Week Three Prompt Response.

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!

The 4^th book of the Anita Blake series is Lunatic Café. I went to Novelist and entered Laurell K. Hamilton.  When I got to the list of books I went to the 2^nd book and hit the link to the vampire series.  The link took me to the list of book in order for this 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.

I looked up Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver to see what the language style was: Descriptive, lush, lyrical. Along the edge of the page it listed some books that are read alikes so I made sure my choses have the same language.  I would suggest the following: Anthill by Edward O. Wilson and The History of Bees by Maja Lunde.

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!

I entered Japan and historical setting in to the search boxes.  I read the list of books until I came to one that was in a series.  The following is what I came up with: I.J. Parker’s Sugawara Akitada mysteries: The Dragon Scroll (bk 1) or Liam Hearn’s Across the Nightingale Floor, Tales of the Otori (Book 1).

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?  

I looked up the book by author and title.  Along the right side is a list of read alikes.  I went with Roseanna by Maj Sjowall because they both have detectives from Scotland Yard. I also chose Still Life by Louise Penny because they are both leisurely reads and character-driven.

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?
I looked up zombies under the genre of science fiction.  I choose the following: Z by Michael Thomas Ford and Rot & Ruin (Benny Imural, bk 1) by Jonathan Maberry.

6.      I love books that get turned into movies, especially literary ones. Can you recommend some? Nothing too old, maybe just those from the last 5 years or so.

This time I looked up the books using Google & goodreads.  First I googled books into movies after 2013.  I got a list of books to look up from goodreads and chose these books from there: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.

7.      I love thrillers but I hate foul language and sex scenes. I want something clean and fast paced.

In NoveList, I entered thriller for the genre, fast-paced and clean also in the search boxes.  I came up with the following books: Clean Kill by Jack Coughlin and Rain Fall by Barry Eisler.

For myself I usually look up books using goodreads, Google, or Amazon.  I will enter the subject of what I want like cozy mystery list of books in google and then a link to goodreads will usually be the first or second link to choose.  If I know the title or the author, I’ll go straight to goodreads or Amazon and enter the information.  Right now I don’t work at a library so I do not look up books for others.  When I do start working in a library I hope they have Novelist because I can see where it will be a helpful tool to have.