Below are my responses and recommendations for the conversations listed in the Be More Bookish blog. For readability's sake, I am including all my responses after the "jump" in this post.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Week 2 - Appeal Factors (#2)
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
A sci-fi novel set in a dystopian future, where poverty and disease are a way of life. Most of the remaining population are connected to OASIS - an aptly-named virtual reality world where users can log in to go on quests to escape their surroundings. The eccentric creator of the game left behind a series of puzzles and easter eggs that, should they be unlocked, would reward a user with vast fortunes and control of the game. One young player dreams of escaping his awful living conditions by seeking out the keys to virtual kingdom. With the stakes being so high, its no surprise that there are many people who are willing to go to great, violent lengths to take control of OASIS.
A fast-paced read, filled with amusing 80s references and offbeat humor and action, this book would be great for readers who enjoy science fiction in a quasi-contemporary setting. Come for the sly video game and movie references, stay for the action.
Recommendations posted to Doug B.'s blog.
A sci-fi novel set in a dystopian future, where poverty and disease are a way of life. Most of the remaining population are connected to OASIS - an aptly-named virtual reality world where users can log in to go on quests to escape their surroundings. The eccentric creator of the game left behind a series of puzzles and easter eggs that, should they be unlocked, would reward a user with vast fortunes and control of the game. One young player dreams of escaping his awful living conditions by seeking out the keys to virtual kingdom. With the stakes being so high, its no surprise that there are many people who are willing to go to great, violent lengths to take control of OASIS.
A fast-paced read, filled with amusing 80s references and offbeat humor and action, this book would be great for readers who enjoy science fiction in a quasi-contemporary setting. Come for the sly video game and movie references, stay for the action.
Recommendations posted to Doug B.'s blog.
Week 2 - Appeal Factors (#1)
Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass
A contemporary story told from the perspective of three relateable middle school-aged teens. One is a girl who has spent most of her young life living with her family as caretakers of a campground, another is a girl who has dreams of becoming a fashion model, and the third is a quiet, thoughtful boy with a creative mind that would prefer to blend in with the background.
Their lives are changed when a rare celestial event - a total solar eclipse - throws these teens together. A methodical pacing to the story shows the three teens developing at their own pace, coming to terms with the changes that are coming (or has come) into their lives.
A contemporary story told from the perspective of three relateable middle school-aged teens. One is a girl who has spent most of her young life living with her family as caretakers of a campground, another is a girl who has dreams of becoming a fashion model, and the third is a quiet, thoughtful boy with a creative mind that would prefer to blend in with the background.
Their lives are changed when a rare celestial event - a total solar eclipse - throws these teens together. A methodical pacing to the story shows the three teens developing at their own pace, coming to terms with the changes that are coming (or has come) into their lives.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Week 1 - What DOES he know...?
So, as part of the first major assignment in Becoming More Bookish, I have opted for the following resources:
For resources on Book recommendations, I am going to follow The Daily Beast. Since I borderline-religiously use Goodreads and NoveList in my day-to-day Reader Services activity, I wanted to branch out into a site that I don't normally follow. Daily Beast looks like a really interesting "digest" site, and already I'm enjoying the content that I've browsed through - especially the amusing little story about how Captain Underpants is one of the ALA's Most Controversial Books of 2012.
For the resources on Genre recommendations, I'm going to follow Tor - Fiction Affliction. I don't read a whole lot of Fiction (heresy!) so I figure that this would be a good place to try and keep tabs on some of the quirkier aspects of the genre. The fact that the tag alone says "Fiction Affliction" was enough to get me hooked, or that it doesn't seem to be all "Vampires A-Go-Go!" in terms of books covered.
I took the quizzes on children's book covers and adult book covers. I did pretty well for the Adult quiz (21/24) and halfway-decent for Children's (15/20).
For resources on Book recommendations, I am going to follow The Daily Beast. Since I borderline-religiously use Goodreads and NoveList in my day-to-day Reader Services activity, I wanted to branch out into a site that I don't normally follow. Daily Beast looks like a really interesting "digest" site, and already I'm enjoying the content that I've browsed through - especially the amusing little story about how Captain Underpants is one of the ALA's Most Controversial Books of 2012.
For the resources on Genre recommendations, I'm going to follow Tor - Fiction Affliction. I don't read a whole lot of Fiction (heresy!) so I figure that this would be a good place to try and keep tabs on some of the quirkier aspects of the genre. The fact that the tag alone says "Fiction Affliction" was enough to get me hooked, or that it doesn't seem to be all "Vampires A-Go-Go!" in terms of books covered.
I took the quizzes on children's book covers and adult book covers. I did pretty well for the Adult quiz (21/24) and halfway-decent for Children's (15/20).
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
First post!
Easy-peasy. :)
It took a little extra effort to get Blogger to play nice with the work computers, but nothing too drastic.
So, blog created and added to the Be More Bookish Blogroll.
It took a little extra effort to get Blogger to play nice with the work computers, but nothing too drastic.
So, blog created and added to the Be More Bookish Blogroll.
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