I was presenting the latest version of my Booktalking program the other day and we were talking about some of my favorite conversation starter questions.
And I mentioned this post: Display Idea: Books We Have Faked Reading. Click through to read the full post and see how you can have this "cheeky" conversation but turn it into a great display.
After that program I made a note in my calendar to bring back this fun post-- originally appeared 5/8/23. When I was looking at the week of blogging ahead, I realized this would make for a fun April Fool's Day post and idea.
You don't have to do this only on April Fool's Day however, it is an evergreen idea that will be sure to grab your patron's attention. This question-- What Books Have you Faked Reading?-- will make your patrons do a double take and look at you as if saying, "Did you really just ask me that?"
We need ways to shake people out of the same old, same old. This is why surprising them with authentic questions that are clearly meant to spark a conversation is key.
It is a GREAT idea for a display and/or an online conversation. Send around this question to all staff and explain that you want to get up a display of titles that answer this question, and you want to start with everyone who works at the library. Then get up the book display and make sure you ask patrons to add their own titles to the list. Have them add a post-it notes to a board, put a slip of paper in a box, or add their title online.
It can extend the April Fool's fun a bit longer. And look, goodness knows we all need an innocent laugh these days.
Click here for every post labeled "conversation starters." And click here to see the first post where I explain how to take conversation starters and turn them into interactive displays, including a link to a handout with example questions.
Have fun with this. And reminder, don't fall for any jokes yourself today.
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