- A customer came up to the desk and asked for the NYT best seller list. I asked if she was looking for something in particular, and she told me that she was looking for a "beach read." She said that she loved The Lovely Bones and [another book I can't remember].
- I gathered that she liked fast-paced, thoughtful books with female leads. I suggested Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.
- A customer stopped me while I was shelving and asked for a suggestion of a good book to read. She said she loved The Hunger Games and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and remarked that she only read series because she read so fast.
- Going with the fast-paced, dystopian themes, I suggested the Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth. We didn't have the first book of the series, so I put it on hold. I wanted to make sure that she left the library with something to read, so I recommended The Giver by Lois Lowry, because it is a four-part series and is also dystopian and character-driven.
- A customer was browsing the playaways while I was roving. I stopped to ask how she liked the playaways, and she asked if we had any funny books on playaway because she only listens to books on that device. She specifically mentioned that she liked the Mr. Monk series by Lee Goldberg.
- This was a really tough one. We don't have a whole lot on playaway, and none of the Mr. Monk series. In the end, the only thing I could find was Wild Ride by Jennifer Crusie, which wasn't really appropriate.
I'd love any suggestions or feedback on these recommendations! How could I have done better?
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