Ebook {Epub PDF} Genreflecting: A Guide to Reading Interests in Genre Fiction by Diana Tixier Herald

Focusing on what today's readers read, this classic guide introduces current genre fiction and popular reading tastes. By defining genres, describing their features and characteristics, and grouping titles by genre, subgenre, and theme, the book helps those who work with readers understand distinct patterns in reading habits and book www.doorway.ru by: For readers' advisory librarians with patrons looking for their next great read, professors teaching readers' advisory service, or even enthusiastic readers who prefer to help themselves, Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests serves all of their needs. A new introductory section covering the role of readers' advisory service in the library and the basics of readers' advisory service is followed Cited by: 7. Rev. ed. of: Genreflecting / Betty Rosenberg. 3rd ed. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate Bookplateleaf User Interaction Count:

This guide puts books and readers together by helping readers' advisors in libraries, bookstores, and academic institutions find the books their readers will enjoy reading. Offering a structured overview of genres, it can also be used as a textbook for courses in genre literature and readers' advisory to discuss popular genres of fiction. The fifth edition organizes nearly 6, new and. Expanded and updated to provide information on the newest popular fiction, this guide to genre fiction covers westerns, thrillers, science fiction, fantasy, supernatural/horror fiction, and romance. It defines the various genres; analyses their characteristics, grouping authors according to type or subject content; and provides a selective, annotated bibliography of the history and criticism. Diana Tixier Herald, winner of the Margaret E. Monroe Library Adult Services Award, is program and outreach manager at Delta County Libraries, Delta, CO, and an author, readers' advisory consultant, workshop presenter, and speaker.. Wayne A. Wiegand is the F. William Summers Professor of Library and Information Studies, and Professor of American Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee.

Genreflecting: A Guide to Reading Interests in Genre Fiction Genreflecting advisory series: Author: Diana Tixier Herald: Edition: 5, illustrated: Publisher: Libraries Umlimited, Original. Genreflecting: A Guide to Reading Interests in Genre Fiction avg rating — 10 ratings — published — 2 editions Want to Read saving. Rev. ed. of: Genreflecting / Betty Rosenberg. 3rd ed. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate Bookplateleaf