Yeah I hadn't thought of that that is true and i have not regretted bookshare since joining glad we're adults and can make our own choices on what to read > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx >To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 00:16:55 -0400 >Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: what's everyone reading? >If NLS ever gets them, smile. One of the really great things about >Bookshare, is we do not have a "selection committee" what ever is submitted >is accepted, if it is erotica, religious, or just out of the ordinary or >obscure Bookshare takes it all. >There are a lot of books on the site I know NLS will never publish. >Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden >juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx >Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. >Graduate Advisory Council >www.guidedogs.com >The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to >stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. > -- Vance Havner >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Julie Morales" <inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 5:39 PM >Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: what's everyone reading? >Is the book a poor copy? I haven't read it. Yes, Pat, books from Web Braille >are always cleaner copies than Bookshare books, but Bookshare has a much >larger selection, and you'll find hot-topic books on Bookshare long before >NLS has them. Take care. >Julie Morales >inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Windows/MSN Messenger (but not email): >mercy0421@xxxxxxxxxxx >Skype: mercy0421 >Yahoo: julienstarsky >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Pat Ferguson" <fergent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 9:04 AM >Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: what's everyone reading? >Hi! Is the copy of the "Gardian" by Dee Henderson that you downloaded from >Web Braille a cleaner copy? Can we fix the one that is on BookShare? ><smile> I would be happy to do that if someone would tell me what I'm >suppose to do? <smile >I really love the book, and I plan to finish reading it today. >I am totally amazed at the love and kindness on this loving list and >everyone is so loving! <squeeze> lol. >I just love BookShare! It's totally loving! >I really do like the idea of people contacting authors, and I have actually >told a few authors about BookShare. >I wonder why Web Braille doesn't join BookShare, and then it could all be >one big happy Benetech Corperation? <smile> Maybe there is a reason for >that, I don't know, but I truly support BookShare, and I hope to some day >be able to donate a little money to the organization! I tell absolutely >everyone about how wonderful BookShare is! >Lovings, >Pat Ferguson >At 06:22 PM 6/18/05, you wrote: >>Hi Jana and others, thanks for the suggestions. Someone else was asking >>about "The Guardian" by Dee Henderson. I downloaded it from Bookshare but >>someone on this list told me it's on web braille and I got it from there. I >>thought it might be a cleaner copy. >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 1:04 AM >>Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: what's everyone reading? >>> Oh, another good author is Patricia Sprinkle. I don't know if any of >>> her >>> books are on Bookshare, but they're on Web Braille. Like the Mitford >>> series, they're not preachy, and the characters are very human. The >>> ones >>> I've read are "The Remember Box" and "Carley's Song." They deal with >>racial >>> reconciliation, among other things. Very good books. Another series on >>Web >>> braille is called The Shannon Saga, and they're co-written by Tracie >>> Peterson and someone else, an attorney whose name I can't remember at >>> the >>> moment. <Smile> They're about a young woman who sets up a law practice >>> in >>> l.a. in the early 1900's. Happy reading! >>> Jana >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx >>> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 11:08 PM >>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: what's everyone reading? >>>> Have you read the Jan Karon series? Her books are >>>> quite popular. They're not preachy but are human and >>>> nice. >>>> Cindy >>>> --- Pshon Barrett <pbarrett@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> I'm reading a Christian series by D. Henderson. >>>>> Any other suggestions of >>>>> Christian fiction? >>>>> Pshonmystery >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx >>>>> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 8:08 PM >>>>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: what's everyone >>>>> reading? >>>>>> Way to go, Amber. What kind of book is Mermaid >>>>> Chair? >>>>>> And where does Sex Lives take you, i.e. o what >>>>>> countries or places? >>>>>> I'm now reading Faceless Killers, the first of the >>>>>> Kurt Wallender detective stories by Henning >>>>> Mankell. >>>>>> The book is set in Sweded -- in fact, this is an >>>>>> English translation. Kurt is a homicide detective >>>>>> who's recently divorced from his wife; whose >>>>> daughter, >>>>>> probably in late teens or early 20's, is somewhat >>>>>> estranged from him; and who listens to opera and >>>>>> drinks alone at night to assuage his pain at the >>>>>> divorce. In this book he and his team have to find >>>>>> the killer or killers or an elderly farm couple, >>>>> the >>>>>> male of whom has a secret past. It's easy reading >>>>> -- >>>>>> not tense or scary, which I like, i.e., I don't >>>>> like >>>>>> mysteries that are tense or scary. >>>>>> Cindy >>>>>> -- Amber Wallenstein <amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx >>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> What is everyone reading? I'm currently editing >>>>> The >>>>>>> Sex Lives of Cannibals, and hope to have it up >>>>> for >>>>>>> approval soon. It's a really funny travel log. >>>>> I >>>>>>> am also editing the Mermaid Chair, the new book >>>>> by >>>>>>> Sue Monk Kidd. So peoples, whatcha reading? >>>>>>> Amber >>>>>> __________________________________ >>>>>> Do you Yahoo!? >>>>>> Make Yahoo! your home page >>>>>> http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs >>>> __________________________________________________ >>>> Do You Yahoo!? >>>> Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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