#1 While following
the Romantic Times website I was intrigued reading Romance industry news stories
on the Industry Insider about new authors on the scene as well as the increase
in novels to be published in the coming year. I was surprised to discover that
the Romance category covers all interest areas from paranormal, historical,
inspirational, contemporary, suspense to the bodice-ripper books, which seem to
be the general impression of the genre. I have also enjoyed reading the RT
Daily Blog.
#2 I am
embarrassed to admit that although the NY Times Best Sellers list has been displayed
at branches where I have worked, I have never really looked at this resource
before the Be More Bookish training. I now make an effort to evaluate this on a
weekly basis. The list is a huge help when customers come in confused about a
title that they are interested in putting on hold. I am definitely going to
continue to monitor this list!
#3 The Madness Underneath by Maureen
Johnson is the second novel in the Shades of London series. Teens are the
target audience for this thrilling and suspenseful story about a teenage girl
from Texas who has moved to a boarding school in London. Surviving a near death
experience gives the heroine an ability to see and communicate with ghosts and
she ultimately gets recruited by the “Shades” to help locate and dispatch
murderous spirits haunting the city. The Kirkus Review appropriately describes
this fast moving and fun novel a “creepy, clever and
ambiguous.” I thoroughly enjoyed The
Name of the Star last year, which was the first book of this series. By reading
Early Word’s “Coming Soon/Season’s Previews” I became alerted to the fact that
the sequel was available.
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