Comments on Persnickety Snark: Beaches, Books and Blogs, Oh My!

I've read the Dubosarsky and the Herrick books...

2011-12-21T13:12:40.427+10:30

I've read the Dubosarsky and the Herrick books, both lovely. Oddly enough, not the Judy Blume, considering my day job is in a school library! :-) And Judy Blume is still around, doing lots. I totally agree with you about labelling books by age group, gender and such. One of the huge mistakes made when they published the very good "Crime Waves" series is that they put "suitable for age..." on them. In my library I know my clients and what they enjoy. I do make recommendations when they ask, and sometimes when a kid I know is reading at a low level borrows something thick and complex, I just ask,"Do you think the English might be a bit hard for you?" but if they say they want it still, I lend it to them and let them decide. In a bookshop it's another matter. You're there to sell stuff and while you can ask such things as, "Is she a good reader?" and "what has she enjoyed in the past?", in the end, parents have only so much time and don't always want to wait around for just the right thing. Mind you, one bookseller said of my book on women scientists, "I sell a lot of these for batmitzvahs." ;-)

oh, i love secnod hand book stores. so . much (alt...

2011-11-09T14:29:33.260+10:30

oh, i love secnod hand book stores. so . much (although someone once said to me i should not go to them as it is not supporting the authors, LOL> (I mean, I get their point, but really?)

Anyways, simple gift is still one of my faves ~ and my sisters all time fave YA novel in the history of the universe.

i saw steven herrick this year, at a theatre performance of 'the simple gift' it was a bit surreal (the theatre, not SH)

Shine is amazing! I hope you love it!

2011-11-08T13:16:23.412+10:30

Shine is amazing! I hope you love it!

I didn't realize you haven't read Dumb! I ...

2011-11-08T09:51:17.352+10:30

I didn't realize you haven't read Dumb! I LOVE that book. I totally would've sent it to you, lady.

Went to a second-hand bookstore earlier this year....

2011-11-07T19:18:29.863+10:30

Went to a second-hand bookstore earlier this year. TWILIGHT was on the "Horrible Fiction" shelf ;-)