[bookshare-discuss] Re: Fave Books
- From: "Louise" <lougou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 11:52:10 -0500
I only read one of Michener's books and it is called Texas. It traces the
history and culture of Texas from the beginning to the present, well, not
exactly the present, but probably into at least the 1970's or 1980's. I
read it in Braille and it was in 14 volumes. I can't remember whether or
not it's already on Bookshare, but if not, it should be. Anyone want to
tackle scanning such a big book??
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phyllis Stevens" <catlady12@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 9:11 AM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Fave Books
> I love anything by James Michener. My absolute favorite book by Him, and
> the first one I read, (at least seven times, now!), is on bookshare!
> It's called The Source. It's about an archeological dig in Israel where
> they dig to the bedrock of a "tel" (mound), and find the "source" (of
> water, of the beginning, of people in the area, ETC.) Stories are told
> around each find and are inter-mingled around the main story of the
> present on the dig with the people there, the Kibbutz, the staff of the
> dig, the children of the families in the Kibbutz, the dining room staff,
> the guy funding the dig ETC.
> It's just fascinating! Michener always put a lot of research into his
> work, but this book is my very favorite of his! It's really long (over
> 1100 pages), but I'll probably read it seven more times! I just love
> the way he put this one together!
>
> catlady12@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Allison Hilliker" <amhillik@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 5:24 AM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Fave Books
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Wow! I'm really loving hearing everyone's thoughts on good books. I've
> already been downloading a few from these suggestions, <smile>. Keep
> 'em
> coming.
>
> Now that I've finally gotten my paper done, I have time to write down a
> few
> of my faves for anyone who's interested. Ok, so this list turns out to
> be
> more
> than just a few, but you know how it is. And this isn't even
> all-inclusive,
> it's more of stuff I've read recently and can remember at this time of
> night. A lot of these can be found on Bookshare, but not all of them.
> Some
> are only on NLS. I'll put the letter, n, at the ends of the ones I know
> Bookshare does not have. Also, the author's names are all spelled
> correctly, I double checked, so you can just copy 'em that way if you
> like.
>
> Ok, here goes. I tried to divide by category, but it's not quite
> perfectly
> done that way .
>
> All-round favorites:
> One Child, by Torey L. Hayden.
> The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver.
> The Beacon Book of Essays by Contemporary American Women, edited by
> Wendy
> Martin.
> Holding out, by Anne O. Faulk, N.
> Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, N.
> Nora, Nora, by Anne Rivers Siddons, N.
> To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee.
> Savage inequalities, by Jonathan Kozol, N.
> The First Woman Doctor, by Rachel Baker.
> Children's books:
> Out Of The Dust, by Karen Hesse.
> Bud Not Buddy, by Christopher Curtis.
> Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor.
> The Great Gilly Hopkins, by Katherine Paterson.
> Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson.
> Coraline, by Neil Gaiman,
> Number The Stars, Lowis Lowlry
>
> Humorous:
> Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason, by Helen Fielding.
> Boogers Are My Beat : More Lies, but Some Actual Journalism, by Dave
> Barry.
> Napalm & silly putty, by George Carlin, N.
>
> What I call, Pop Books:
> The Devil Wears Prada, by Lauren Weisberger.
> Rage of Angels, by Sidney Sheldon.
> Practical Magic, by Alice Hoffman, N. The movie of this one was pretty
> bad,
> the book is so much different.
> Turtle Moon, by Alice Hofman, N.
> On mystic lake, by Kristin Hannah, N.
>
> Mysteries:
> A Cry In The Night, by Mary Higgins Clark.
> And Then You Die, by Iris Johansen, N.
> Long after midnight, by Iris Johansen, N.
> Underdog, by Laurien Berenson, N.
>
> Christian books:
> Redeeming love, by Francine Rivers, N.
> The Hiding Place, by Elizabeth Sherrill, John Sherrill,Corrie ten Boom.
> Starry, starry night: three holiday stories, by Lurlene McDaniel, N.
>
> Ok, that's all I'm coming up with at the moment. I'm too tired to
> remember
> any others! Happy Reading, and I have loved hearing from everyone.
>
> Best,
> Allison
>
>
>
>
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