Week Three Prompt

1. I am looking for a book by Laurell K. Hamilton. I just read the third book in the Anita Blake series and I can’t figure out which one comes next! 

Lunatic Café by Laurell K. Hamilton. When I looked on Novelist for the next in the series, only two books came up in that series. Because the patron is looking for the fourth book, I decided to go to Fantastic Fiction and look up the series. Once I got there, there were several Anita Blake series but there was only one with more than three books so Lunatic Café was the fourth in that series.

2. What have I read recently? Well, I just finished this great book by Barbara Kingsolver, Prodigal Summer. I really liked the way it was written, you know, the way she used language. I wouldn't mind something a bit faster paced though. 

Wish You Well by David Baldacci. On Novelist I searched for the Kingsolver book and then did a Title Read-Alike. The books that came up did not seem in the same vein as the Kingsolver book even though they shared some commonalities. So I went to my library’s catalog and got the subjects for the Kingsolver book and typed them into Novelist. Since I know Baldacci is a quicker-paced author, I chose that book out of the ones that were returned on that search.

3. I like reading books set in different countries. I just read one set in China, could you help me find one set in Japan? No, not modern – historical. I like it when the author describes it so much it feels like I was there! 

The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery. I did a search on Novelist with “Japan, historical, descriptive” and out of that list I chose this book. The description seemed like it had a good story.

4. I read this great mystery by Elizabeth George called Well-Schooled in Murder and I loved it. Then my dentist said that if I liked mysteries I would probably like John Sandford, but boy was he creepy I couldn't finish it! Do you have any suggestions? 

A Possibility of Violence by Dror Mishani. Looked up Well-schooled In Murder and checked out the Title Read-Alikes. The Mishani book was the first on the list and had a similar mystery with similar settings.

5. My husband has really gotten into zombies lately. He’s already read The Walking Dead and World War Z, is there anything else you can recommend? 

Blackout by Mira Grant and As The World Dies series by Rhiannon Frater. Since the patron didn’t specify whether they wanted a series or a stand-alone, I offered both. World War Z is a stand-alone and Walking Dead is a series. So I did a Title Real-Alike for World War Z and found Blackout and a Series Read-Alike for Walking Dead and found As the World Dies. Both these titles seemed the most similar to the ones already read so that is why I picked them.