Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Shopping for you

Kristen and I get to spend this week doing something absolutely yummy. We're going shopping! (Thanks, Student Government!)

We're buying cybercarts full of books, books for you! Bestsellers, mysteries, fantasy, whatever we think you'd like.

Our mind-reading skills are a bit rusty, though, so we want to make sure we're getting your book wishes right. So here's what we'd like you to do:

Comment back what you want to read. If you don't want us to publish your comment, we respect that, and we won't. But this is a great way to let us know what you've got a hankering to read. (Wow, I haven't used the word "hankering" in, well, you know what? Ever!)

So let us know what you'd like to see in the Popular Reading collection. Don't make us mind-read. Right now your minds are full of things like chemical formulas and thesis statements and DSM-IV disorders. It's been a long semester, hasn't it?

And until we hear back from you, have a good holiday break, and may all your bunnies be chocolate.

Janet

2 comments:

Farrrrgo said...

I'd suggest getting "Fool" by Christopher Moore, which I had to go to the GFPL to get..;) In this, Moore does to Shakespeare what he did to the Bible in "Lamb."
Maybe also consider getting "Bloodsucking Fiends," also by Christopher Moore. While it isn't one of his best, it is the book that precedes "You Suck," which the CFL does own. While you don't really need to read the first book to get the second, it does make more sense if you do.
Also, I just finished reading "Nature Girl" by Carl Hiaasen, which was at times laugh out loud funny. Another very good Hiaasen book I'd recommend adding to the collection is "Sick Puppy."

Thanks!

Popular Librarians said...

Thanks, John. These are all great suggestions--and we'll be ordering them on Monday. Christopher Moore and Carl Hiaasen are great, aren't they? We definitely need to add them to our collection.

Thanks so much for your help! Let me know if you want us to notify you when the books are ready.

--Janet