[bksvol-discuss] Re: January New York Times bestsellers
- From: "Gisela Vazquez" <giselavazquez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:54:32 -0500
Carrie,
You are such a blessing to this community. Thanks for all your dedication
and hard work. I will quite happily validate your pile of sci-fi and urban
fantacy. And I was so extatic to see "Blood Brothers" that I squeeed!
Gisela
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without
work. - Emile Zola
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carrie Karnos
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 2:50 PM
To: Bookshare Vol Group
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] January New York Times bestsellers
Hi gang,
The bestsellers (and their statuses) are:
Hardcover Fiction:
T IS FOR TRESPASS, by Sue Grafton (already in the collection)
THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR, by Dean Koontz (someone else is processing
it)
SHADOW MUSIC, by Julie Garwood (I need to order)
Hardcover Non-fiction:
A FAMILY CHRISTMAS, by Caroline Kennedy (already in the collection)
Paperback Fiction (Trade and Mass-Market):
ATONEMENT, by Ian McEwan (already in the collection)
BLOOD BROTHERS, by Nora Roberts (already in the collection)
WIZARD'S DAUGHTER, by Catherine Coulter (I need to order)
IRON KISSED, by Patricia Briggs (I need to order)
STAR WARS: LEGACY OF THE FORCE #7: FURY, by Aaron Allston (already in the
collection)
WEB OF EVIL, by J. A. Jance (already in the collection)
DAKOTA HOME, by Debbie Macomber (already in the collection)
PS, I LOVE YOU, by Cecelia Ahern (already in the collection)
Paperback Non-fiction:
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR, by George Crile (already in the collection)
Also processing:
The Singing Tree, by Kate Seredy
A Natural History of the Senses, by Diane Ackerman
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife, by Mary Roach
I have several comments about the list:
1) It's a fairly short list, because the publishing houses know that people
did a lot of book-buying in December, so they're not releasing many books
now. I expect next month we'll be back to normal.
2) Since I have several lists of books that I need to process (see #3), I've
been hitting the bookstores a lot more frequently. When I see a bestseller,
I pick it up, rather than waiting to order it from amazon. Plus I've been
ordering from amazon a lot more frequently too. This is why there are so
many books already in the collection for January.
3) Some students have been asking for books to be used in their classes, and
I've been trying to process them. (You may have noticed some on the new
books list lately). And Claire and I are working on finishing the top 100
novels that 2 Times magazine reporters devised, and we're also making every
book in the Bookshare Teacher Recommended Reading list excellent. And after
all of that is done, I'm going to start working on about 30 donated sci-fi
and urban fantasy books that have been calling to me :-)
4) There are still a couple of books left from the November and December New
York Times lists. I am planning on doing them, and I think 'An Inconvenient
Book' won't be too bad, but 'I Am America' looks like a royal pain. There
are several little comments at the side of the main text on each page, which
means spending a minute or two rearranging the text on every single page -
YUCK! I'd like to just ignore the comments, but Colbert's asides are what
give his work a certain zing. The book wouldn't be as funny without them,
so I will try to process the book, but don't hold your breath. It's gonna
take a while. Just an FYI.
5) I thought someone else was going to process 'Too Late to Say Goodbye'.
It's been weeks now without it appearing on any list. Should I get it, and
process it?
Thanks, Carrie
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