When picky readers walk into the Captain Shreve High School library in Shreveport, librarian Maureen Barclay uses a tried-and-true method to help them find books that pique their interest.
She rattles off a list of questions: What’s the last book you enjoyed? What movies do you watch? What TikTok videos? What do you do in your free time?
“They start reading something, and it’s just like Netflix,” she said. “They get caught up, and once you get them started, they keep going. They keep reading, like they kept watching.”…