Week 6: Prompt Response

    

    Hello everyone, love is in the air! Since I annotated a romance book and Valentine's Day is this week, I would like to pitch a coordinating passive activity and display to promote romance titles in my library! There are so many types of romance novels, but one thing that seems to come up often both subtly and not so subtly when discussing romance titles is the "spice" level. I've had patrons say, "I like sweet romance books that are very plot driven and end with a kiss or a marriage," as well as patrons who do not hide the fact that they like "the more spice, the better!" With that in mind my display would include books on a scale from sweet to spicy- Lessons in Chemistry and Amish romance on the sweet side ramping up to titles like Twisted Love and Tessa Bailey's Fix Her Up on the far end. I would recommend that we mark this clearly with a sign that explains what is on the table and how to use the ratings!

    As for the passive activity, my library has a large white board that we often write a question of the day. I would ask "who is your literary or movie crush?" and provide little paper hearts for patrons to write their answer to stick on the white board. I think many people will like this passive activity since it is becoming more and more acceptable to gush about one's literary and movie crushes on the internet and real life. Also, including movie characters and not just book characters will appeal to more people as well as start discussions about book to movie titles!