Mission Objective 1:
Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
- Customer likes to read popular materials, especially Oprah Book Club picks. TToH is very popular and is an Oprah pick.
- Customer liked books with interesting, brave female protagonists.
- Customer looking for book club picks, and there is a lot of meat in this story a book club could discuss.
Mission Objective 2:
The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan
- Customer doesn't want slow paced--The Strain is fast paced and plot driven.
- Customer wants vampires without the smoochy teen love drama. This story is more in the horror tradition, and no one reading it will be thinking about kissing these vampires.
- In a similar vein, Glen Duncan's The Last Werewolf might also be a good fit for this customer if they don't mind that main creature is a werewolf and not a vampire.
Mission Objective 3: Various
- This convo requires more refining before I would feel comfortable offering a single title. Follow up questions are a must. Instead, there are a lot of threads you can pull for this customer.
- Survivalist Fiction or Nonfiction--the book the customer references is about a journey into uncharted territory under bad conditions, so he may enjoy more books with this sort of danger. A good pick might be Marco Polo by Lauren Bergreen, which is exciting and details the true adventures of a famous world traveler. C.S. Forester's The African Queen could also be a good fit.
- True Crime or Thriller--the book mentioned has a murder, and is fast paced.
- Famous People doing exciting/unusual things--Teddy Roosevelt is a character.
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