LAB A - READERS PROFIELS CONTINUED - PART 3
Profile for Reader # 3:
Mrs. Michael is a hard
worker and part-time graphic t-shirt designer.
She is in her mid-30’s and is the mother of two and step-mother of
one. She loves the outdoors, her family
and riding motorcycles. She works on her
house and yard in her spare time and is an avid do-it-yourselfer.
Interview:
1. What
was the last thing you read that you liked?
a. the last thing I read was country living
magazine
2. What kind of books do you usually like?
a.
Instructional books diy
books
3. Do you have a favorite genre?
Science fiction, Romance, Dystopian Fiction, Historical, Mysteries,
Thrillers, Suspense, Horror, Westerns, Graphic Novels, Urban Fiction?
a.
mystery
4. What was it about the book you liked -- the setting? The
relationships? The spying? The plotting?
The pace of the book? That it's not straight forward in narrative structure?
a.
I couldn't tell you last
time I read a book just magazines I couldn't tell you last time I read a book
just magazines.
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.
I did like how the narrating was done with the instructions.
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.
and as always I am always
feeling confused with instructions.
Recommendations:
Rachel
Ashwell's shabby chic treasure hunting & decorating guide by Rachel Ashwell - http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?q=%209780060392086 – “Includes a chapter on flea marketing
and restoration, and how to find textiles, collections and oddities, tabletops,
decorations, apparel, and includes some illustrations of finished homes.
Country
living crafting vintage style: charming projects for home and garden by Christina Strutt –
http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?q=%209780060392086 -“These enchanting decorative accents
are an easy way to evoke vintage style in your home. Use flea market treasures
like fabric, buttons, and ribbons, as well as new fabrics in classic styles, to
create projects for every room -- and even the garden. Let the sunshine in with
light and airy curtains that are an ideal choice for the summer months. Look
for a fine cotton muslin printed with a faded pattern like the rose motif shown
here, which suits this type of curtain perfectly. Sometimes all it takes is a
simple decorative accent to lend old-fashioned charm to a project.”
The
Meghan Method: The Step-by-step Guide to Decorating your Home in your Style by Meghan Carter – “The host and writer of the popular
website "Ask the Decorator" offers her step-by-step, style-neutral
decorating method appropriate for anyone wishing to redecorate a home.”
Everything
Leads to You by Nina LaCour -https://portlandlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1603960077_everything_leads_to_you – “While working as
a film production designer in Los Angeles, Emi finds a mysterious letter from a
silver screen legend which leads Emi to Ava who is about to expand Emi's
understanding of family, acceptance, and true romance.”
AUDIOBOOKS
FOR YOU:
An
excellent mystery [electronic resource] by Ellis
Peters –http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1326380 -“This is the eleventh chronicle of Brother Cadfael, of the Benedictine
Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, at Shrewsbury. In the year of our Lord
1141, August comes in golden as a lion, and two monks ride into the Benedictine
Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul bringing with them disturbing news of
war-and a mystery. The strangers tell how the strife between the Empress Maud
and King Stephan has destroyed the town of Winchester and their priory. Now
Brother Humilis, who is handsome, gaunt, and very ill, and Brother Fidelis,
youthful, comely-and totally mute-must seek refuge at Shrewsury. And from the
moment he meets them, Brother Cadfael senses something deeper than their common
vows binds these two good brothers. What the link is he can only guess ... what
it will lead to is beyond his imagining.
The
Family Kitchen Gardener by Robert
Buist -https://librivox.org/the-family-kitchen-gardener-by-robert-buist/ - "A little slow on the narration but the content on vegetables is
wonderful) - “The Family Kitchen Gardener contains plain and accurate
descriptions (ca 1847) of all the different species and varieties of
specifically American culinary vegetables, fruit, and herbs in alphabetical
order. It includes the best mode of cultivating, propagating, and managing them
in the garden or under glass, and a description of the best implements used in
maintaining such gardens.”
The
Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley, Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle - http://www.librarything.com/work/6104955) (Audible - http://www.audible.com/pd/Mysteries-Thrillers/The-Sweetness-at-the-Bottom-of-the-Pie-Audiobook/B002V5CSM0/ref=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl?qid=1429892743&sr=1-1 - “Flavia is an eleven year old
chemist with a specialization in poisons. If that one sentence does not make
you pick up this book with alacrity than I simply don't understand the
fundamentals of entertainment. But if you're still unconvinced, hold on it gets
better. Things take an interesting turn when a dead snipe with a postage stamp
on its beak turns up on her family's doorstep. One morning, Flavia finds the
stranger dead in the garden. Who murdered him? For what possible motive? And, how exactly, do stamps fit into this?
Clearly, Flavia is the only one qualified to uncover this mystery.”
http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?q=%209780060392086 -“These enchanting decorative accents are an easy way to evoke vintage style in your home. Use flea market treasures like fabric, buttons, and ribbons, as well as new fabrics in classic styles, to create projects for every room -- and even the garden. Let the sunshine in with light and airy curtains that are an ideal choice for the summer months. Look for a fine cotton muslin printed with a faded pattern like the rose motif shown here, which suits this type of curtain perfectly. Sometimes all it takes is a simple decorative accent to lend old-fashioned charm to a project.”
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