I have to agree. He had a way of making classics seem easier to read and understand and he made everything he read sound like one long poem.
Peninnah FleischerLet no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Ephesians 4:29----- Original Message ----- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 7:48 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: a fun topic, summer chunksters
Alexander Skorby is an awesome narrator, I loved his narration of Homor's The Oddessy. Shelley L. Rhodes M.A., VRT, CTVI and Judson, guiding golden juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. Graduate Alumni Association Board www.guidedogs.com More than Any other time, When i hold a beloved book in my hand, my limitations fall from me, my spirit is free. - Helen Keller----- Original Message ----- From: "Amy Goldring Tajalli" <agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 6:01 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: a fun topic, summer chunksters A perfect long read or reread for the summer [except I just finished it] would be: Victor Hugo's Les Miserables at 1260 but someone would need to scan [preferably] the Modern Library edition translated by Charles Wilbur. All the other easily available editions, including the one in Bookshare, are edited and abridged [badly and only 840 pp]. Tolstoy's War and Peace in the Bookshare edition is 1680 pp which seems a little short but I don't know the translator or Scanner. If someone wantsto try it I would be interested in more information. [if it had not been for Alexander Scourby reading it to me when I first started using talking books I might never have finished it. I did not when I had enough sight to read itthat way.] Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago is only 638 page and if you are not already familiar with 20 th century Russian History, and some 18th, it may seem a lot longer. I hope someone will scan volumes 2 and 3 of Solzhenitsyn's Gulag. They are worth the effort both to scan and to read. All 3 together probably total close to 2000 pages.----- Original Message ----- From: Amber WallensteinTo: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 4:47 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] a fun topic, summer chunksters I posted this to a few book groups, and am interested to see whatchunksters you all will be reading this summer.... And if anyone can give me names of other long books that are on bookshare,that you loved, that wouldbe great too. Books I want to read this summer include: * The Terror by Dan Simmons at a whopping 769 pages* the new Harry Potter book by J. K. Rowling at a much to short 784 pages,which I plan to savor * A Suitable Boy byVikram Seth at a jaw-dropping 1349 pages * The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett at 973 pages * Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King by J R R Tolkien at a combined1635 pages and short books thrown in there for good measure... The total for these chunkster books is drum-roll.... 5510 pages. Whew! I better get busy,then yes? I'll update as the summer progresses! Amber Book blog: http://community.livejournal.com/book_cuddler/ I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate. John Adams E-Mail: amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.15/845 - Release Date: 6/12/2007 6:39 AM To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxPut the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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