Vampires & Werewolves & Witches, Oh My!
Kathy Leitle, associate deputy director, St. Louis Public Library and Amy Brown, assistant manager of the Buder Branch, St. Louis Public Library presented a program entitled Vampires & Werewolves & Witches, Oh My! The Wild World of Paranormal Romance Readers Advisory.
As most adult services librarians know, paranormal romances are hot! Slap a vampire in the novel and you almost have a bestseller on your hands. (hmmmm!) The room was almost at capacity which made it clear how well librarians know our customers!
Paranormal romance was defined by requiring two elements:
1. Something not of the real and proven world. This can be magic, time travel, ESP, witches, faeries etc…
2. Happily ever after. No matter where in time you are or what powers you have-if you don’t have a happy ending it isn’t a romance.
An extensive annotated bibliography was discussed and provided. It listed each author with an annotation of their different serices and then an annotation of each title in the series in the order they should be read.
You can email either presenter to receive this information.
Kathy Leitle (kleitle@slpl.lib.mo.us)
Amy Brown (abrown@slpl.lib.mo.us)
Jennifer, Springfield-Greene County Library
Tags: mla2007, molib2007, paranormal romance, readers advisory
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