[bksvol-discuss] Re: Validating books you hate
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:30:23 -0800 (PST)
Ann, you made me chuckle. one of the poorly written books I did that I
mentioned was not a mystery (it might have been more interesting if it had
been) but was a a very preachy Christian book. I don't mind proofing
Christian-themed novels (I'm Jewish) if they're well-written and the message is
somewhat subtle (like the one I did by Grace Livingston Hill, which had an
interesting plot and well-drawn characters but this was so blatant; I wondered
to myself if Christian readers, being already convinced, would really enjoy it.
Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned
list available at sites below
Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
Books Being Scanned List:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
--- On Wed, 2/17/10, Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Validating books you hate
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 7:28 AM
> Hi all,
>
> Shannon, you've just made me smile! Yes, I've had
> that same problem. I started proofing a book and
> discovered that it was a "Christian" mystery. Man was
> it a Christian mystery with a capital C. Now, I'm a
> Christian, but I don't want to have to be preached to while
> I'm reading or proofing a mystery. The author got more
> and more preachy, the longer the book went on, so finally, I
> just released it. I couldn't take it any more.
> It was awful! There are any number of
> reasons for releasing a book, and extreme dislike or feeling
> uncomfortable with the book's content is a valid reason for
> releasing the book so that somebody else can proof it.
>
> Ann P.
>
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