Week 5

Week 5, Assignment 1
I have been monitoring NPR Books every few days.  It covers popular best sellers plus somewhat obscure books.  There are many author interviews which have been featured on NPR.  One column is titled My Guilty Pleasure in which writers talk about the books they love but are embarrassed to be seen reading.  It's a great site.

Week 5, Assignment 2
The best resource in my branch is Book Pages, which is not mentioned.  Many customers, including myself, will go through it at the desk, and put books on reserve.  I will try to use Early Word and some of the others and see if it is something useful to use at my branch.

Week 5, Assignment 3
From PW Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2013. Big Girl Panties by Stephanie Evanovich- The season's hotly anticipated romance debut. Stephanie Evanovich is Janet Evanovich's niece, which is enough to get people interested, and the book itself looks to be a fun chick-lit-ish exploration of love and body image issues. Anything with the Evanovich name on it is going to be big.