg Bear and John Saul.

4.Using the What's Next website, Alanna:the First Adventure comes from the Song of the Lioness Quartet series. Book 2 is In the Hands of the Goddess; book 3 is The Woman Who Rides Like a Man; & book 4 is Lioness Rampant.