Secret Shopper

 

I went to a local library and asked the librarian to help me find some books of a few different genres. I told her I needed particular help finding science fiction, which she told me was the one genre she didn’t read, but she could get a recommendation from her coworker. I ended up asking her what her favorite genre was and she said historical fiction. I let her know I needed to read one of those as well, and she led me to a book in the shelves that she liked - The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan. Her coworker’s science fiction recommendation was Ender’s Game, which seems like a fairly basic recommendation to me, but it fits the brief. 

This librarian was really nice and she recommended me some books that were in the genre I was looking for, but it kind of felt like when you recommend a book to a friend - hey, I liked this. You should check this out. I did end up getting The Kitchen Front from Libby later. I’m not finished with it, but I’ll give it a polite three out of five at this point, but I am loathe to give any book lower than a two-and-a-half. I have to admit, I was expecting a few more questions aimed at me from the librarian, but we had a lovely conversation about book clubs and that’s all I can ask for, personally.