[bksvol-discuss] Re: More books lingering on download list
- From: Barbara Baker <barbarab65@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:39:35 -0700 (PDT)
I have validated a few adult books for Bookshare like Rabbit is Rich by John
Updike because they were Pulitzers. I, normally, don't enjoy reading adult
books because I feel like it is a waste of time. I am not afraid to read them I
just would rather not read them since there are so many other books to validate
that have redeeming value.
Barbara
--- On Mon, 9/15/08, Laura Ann <agape.wellness.massage@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Laura Ann <agape.wellness.massage@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: More books lingering on download list
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, September 15, 2008, 10:55 PM
you know Cindy, its not that some of us are afraid of adult rated
books....its that some of us choose not to read those types of books
and don't want to read them.
I for one don't like accessive vilance and sex and language.
There are so many wonderful books that don't have this in them and I
don't want to read vilant fowl language filled particular types of books.
Its not fear its what we enjoy and or want to go into our minds and hearts.
I for one don't cuss and don't want to read books that have accessibe
language because I don't enjoy that in my own life why would I want to read
it.
I have an education and use the many wonderful words available to us
to express myself and don't like fowl or volgar language.
I also do not like sex scenes in books I read....this is my choice
and not a fear just something I have chosen for me.
We all have different interst and that is what makes our list special.
There are many wonderful personalities here and many varied interest
working together to grow the bookshare collection.
That way all types of books can be read and available.
Just because a volunteer doesn't want to read about books full of
violence and sex and fowl or crude language does not make them fearful.
It is their preference.
You know there are those on the list who have had a loved one
murdered or who have experienced rape or vilant crimes and I am sure
don't want to read about it.
We need to respect that and not call them fearful.
I feel volunteering we should all take the types of books we enjoy
and that makes it enjoyable.
If we take books just to move them off step one but dread it that
isn't fun anymore and it will cause the volunteers to dread their
work not look forward to growing the collection.
Not to mention the books won't get the care they deserve in valadating.
I for one am not interested in validating a lot of the ones that have
lingered on step one.
I do read through the entire list but I take the books I like reading.
I read through the entire book when I validate to try to make it the
best I can.
I release a book if I have it longer and can't get it validated so it
gives someone else a chance to get it into the collection.
I hope this made sense.
Laura Ann
At 09:01 PM 9/15/2008, you wrote:
>Book #1 was submitted in March of 2008.
>Book #2 was submitted in Oct. 2007. According to Carrie it is
>missing and two pages and has several that are garbled, probably
>scanned upset down. Someone should look at it and if you don't want
>to validate it, reject it. I have 5 downloads already and so can't.
>It's rated only Fair and the submitter was also the validator, so it
>was returned.
>Book #3 was submitted in March and nobody's tried it. It's rated
>Good; maybe the submitter is being modest. It's a Fourth Godfather
>saga book, so if any of you aren't afraid of Adult-rated books (for
>sex? violence?) and liked the Godfather books and/or movies, have a go.
>
>March is 6 months ago, more or less. What should be considered
>"lingering." How long? Anyone who wants to can start at the
bottom
>and check submission date of a book that interests you. I was taking
>books that had been on the list for more than 6 months but that was
>when we had no limit and then I was chastised for having so many and
>told I should release them so others could take them if they wanted
>to. Eventually some were taken,perhaps rejected--I don't know--and
>some were still on the download list when I was able to take a new
>book, so I took them then.
>
>Cindy
>
>1. Don Nehlan Tales from the West Virginia Sidelines by Don Nehlan
>with Shelly Poe RTF (Rich Text Format) Excellent, almost no errors.
>Long Synopsis: This is the story of legendary West Virginia
>University coach Don Nehlan. It is the story of his 20 years of
>coaching West Virginia football. Nonfiction Sports The submitters
>comments indicate that she's done a careful job of prevalidation and
>she left her name and email address
>
>
>2. Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy with Trauma Survivors by Susan
>Johnson RTF (Rich Text Format)
>Brief Synopsis: This book provides a theoretical framework and an
>innovative model of intervention for distressed couples whose
>relationships are affected by the echoes of trauma. Fair,
>Self-Help Professional and Technical
>
>3. The Godfather's Revenge Mark Winegartner RTF (Rich Text Format)
>Brief Synopsis: The final Saga in the story of the Corleone crime family
>Good, some errors.
>Long Synopsis: The new novel in the most celebrated saga, and the
>men who gave revenge its meaning; Michael Corleone, American crime
>boss pursuing the mantle of legitimacy; Nick Gerasi, the former
>family top man hunted by the Corleones, and the Feds after an
>unforgivable betrayal; Daniel Brendan Shea, the ambitious brother of
>a galvanizing young new president, out to topple the kingpins of
>organized crime; Carlo Tramante, the New Orleans Capo, who lives to
>see his humiliation avenged at any cost; Tom Hagan, an Irish
>consiglieri in an Italian worlde, plunged into treachery and mortal
>peril; Five lives on a collision course that will make history, and
>shock the world; An unforgetable capstone to Mario Puzo's great
American epic.
>This book is flagged as having adult content Mystery and Thrillers
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