Assignments 1 & 2
I read the articles and looked at some book trailers on YouTube. I was thoroughly underwhelmed and unimpressed. Having watched them after reading the articles, I can say I agree that unless there is a great hook, it looks professional, etc. it isn't useful at all. I didn't find one that made me want to read the book. Frankly I watched a couple for books I had read and they made me rethink my position on the book. Some were too long and had elevator music, others employed bad actors, lighting, and "special" effects to sell the book. It didn't work. Overall I found the experience of watching book trailers to be disappointing.
Assignment 3
Overall I found this process to be interesting and informative. Be More Bookish got me to look at Goodreads more (very helpful going into Summer Reading), learn about Early Word, and think about the incredible number of subgenres I didn't even know existed. Having the opportunity to explore new resources is imperative for a Librarian; having time to do that has been a challenge. One suggestion I might offer is to consider more carefully the amount and type of work assigned per week. I have been perpetually a week behind since, I believe, week 3. The amount of work in some weeks and the fact that we had to comment on others blogs before we could finish our assignment made it challenging to complete in a timely way. Another issue is when this initiative was rolled out. The start coincided with school visists, summer reading gear-up, and many other end-of-school events. I would suggest considering starting in the future during a different time of the year or breaking up some of the assignments. I'm glad to have completed the initiative, and hope there are similar opportunities in the future.
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