Week 6 Prompt Response: Channeling Barbenheimer

    We have a pretty big collection of movies at the library where I work, and my coworkers and I agree that a shockingly high percentage of these are horror movies––especially the new ones we receive. The same is true for the teen fiction collection, though to a slightly lesser extent. Romance still probably makes up the highest percentage of our teen/YA collection. It's clear that both genres are quite popular right now. Horror might just be particularly popular in our community, but romance is huge everywhere as far as I can tell. So, it seems like an ideal time to promote both of these genres.
    My idea might be super obvious, but I think a "Book to Film" display would work quite well for both. Popular novels could be displayed beside their film/series adaptations. And, it would be fun if the display was black on one side and pink on the other (here is where we play off of the Barbenheimer aesthetic, haha), and on the black side, horror books and films could be placed alongside spooky decorations, while on the pink side, romance books and films could be decorated with flowers and hearts. Having the extreme ends of the emotional spectrum placed right next to each other in the display is likely to be eye-catching, engaging, and fun for library patrons. 

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