Tuesday, May 28, 2013

I follow The Daily Beast which is a great resource for for new titles, both those which look interesting, and those which look like they might be the next "hot" read. DB also contains in-depth articles and interviews, as well as significant sample excerpts. 

Create an adult fiction popular titles list for Randallstown in CollectionHQ and the titles and authors which appear are the typical bestsellers like Harlen Coben, Nora Roberts and whatever title is the hoppin' in the news, like Gone Girl. Unlike some other branches, African-American interest titles generate a lot of interest here and also show up on the popular list. EarlyWord is great to see what what's hot now, what's heating up, and I love the all the links to external sites (everything you ever wanted to know about books but were afraid to ask,) especially the Awards list/links. I visit EarlyWord regularly, but this training reminded me just how vast the site's resources are.

My guess for the summer's must read?  The Shining Girls is prominently placed on EarlyWord, The Huff Post's top 30 reads, and on The Daily Beast. Serial killers, time travel, psychologically creepy--sounds like a combo of perennial best-selling fast-paced thrillers with a dose of the literary. It could have a broad cross-appeal, and readers of the imaginitively written The Time Traveler's Wife and The Night Circus might be interested in it as readers of Nicci French or Harlen Coben.

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