Joyce G. Saricks

There are a lot of great procedural recommendations in this text, and many of the authors mentioned are still big names in 2022. I would not purchase a copy, and the majority of the content is outdated, but if you can borrow a copy, does not hurt to check out!

This one was interesting with how she divided genres. Would like to purchase someday

Good discussion of genre attributes, but boy howdy does it need to be updated for newer authors, trends, and waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more diversity. C'mon, Joyce. Really. Nearly every instance of an author who's not white is just lumped under "multicultural." Come. On.

This is a really short book! Goodreads says 211 pages but mine is less than 80. It also has no edition number noted anywhere, which makes me assume it's the first and also that a lot was added since then. So I probably need to buy a more recent edition.

But I still learned a lot! I'm really tired so I can't form a coherent review right now, but clearly this is essential for anyone interested in reader's advisory. Thanks to karen for the recommendation.