[bookshare-discuss] Re: borrowing an assortment of books from the library
- From: "Roger Loran Bailey" <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 14:08:04 -0500
It occurs to me that not only might the librarians give out brochures
to their eligible patrons, but it would be good to supply them with
brochures for potential sighted volunteers. I would think that
librarians would be in a position to know a number of people who might
be interested.
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Shelley L. Rhodes
<guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My librarians know exactly what I am doing and think it is really neat. In
> fact they have asked for brochures that they can give out to eligible
> members.
>
> They are usually great about getting me books and know that I read every one
> of them, well almost all of them, smile.
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A., VRT
> And Guinevere: Golden Lady Guide Dog
> guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx
> Guide Dogs for the Blind
> Alumni Association
> www.guidedogs.com
>
> The people who burned witches at the stake never for one moment thought of
> their act as violence;
> rather they thought of it as an act of divinely mandated righteousness.
> The same can be said of most of the violence we humans have ever committed.
> -Gil Bailie, author and lecturer (b. 1944)
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Rosenthal"
> <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 3:08 AM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] borrowing an assortment of books from the
> library
>
>
>> Yes, they do. The variety of books I get, plus ones I
>> read for myself, us great. One nice thing, though, is
>> since they know what I do for bookshare, when I borrow
>> a juvenile book to read for myself I don't have to
>> explain or feel embarrassed. I recently borrowed A
>> Stranger Came Ashore because the synopsis was so
>> intriguing. It was a delightful and delightfully
>> well-written story. When I have time 'll write a
>> review.
>>
>> Cindy
>>
>> --- Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Something occurred to me. Do your librarians know
>>> what you are doing
>>> with all these books? If they don't the curiosity
>>> must be agonizing
>>> for them.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 4:39 AM, Cindy Rosenthal
>>> <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> > O.K. I've requested the book. The one my library
>>> has
>>> > is Firebird, published 2007. Hopefully that's the
>>> > right one. Unfortunately,it's not in my branch,
>>> and
>>> > the library being closed for New Year's Day I'm
>>> not
>>> > sure how long it will take, but I think it will
>>> come
>>> > in ths week.
>>> >
>>> > Nancy, I'll let you know offlist when I get the
>>> book
>>> > and we can solve any problems you might have. Keep
>>> a
>>> > list, smile.
>>> >
>>> > Cindy
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --- Nancy Feldman <nancy_feldman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> The book is The Game by Diana Wynne Jones. And I
>>> >> have just a couple other
>>> >> oddities to validate as well, so if you do see
>>> the
>>> >> book, it'd be great.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> -----Original Message-----
>>> >> From: Cindy Rosenthal
>>> >> [mailto:popularplace@xxxxxxxxx]
>>> >> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 9:39 PM
>>> >> To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> >> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: To Shelley:
>>> >> Validating The Game
>>> >>
>>> >> That makes sense. Either that or dialect.
>>> >>
>>> >> Shelley, if you're not in a hurry and can tell me
>>> >> the author or ISBN number,
>>> >> in case there are more than one edition, I'll try
>>> to
>>> >> get the book.
>>> >>
>>> >> Cindy
>>> >>
>>> >> --- Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> > Could that character be a small child. It
>>> sounds
>>> >> like the syntax of a
>>> >> > small child and perhaps the author wrote it
>>> like
>>> >> that on purpose to
>>> >> > represent a very young child talking.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 11:23 PM, Nancy Feldman
>>> >> > <nancy_feldman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> >> > > Hi, Shelley,
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > > I'm on page 64 or 65 of The Game (I'm not
>>> sure
>>> >> if
>>> >> > the page numbers are
>>> >> > > appearing at the top or bottom.)
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > > It's the last page before we hit chapter
>>> five.
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > > I'll copy the page here, but I'm wondering if
>>> >> it's
>>> >> > missing just a couple of
>>> >> > > words? The very last sentence is "It's what
>>> >> > happy!"
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > > Maybe she never finishes the thought, not
>>> sure.
>>> >> > And in the first full
>>> >> > > sentence on this page, we have "They happy."
>>> Is
>>> >> > it supposed to be They're
>>> >> > > happy, or is something else missing here?
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > > Thanks.
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > > them. Hayley turned miserably to Grandma.
>>> "They
>>> >> > happy. They weren't doing
>>> >> > > any harm."
>>> >> > > "If that's all you can say-" Grandma began.
>>> >> > > "It is," Hayley interrupted defiantly. "It's
>>> >> what
>>> >> > Happy!"
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > >
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