30 January 2010

The Reading Plan Plan

After browsing through several librarian Reader's Advisory books and guides, and asking people about what they're reading, and taking RA tests, I've discovered that my worst genre is the Action Adventure/Thriller. But, after last years Suspense/Thriller plan, I'm tired of the thriller genre. So I'm going with something lighter and doing Chic Lit.

Here are my selections:

Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding - a classic in chic lit

Restoring Grace by Katie Fforde

Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner - I've read good reviews for this

Bookends by Jane Green - it has "book" in the title

Do you have any chic lit favorites that I should read?

16 January 2010

Reading Plan

Since I joined the Fiction Team at my library a couple of years ago, I have been doing yearly reading plans. A reading plan is way to become more familiar with genres or trends that are outside of your normal comfort reading zones. You can put however many books you want on it, but there should be enough for you to become familiar with the genre. Suspense/Thriller was my genre of choice last year and I read a romantic suspense, legal thriller, a psychological suspense, and a literary thriller.

I've decided that Suspense is not my cup of tea, but now I'm more familiar with it and, hopefully, will not get a deer-in-headlights reactions the next time someone asks me for a good suspense/thriller book. I'm not sure where to go next. I've done a Romance plan and the Suspense, and Fantasy is my comfort genre. I've been thinking about doing Chic Lit or Mystery. Or maybe I should a type of book or topic, like graphic novels or poetic novels.

Any suggestions? Recommendations? Comments?