[bksvol-discuss] Re: books for Gwen
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 00:21:50 -0700 (PDT)
Yes, indeed Thank you for refreshing my memory. It was Catherine Cookson and I
believe her are some books by her in the Collwetionlcollection
Cindy
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--- On Wed, 9/9/09, Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: books for Gwen
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 12:08 AM
Hi, Cindy, can you tell me the name of that author writing
about the poor during the 19th century? You have peaked my curiosity. Could you
have been reading Catherine Cookson by any chance? She tends to write about
northern English society and in the main she wrote about working people. Oh,
dearest Cindy, please do not leave me in suspense. I want to know. Thanks and
best regards, Kim.
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Cindy
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 11:35 PM
To:
bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: books for
Gwen
My reading tastes are pretty much the same, though ti find
it easier to read books that deal with sad things or mencacing things
than
to see movies about them. We got North Country from Netflix;
an excellent film, but I let my husband watch it by himself, though
he said afterward that the scenes I thought I would find upsetting
weren't
really all that bad. I came in for the end They won the case and set a
precedent.
Years go I ead Heart of Darkness and I liked it and
ready other, though not all of Conrad's books. I thnk I read The Stranger
fairly recently--though wait a minute--maybe it wasn't Camus but
Herman Hesse book I read
I'm now into a phase of reading romantic
novels set in 19th -century England and characteres in the nobility.
There
is a popular author who writes books set in the same period or a little
later but the characters are the working clas and the poor. I started to
proofread one but left it for someone else who wanted to, both
because of the subject and because of the dialect, which I find difficult
to read.
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On Tue, 9/8/09, Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
From:
Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss]
Re: books for Gwen
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday,
September 8, 2009, 11:16 PM
Hi, Cindy, I happened to like some of
Charles Dickens' books. My favorite novel after The Life and
Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is Our Mutual Friend. This
may not suit Gwen's fancy, and it's true that Dickens concerned himself
with social problems that came to his attention, but if one has
listened
to a very good reader narrating certain books by Dickens, I find him a
riveting writer. I have favorite books of his I like and others I don't
care for. I think the reason I disliked The Old Curiosity Shop
was the sentimentality and that soppy characterization of Little Nell.
I
have friends who happen to like the novel. What interests me about
Dickens is the wide range of his work. I have mixed feelings about your
remarks about not wanting to read about suffering, particularly that of
children. I hate to read stuff which depresses me, and some times
Dickens can be very grim, i.e., the lives of people in debtor's prison,
the poor laws and the English workhouse, etc., but I find him to be a
writer who is not unrelievedly bleak. He certainly can tell a great
story and his characters tend to be very memorable. What is your take
on
people writing now, Cindy? I remember reading Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad and The Stranger by Albert Camus. Talk about
depressing ... now those were depressing stories to my way of
thinking. I can stand reading Dickens. Regards,
Kim.
From:
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Cindy
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 10:50
PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:
[bksvol-discuss] books for Gwen
You're right about Jane Austen books I myself don't
care for Dickens' books, except ATale of Two Cities
and The Christmass Carol, because I find them too sad. I
don't like reading about poverty and the mistreatment of
children--or of anyone, for that matter.
smile
Cindy
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On Tue, 9/8/09, Chanelle Hill
<chanellemh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From:
Chanelle Hill <chanellemh@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject:
[bksvol-discuss] Re: I have a question please and thank
you.
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday,
September 8, 2009, 6:47 PM
Dear Gwen,
Some historical fiction,
biographies, or classic authors like Jane Austen and Charles
Dickens are fine too. I don't like books with explicit
descriptions of sex either. I do like romance but not as the
central plot or theme of a book. It is a matter of personal
preference and what you can tolerate. If I think a book is
worth
reading, I will fast forward or skip past parts that make me
uncomfortable. If you enjoy reading other genres and subjectss,
you shouldn't need to limit yourself to childrens' and
religious
books. I am not criticizing those at all since I have read many
good books in those subjects; however, Bookshare has a vast
collection that is constantly updating so there should be
something to absorb your interest and reading pleasure. I hope
that I have not offended you in any way.
Chanelle
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Original Message -----
From:
gwen tweedy
To:
bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent:
Tuesday, September 08, 2009 6:52 PM
Subject:
[bksvol-discuss] Re: I have a question please and thank
you.
So for me I'll stick in the
religion and spirituality or children's and I should be
relatively fine thanks.
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Original Message -----
From:
Denise Thompson
To:
bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent:
Tuesday, September 08, 2009 4:38 PM
Subject:
[bksvol-discuss] Re: I have a question please and thank
you.
Some of the problem might be the definition
of adult content. And for that there has never been any
agreement. I recently submitted a book and I marked it as
having adult content, but when it was put into the library,
it is marked as not having adult content. So I don't know
if
it was the admin staff or what. However, like I said, the
courts have never been able to agree upon what is and what
isn't so I don't think we will here
either.
Denise
At 05:22 PM 9/8/2009, you
wrote:
You would think so,
but alas I have no adult content selected and I got a
pretty racy novel with sex scenes and it was not ticked
as
adult, so it must be kind of hit or
miss.
Take
care!
Valerie
Please pray for
Doug's Dad & visit his website:
http://www.caringbridge..org/visit/billkoonce
From:
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mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of gwen tweedy
Sent: Tuesday,
September 08, 2009 1:45 PM
To:
bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:
[bksvol-discuss] I have a question please and thank
you.
If I go up and make sure my settings are
set to no adult content, does that mean when I
go into the new books or brose any category that only
books with only no adult content will come up or will
other books slip
through?
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