Thanks cindy. I just downloaded The Queen's Fool. Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 3:19 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Queen's Fool. Reuben Snake, Wisdom Keepers > Good News--The Queen's Fool, by Philippa Gregory, > author of The Other Boleyn Girl, among others (that I > haven't read), is no available in the collection for > your reading pleasure. > > It's historical fiction, set in the last days of > Edward VI and the reign of Queen Mary. Well-written, > with good historical detail, interesting characters, > and a good story. My favorite way to learn > history--and the description of the battle for Calais > was vivid. > > When I returned to the download list tonight, Reuben > Snake was there. I've download both Reuben Snake and > Wisdom Keepers but I have two books to do before I get > to them, so if anyone else wants to tackle them after > reading E's description, let me know and I'll release > them. They are, according to my library online > catalog, about a Winnebago Native American visionary > and activist who lived between 1937 and 1993, and " > meetings with Native American spiritual elders" -- > cataloged under subjects of North American Indian > religion and philosophy, respectively. I hope they're > well-written and interesting, or I might reject them > if they're as bad as E suggests. It's not the "Fair" > condition that would bother me but the content if it > bored me. But hopefully they'll be interesting. > > This month is Women's Month, or something like that, > and last month was Afircan-American Month, and I know > there's a Hispanic American month somwhere, probably > in May---Is there a Native American month? If so, > these would be good o have in the collection by then. > smile (And I heartily recommend Hanta Yo, which is > well-written and very interesting and enjoyable > reading, IMO. (In my opinion). > > One of these books was submitted in Feb. 2005, the > other in Sept. 2005. As I said, if anyone wants to > validate either or both, let me know and I'll release > them. > > Cindy > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.0/276 - Release Date: 3/7/06 > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.