Title The readers' advisory guide to genre blends / Megan M. McArdle.

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Chicago : ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2015.

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Bristol, Main Library - Reference Material	RA DESK 025.54 MCARDLE	In-Library Use Only

Description	xxii, 209 pages ; 23 cm.
Series	ALA readers' advisory series
	ALA readers' advisory series.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Adrenaline : blends on the edge of your seat -- Fantasy blends : blends with magic -- Historical fiction blends : blends from the past -- Horror blends : blends that give you goosebumps -- Mystery blends : blends with a puzzle -- Romance blends : blends that are looking for true love -- Science fiction blends : blends that ask "what if"? -- Whole collection blends : looking beyond the fiction stacks for blends -- Readers' advisory for blends -- Appendix A. Literary fiction blends -- Appendix B. Genre blending MVPs.
Summary	A growing number of books don't fit the traditional genre labels. If a book has some characteristics of one genre and some of another genre, what do you do with that book? McArdle presents helps librarians identify and deal with literary mash-ups, and find ways to avoid the limitations that any type of labeling creates.
Subject	Fiction in libraries -- United States.
	Readers' advisory services -- United States.
	Reading interests -- United States.
	Fiction genres.
	Fiction -- Bibliography.
Genre/Form	Bibliography. (OCoLC)fst01423717
Subject	Fiction. (OCoLC)fst00923709
	Fiction genres. (OCoLC)fst00923772
	Fiction in libraries. (OCoLC)fst00923773
	Readers' advisory services. (OCoLC)fst01090615
	Reading interests. (OCoLC)fst01090814
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
ISBN	9780838912560 (print : alk. paper)
	0838912567 (print : alk. paper)
	9780838912621 (epub)
	9780838912614 (pdf)
	9780838912638 (kindle)

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