Week 3

In,  NPR podcast Nancy Pearl Unearths Great Summer Reads, Pearl spends about 3 to 4 minutes talking about each book.  She describes the appeal factors that drew her to the book and only revealed enough of the plot to let you know the basics. 


Note: The conversations below were taken from Wyatt's article: The RA Conversation.  I did this work from home and did not realize that there were three OTHER conversations if you clicked the links on the blog. (which did not work from home.)

Conversation 1:  This person describes his/her love of The Ice Station by Reilly.  My RA suggestion would be The Hunger Games (Collins) or Unbroken (Hillenbrand) because they both describe "battles" and the battles are quite intense and graphic in nature.  They do a good job of absorbing the reader into the book.  Hunger Games is a battle between teens who live in a dystopian society and are told to kill one another and Unbroken is a true memoir of a World War II survivor who almost died several times.  Though both books deal with death, triumph prevails in some key ways.

Conversation 2: This person liked Eat, Pray and Love by Gilbert.  I would recommend Kabul Beauty School (Rodriguez) or All over the Map (Fraser) because they both are about women travelling to other countries (Afghanistan, Mexico) and sharing their feelings.  Both women are single, similar to Gilbert, and both talk about different romances they have while traveling. Similar to Eat, Pray and Love, you can learn about the culture of the countries they visit, too.

Conversation 3:  Born in Fire by Nora Roberts was this person's favorite book.  Not having read this author, I would recommend the book Clara and Mr. Tiffany: A Novel (Vreeland) because it has fascinating details about everything that goes into making stained glass windows, lamps, etc.  which is woven into the fabric of the story.  It also has great character development, which seems important to this customer, who mentions personality traits of Maggie, Rogan and the mom.  This is a historical novel, which accurately portrays the late 1800's.