A PowerPoint tutorial on Reader's Advisory, tips on providing good reader's advisory, and the difference between the paranormal genre and the urban fantasy genre.
2. Reader’s Advisory Training Why we do reader’s advisory Reader’s advisory skills The reader’s advisory interview The different genres The paranormal genre The urban fantasy genre
24. Paranormal Romance Is a love story involving paranormal characters like vampires, werewolves, shape shifters, and other fantastical creatures.
25. Paranormal Ratings In book reviews, adult paranormal romance paperbacks are often given ratings such as “scorcher” for erotic graphic sex, or “hot” for explicit sex.
26. Paranormal VS Urban Fantasy It is difficult to define the exact differences between urban fantasy and paranormal fiction.
27. Paranormal Definition In paranormal, the story is centered on romance as the main theme, and characters must include paranormals. Each book has a new hero and heroine couple, and there must be a happy ending.
28. Urban Fantasy Definition In urban fantasy, the story has a main theme of horror, and no happy ending. The main character is usually a chic who wears leather and kicks butt.There can be a sub-plot love story, but it is ongoing with problems, or the character has many love affairs.
Readers Advisory TrainingGenre: Paranormal RomanceBy Brenda Hostettler
Readers Advisory TrainingGenre: Paranormal RomanceBy Brenda Hostettler
Why do we do Reader’s Advisory? To connect patrons with authorsTo promote the library’s collectionIt gets patrons more involved with the library and staffPromotes reading and literacy
Skills of Reader’s AdvisoryBecome familiar with genres by a willingness to read and become familiar with authorsKnowledge of patronsMastering the Reader’s Advisory Interview
The Reader’s Advisory InterviewUse open ended questions which require an answer instead of Yes or NoPhrases to use: Tell me about a book or author you read that you really enjoyed?What kind of story do you like to read? Mystery, Romance, etc…Become familiar with genres by a willingness to read and become familiar with authorsKnowledge of patronsMastering the Reader’s Advisory Interview
The Reader’s Advisory InterviewUse open ended questions which require an answer instead of Yes or NoPhrases to use: Tell me about a book or author you read that you really enjoyed?What kind of story do you like to read? Mystery, Romance, etc…Become familiar with genres by a willingness to read and become familiar with authorsKnowledge of patronsMastering the Reader’s Advisory Interview
The Reader’s Advisory InterviewUse open ended questions which require an answer instead of Yes or NoPhrases to use: Tell me about a book or author you read that you really enjoyed?What kind of story do you like to read? Mystery, Romance, etc…Become familiar with genres by a willingness to read and become familiar with authorsKnowledge of patronsMastering the Reader’s Advisory Interview
The Reader’s Advisory InterviewUse open ended questions which require an answer instead of Yes or NoPhrases to use: Tell me about a book or author you read that you really enjoyed?What kind of story do you like to read? Mystery, Romance, etc…Become familiar with genres by a willingness to read and become familiar with authorsKnowledge of patronsMastering the Reader’s Advisory Interview
