Assignment One: Take the adult book cover quiz.
I got 20/24! Not bad. I won't say the score I got on the children's quiz though.
Assignment Two: I had to google the term "techno thriller," which I guess is the same thing as a spy/military/espionage thriller except in the future maybe? I didn't know that those books with punny animal titles ("A Murder Most FOWL") are called "cozy mysteries." The more you know. Other subgenres I didn't know about: Soft Sci-Fi, Cipher Thriller, Regency Romance, Culinary Mystery.
Assignment Three: Read "Orr's Golden Rules of Readers' Advisory Service."
"Begin every day remembering that you could be flipping burgers or working in the hot sun." Fair enough.
Assignment Four: "Pick two blogs and write about them."
From the "genre" pile I picked Tor.com to visit, because I like books that are surprising or unusual. Also I like that this site posts original content such as short stories and comics.
From the "books" pile I'm tentatively choosing the Daily Beast while reserving the right to browse articles from NPR Books and Goodreads as well since I usually visit those sites and know they're good.
Assignment Five: Read "Judging a Book by Its Cover: A 6-Year-Old Guesses What Classic Novels Are All About"
The Great Gatsby is a necromancer who burns theme parks, Slaughter-House Five is about a slot machine (slaught machine?) that is lost in the desert, and On the Road is basically Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. I would read these.
