Week 5

Assignment #1 - I have been following NPR books. The page setup makes it easy to browse. By following this site, I received information on new books, new authors, books turning into movies, and deaths of authors. This is a useful tool because it also highlights what is discussed on NPR. Many customers listen to NPR and request books that were mentioned. I enjoyed listening to many of the podcasts that were also uploaded to this site.


Assignment #2- The customers at my branch ask for many genres of books, but I feel the majority of the time I am helping customers find popular fiction authors, children's books, or DVD's. Early Word is a fantastic resource for keeping me updated on new items in each of these categories. I signed up for the newsletter and it is emailed to me often. This works well for me. Sometimes I can spend a lot of time reading the updates and other times I may look at it on my phone. Even if I am looking at it on my phone, I am able to see the covers of the new books and that is better than nothing! :) The Early Word Kids site is also very helpful to me. I am a mom and a preschool teacher as well as being a librarian, so I use this source a lot!!


Assignment #3- The Last Pilot by Benjamin Johncock is a fictional book that focuses on the Space Race of the 1950's. It is a story that has action, adventure, and love. By reading the synopsis, it reminded me of the new TV show The Astronauts Wives Club. Also, the movie The Martian is set to come out in October and the trailers have been shown at many recent movies. The Last Pilot sounds that it would have a similar fan base as The Martian. I just added this book to my list of want to read books! Thanks Early Word! :)