[bksvol-discuss] Re: Another New Year's Challenge: Bookshare Volunteers' "100 Most Enjoyable Books of all Time"

  • From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 06:46:53 -0800

Hi, Sue, thanks for the information. I really don't care who answers the
post, just so long as my question gets answered somehow. Besides, I like
hearing from fellow Booksharians. Happy New Year to you, Sue, and I wish
you happy reading. Kim.

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Volunteers' "100 Most Enjoyable Books of all Time"



Hi Kim,

Not Shelley, but yes, that series is in the collection.

Sue S.

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From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 6:41 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Another New Year's Challenge: Bookshare 
Volunteers' "100 Most Enjoyable Books of all Time"


> Hi, Shelley, I've never heard of the Duncan McClain series. Is it in 
> the Bookshare collection? I'm always interested in a good detective 
> story. Regards, Kim Friedman.
>
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> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shelley L. 
> Rhodes
> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 7:00 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Another New Year's Challenge: Bookshare 
> Volunteers' "100 Most Enjoyable Books of all Time"
>
>
> I have strange tastes when it comes to enjoyable books,
>
> But I liked
>
> The Lord of the Rings by tolkien have read them many times.
>
> The Captain Duncan McClain detective series by Baynard Kendreck
>
> And
> Harry Potter, by J.K. Rowling
>
> With the Redwall Series by Brian Jacques coming right behind. there 
> are other books I have found enjoyable willing to read again, but 
> those would be my top three.
>
> If you want the rest am happy to share some of them.
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> From: "Denise Thompson" <deniset@xxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 7:22 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Another New Year's Challenge: Bookshare
> Volunteers' "100 Most Enjoyable Books of all Time"
>
>
>> Yes. I can do that. I'm glad you mentioned the series thing because I

>> was thinking that it should be consider as one. One of my most 
>> enjoiable
> book
>> or books in this case is the Joanna Brady series by J. A. Jance. 
>> Denise
>>
>>
>> At 02:59 PM 1/1/2011, you wrote:
>>>With Denise keeping track of people's nominations for Bookshare 
>>>Volunteers' "100 Most Enjoyable Books of all Time" let's what we can
> come
>>>up with in the next two weeks. Let volunteers who are not on this 
>>>discussion list know to send their 3 favorites to Denise at 
>>>deniset@xxxxxxx
>>>
>>>Make a special note if the book you mention is not in the Bookshare 
>>>collection yet or if there are quality issues with the copy in the 
>>>collection.
>>>
>>>For our purposes, trilogies, anthologies, and series may be submitted

>>>as a single favorite.
>>>
>>>Denise, would you be willing to post regular updates on nominated 
>>>titles to this list? That will keep the list in people's attention 
>>>and
> minimize
>>>people voting for he same books.
>>>
>>>Scott Rains
>>>Benetech Fellow
>>>
>>>________________________________________
>>>From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>[bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Denise Thompson 
>>>[deniset@xxxxxxx]
>>>Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 2:36 PM
>>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Another New Year's Challenge: Bookshare

>>>Volunteers' "100 Most Enjoyable Books of all Time"
>>>
>>>I think it sounds interesting. I'd be willing to
>>>keep a spread sheet of people's most enjoiable
>>>book or books. I think we need to limit
>>>submissions from a person, for example, most enjoiable 3 books? 
>>>Denise deniset@xxxxxxx
>>>
>>>At 02:25 PM 1/1/2011, you wrote:
>>> >Ok, so what would a Bookshare Volunteers' "100
>>> >Most Enjoyable Books of all Time" list look like?
>>> >
>>> >Judy has started the conversation with "The
>>> >Colonel's Ladies" by Eric Hatch. At least 99
>>> >more to go - and one scorekeeper to capture all the entries. Any 
>>> >volunteers?
>>> >
>>> >Scott Rains
>>> >Benetech Fellow
>>> >
>>> >________________________________________
>>> >From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> >[bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>>> >Of Judy s. [cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>> >Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 1:28 PM
>>> >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A New Year's
>>> >Challenge: De Norske Bokklubbene "100 Most Meaningful Books of all 
>>> >Time"
>>> >
>>> >That would be a fascinating list! Hmm, a Bookshare Volunteer list 
>>> >of
>
>>> >100 most enjoyable books... how would we go about creating such a 
>>> >list? smile.
>>> >
>>> >Judy s., who's current top-10 favorite book is "The Colonel's 
>>> >Ladies" by Eric Hatch.  It's hard to resist a smartly written book 
>>> >about a small-town east coast girls' college teacher who decides 
>>> >that what he needs to break out of his boring life is his own 
>>> >working horse-drawn canon! It's in the collection at 
>>> >http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/36407
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >Scott Rains wrote:
>>> > > Judy,
>>> > >
>>> > > I do think that you introduced an important metric --
>>> > > "enjoyability."
>>> > >
>>> > > I wonder what a Bookshare Volunteer list of
>>> > the "100 100 Most Enjoyble Books of all Time" would look like?
>>> > >
>>> > > Scott Rains
>>> >
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