FINAL - WEEK 17 - LAB A & B

The reason I am posting Lab A & B is due to my starting out to do Lab B but a whole lot of personal issues occurred and the librarian I was working with and I were not able to physically meet up.  I finished the project as I thought I could and I am still hoping to meet with the librarian.  In the meantime, I am posting Lab A first and below that will be the sort of completed Lab B.

As a final comment for the semester, I really enjoyed taking the class from you Professor Cataldi and I enjoyed sharing blogs and comments with all of you, my fellow classmates.  Have a great summer.

LAB A- Reader Profiles

I interviewed five young women who grew up with my children.  All my interviews were done through email.  Below are my compilations.  

Profile for Reader # 1:

Jamie is a busy CEO.  Jamie loves her job and is very good at what she does.  She is in her late 30’s, married, has two teenage children and a very busy lifestyle.  She is an active Facebook user, loves to travel and boating, and loves spending time with family and friends. 

Interview:

1.      What was the last thing you read that you liked?

a.       The last booked I read that I liked was Finding Me by Michelle Knight.

2.      What kind of books do you usually like?

a.       True Crime

3.      Do you have a favorite genre?  Science fiction, Romance, Dystopian Fiction, Historical, Mysteries, Thrillers, Suspense, Horror, Westerns, Graphic Novels, Urban Fiction?

a.       Horror

4.      What it was about the book you liked -- the setting? The relationships? The spying?  The plotting? The pace of the book? That it's not straightforward in narrative structure?

a.       The fact that what I am reading is true.

5.      Did your last book have elements that made you like the story? Things such as the genre/subgenre, the writing style, the character and the character's arc, the plot generally and the plot specifically, pacing of a story, format (is it a traditional narrative? Epistolary? Vignettes? A novel in verse?)?

a.       Her character grabbed me from the first paragraph, I could envision her pain.

6.      Was there a time period you enjoy more than others?  Was it a tear-jerker? Is it steamy? Does it leave you feeling confused? Contented?  (Jensen, 2015) 

a.       This book was not only a tear jerker, it also tugged at every heart string I had. I could only imagine her horror. 

Recommendations:

And The Sea Will Tell by Vincent Bugliosi - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/9-books-for-the-true-crime-obsessed/ – This is the story of two couples.  One couple owns their own boat and are experienced seaman.  The other couple is an ex-con and his erratic girlfriend, who are doomed by their greed and lack of seamanship.  When the ex-con and his girlfriend are found with the other couple’s boat, total drama begins.  The story is about the defense of Jennifer, the hippy erratic girlfriend.” – 

Wicked by Jenn Armentrout - http://frodo.llcoop.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2687165__SWicked%20ARMENTROUT%2C%20JENNIFER__P0%2C1__Orightresult__X2?lang=eng&suite=pearl – “Things are about to get Wicked in New Orleans. Young Ivy Morgan has devoted her life to the Order. Ren Owens mysteriously is the last person Ivy would be involved with.  Being close to him is dangerous as hunting for the cold-blooded killers in the streets.  Which is more dangerous to her-the ancient beings threatening to take over the town or the man demanding to lay claim to her heart and her soul may yet be seen.” 

The Pan Book of Horror Stories by Herbert Van Thal - http://frodo.llcoop.org/iii/encore/search/C__SHORROR__Ff%3Afacetcloud%3Aenglish%20horror%20tales%3Aenglish%20horror%20tales%3Aenglish%20horror%20tales%3A%3A__Ff%3Afacetfields%3Atitle%3Atitle%3ATitle%3A%3A__Orightresult?lang=eng&suite=pearl)

– “Fifty years ago Pan launched a series of books that were to delight and disgust. - From classics in the genre to scraping-the-barrel nastiness, the Pan Books of Horror had them all.  This is the reissue of the first Pan Book of Horror.  Specially selected for Pan Books, here are 22 terrifying tales of horror by such famous authors as Peter Fleming, C. S. Forester, Bram Stoker, Angus Wilson, Noel Langley. 

Angel’s Ink by Jocelynn Drake - http://frodo.llcoop.org/iii/encore/search?formids=target&lang=eng&suite=def&reservedids=lang%2Csuite&submitmode=&submitname=&x=0&y=0&target=Angel%27s+ink+DRAKE%2C+JOCELYNN – “Looking for a tattoo and maybe a little something extra: a burst of good luck, a dollop of true love, or even a hex on an ex? Head to the quiet and mysterious Gage, the best tattoo artist in town. In a town like Low Town, where elves, faeries, trolls, werewolves, and vampires happily walk among humanity, everything has its price. Gage can't hide from powerful warlocks who want him dead for the secrets of his own past.  With the help of his friends, Trixie, a gorgeous elf who hides her true identity, and a hulking troll named Bronx, Gage might just make it through this enchanted world alive.” 

One Child by Torey L. Hayden  -(https://portlandlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/show/10504342062906_one_child - “In an absorbing narrative that is both disturbing and cathartic, young therapist Hayden tells how she discovered that six-year-old, emotionally disturbed Sheila is, in fact, a genius whose uncle sexually abused her.”

Sleepers by Lorenzo Carcaterra - https://portlandlibrary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/322332297_bklynleas/345739057_bklyn_bookmatch_a_child_called_quotitquot_and_the_rabbis_daughter_read_alikes - “Sleepers is Carcaterra's controversial memoir of growing up in NYC's Hell's Kitchen and as an inmate at a sadistic detention center.  This was a PW bestseller for eight weeks.” 

A Day Late and a Dollar Short by Terry McMillan - http://www.amazon.com/A-Day-Late-Dollar-Short/dp/0451204948   - “Terry McMillan's novels feature chatty, catty narrators who have a story they're just busting to tell you. The dominant voice in A Day Late and a Dollar Short is Viola Price, whose asthma just sent her to the ICU. We soon find out in Cecil's first-person chapter (ex-husband), Viola has abundant flaws of her own. McMillan deftly sketches the exasperated intimacy of the long and unsuccessfully married. 

Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? A Memoir by Roz Chast - http://www.amazon.com/Cant-Talk-about-Something-Pleasant/dp/1608198065/ref=br_lf_m_1000401561_1_3_clkmr?ie=UTF8&s=books&pf_rd_p=2078996942&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_i=1000401561&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=184K1ARANJX160J9Y349 -  “In her first memoir, Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging parents. Spanning the last several years of their lives and told through four-color cartoons, family photos, and documents, and a narrative as rife with laughs as it is with tears, Chast's memoir is both comfort and comic relief for anyone experiencing the life-altering loss of elderly parents.” 

Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët - http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Darkness-Fabien-Vehlmann/dp/1770461299/ref=pd_sim_b_10?ie=UTF8&refRID=15X6YT99XJBVT1TW8ECB (At IMCPL.org - http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?q=978-1770461291 - “Aurora and her friends are drawn in the huge-eyed style of classic children's book illustrations, but cuteness is just another Darwinian survival strategy here This unsettling anti-fairy tale is a searing condemnation of our vast capacity for evil. Join Princess Aurora and her friends as they journey to civilization's heart of darkness in a bleak allegory about surviving the human experience. The sweet faces and bright leaves of Kerascoët's delicate watercolors serve to highlight the evil that dwells beneath Vehlmann's story as pettiness, greed, and jealousy take over.   

What Was Read:

            Jamie thought she would read “The Pan Book of Horror Stories by Herbert Van Thal.”  She also thought “Beautiful Darkness” was interesting.  She took “And the Sea Will Tell by Vincent Bugliosi” with her to read while lying in the sun in Mexico somewhere.