Hello, Bookshare Volunteers, I am a new Bookshare member and volunteer and just wanted to introduce myself. I joined Bookshare via a somewhat unusual path. For Christmas last year, I gave my husband a bookshare membership because he was always running out of books from NLS. I figured that as a member of bookshare, he would never run out of reading material. However, not only has he found plenty of books to read, but he became a volunteer and began validating books. I watched this process with interest. When I discovered all the books in the Bookshare collection on the Brontes, I realized that I had to join Bookshare in order to access these books as the Brontes are a love of mine. Because of seeing the joy Mike has found through validating books, I submitted a book "The Elements of Prayer", signed up as a volunteer, and just got the word that Elements of Prayer has been added to the collection, and it is such a wonderful feeling. So, I look forward to submitting books, validating a few, and reading a lot. So now you will see two Castners on the list, and my introduction is a roundabout way of explaining why. Lori Castner