Week 1  Assignment 5.  done
It always amazes how much some of these covers change over time.  For a few of these books, this child was not totally on the mark describing what the book is about.  Even though it was not a literal description of the book, her ideas lending some truth to some of the themes of the books.
It is all in the eye of the beholder.

Week 1    Assignment 4  Done

I have chosen to follow the Daily Beast and Mystery Readers International.

In researching the Salon and Daily Beast it was interesting reading some commentaries on both.  Unfortunately budget cuts have made these sites compromise their investigative reporting.  Salon is catering more to what the masses want, so I went with the Daily Beast.  I was already familiar with the other choices. 

Week 1 Assignment 3 Done

Week 1 Assignment 3
Golden Rules of Reader's Advisory

Great tip:  Record who would like the book you just read.  I have read some books that just don't appeal to me, but it would be very helpful to record WHO might like to read this book. 

When a customer can't decide I like to see what it is they might like and give them a bit of variety.  At least my chances are greater that they will like at least one or a few of the titles I recommend.  I always tell them to come back and let us know what they did or did not like, so we can provide more recommendations.  This is often helpful for someone who has been out of touch with reading for awhile.

Week 1 Assignment 2 done

Week 1   Assignment 2

Matching Genre covers.   I was delighted to see I got most of them.  The ones that tripped me up were science fiction.

Week Assignment 1 done

Week 1   Assignment 1

Sporcle quiz
Did they change some of those covers?  Got 18/24.