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?
4 comments:
Self help? Dictionaries? Encyclopedias? Umm, I don't know. Well, maybe biographies or young adult fiction? American Classics? Good luck. :)
Biographies is a good idea -- narrative non-fiction like travel memoirs or culinary memoirs?
Pick something else for which you usually have a deer-in-headlights reaction :)
Hmm... I don't know if you've already read or dismissed this series, but I have found a liking for Alexander McCall Smith's "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" books (I suppose I could go through your lists and see if you have already digested that series, but that would be like admitting I have more free time on my hands than I should, and I wouldn't do that to myself ;)). Sister Lewis could start you out with those. She's got most, if not all, of that series.
Hugs to you!
Chick lit was invaluable to me on the reference desk (seriously) and YA is a fun one. PCL has genre study booklets with genre characteristics and recommended lists here under each of fiction genre links and under the nonfiction links. We used to use them for professional development.
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