If people hadn't wanted to read it and you hadn't
scanned it, I wouldn't have validated. smile
I don't think this is typical of young adults these
days, Jill. smile Did you read it as you scanned and
get to the end? Or you too offput by the language and
context? Basically the book, though I think it was a
lot longer than it had to be and I think the
formatting shtick was unnecessary, portrayed what
harmful effects incest can have on a child.
Cindy
--- Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm not sure what you mean by "bad job for the
author" but I found no
redeeming quality in this book. If Cindy hadn't
wanted to validate, I never
would have continued scanning. I must be out of
touch with young adults'
lives if this is typical. Jill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 1:06 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Identical has been
uploaded
> Hi Cindy.
>
> I checked out identical, though it's not my usual
cup of tea the synopsis
> sounded interesting) and, as far as I can tell,
the formatting stayed.
>
> That's rather unfortunate because I found it very
confusing. But, it
> follows
> bookshare policy of staying as close as is
possible to the original text.
>
> Good job, bad job for the author.
>
> Bob
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy Rosenthal" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
<bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:32 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Identical has been
uploaded
>
>
>>I uploaded Identical, by Ellen Hopkins, this
evening
>> (i.e., Wed.). I have in my notes that Shannon
>> requested it, but I'm not sure which Shannon,
though
>> if it's solsticesinger then she's on this list, I
>> think. Besides, I think a few other people wanted
to
>> read it, too.
>>
>> Jill scanned it and did an excellent job. A lot
of the
>> formatting of the book was retained in the scan.
For
>> most of the pages I tried to keep the formatting
of
>> the book, too. A couple of pages I didn't bother,
>> except for the separations between stanzas or
lines,
>> where I did put asterisks. I'm curious to know
how
>> much of the formatting was retained, so if anyone
>> reads it, please let me know if it's all gone or
if it
>> was retained.
>>
>> Personally, I don't think all that was necessary.
On
>> some pages, the formatting did indicate state of
mind,
>> but there were not many of those. The first pages
of
>> Kaleigh and Raeanne's parts are adjacent and
written
>> in such a way that words or phrases separated
from the
>> main text were the same.
>>
>> Jill, I changed the Adult rating. All the
reviewers
>> and my library systems designate the book as
Young
>> Adult, but I did put in both synopses that it
contains
>> profanity, obscenity, sex and incest.
>>
>> It's an interesting book; if it were a movie I'd
say
>> it was a little too long--and even as a book, in
my
>> personal opinion, it would have been as effective
>> without the formatting and a little shorter--but
I am
>> not a best-selling and popular young-adult
fiction
>> author.
>>
>> Cindy
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