Week 9

I read the two articles on book trailers and watched videos from the Chicago Tribune and the New York Times. I watched some book trailers from YouTube.

From watching the book trailers in the articles, I can't say that I would want to read the books.  For me, the authors didn't make the book any more interesting than just reading a blurb about the book.  In fact, it made the books less appealing.  However, I did enjoy watching the trailer for "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" and "Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters".  Maybe because these were some of the more popular trailers, I enjoyed them.  Or, it could be because I enjoyed seeing how the book was depicted in movie format.  I'm not sure that I would seek out book trailers in general, but it's good to know that they exist for some books.  I think that book trailers would be a good idea for young readers since they are usually familiar with technology and might like a little diversion.

This has been a very long 9 weeks with a lot of work.  I use Library Thing to keep track of what I have read, but I will add Goodreads to my list of useful sites.