You Say Tomato, I Say Tomahto

readers' advisory and handselling

featuring, for the librarians:

David WrightReaders’ Services Librarian,

The Seattle Public Libraryand

Alison KastnerReaders’ Services Coordinator,

Multnomah (OR) County Library

featuring, for the booksellers:

Katie KirkThe Book Bin, Salem, ORand

Billie BloebaumPowell’s @ PDX, Portland, OR

Handselling vs

Readers’ Advisory

She loves historical fiction, preferably that set in the

early 20th century. (Can you tell that she’s still hooked on Downton Abbey?)

No mysteries, just fiction.

what would you suggest?

A parent and child approach you, and the parent wants

the young reader to pick out a book.

how would you help this customer?

You have a reader who likes books where disparate people are introduced

and then, as the story moves on, the reader begins to see how each of the

people is connected to the greater story.

what book would you give this customer?

He’s a mystery reader, who likes fast paced plots and interesting characters.

He’s read and liked James Lee Burke and Walter Mosley.

He likes contemporary male characters, so no female private investigators for him.

He wants a series to read. And he turns his nose up at anything written by a woman.

what would you suggest?

You have a young kid who has pretty much read everything in the kids

section.

now what?

suggestions for Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

suggestions for the Bone series

suggestions for Wild

suggestions for I Capture the Castle

suggestions for A Discovery of Witches

suggestions for The Sisters Brothers

suggestions for The Fault in Our Stars

suggestions for Cars and Trucks and Things That Go

suggestions for Dubliners

suggestions for The Glass Castle

Questions?