Audiobook Update Improving Readers’ Advisory for Listeners Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries May 7, 2015 Kaite Mediatore Stover Director of Readers’ Services The Kansas City Public Library
Appeal terms should resonate with readers, even if they have not used those exact terms Print appeal categories: Storyline Pace Tone Writing style Illustration NoveList narrative appeal vocabulary Describes the voice quality, tone, and artistic delivery of the narrator Also identifies aspects of the performance, i.e. performed by a full cast, in front of a live audience, etc.
The Graveyard Book Written and narrated by Neil Gaiman Other titles: We Are Water by Wally Lamb Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou
Death Waits at Sundown Written by L. Ron Hubbard Narrated by a full cast Other titles: Enders Game Alive by Orson Scott Card 8 by Dustin Lance Black Headstrong by Patrick Link
Other titles: Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. Narrated by Simon Vance Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway. Narrated by Daniel Weyman Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Written by J.K. Rowling Narrated by Jim Dale
The Help Written by Katherine Stockett Narrated by Octavia Spencer, Bahni Turpin, Cassandra Campbell, and Jenna Lamia Other titles: The Death of Sweet Mister by Daniel Woodrell. Narrated by Nicholas Tecosky The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Narrated by Grover Gardner
Refers to the style of narration NOT the response evoked in the listener. Detached narratorEmotionally connected narrator
Classics Westerns Romance General fiction Mystery Suspense Science fiction Fantasy
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