[Oabs] Favorite books
Aleeha Dudley
blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com
Sun Oct 5 11:47:59 UTC 2014
Oh dear. I am usually more careful...
Aleeha Dudley and seeing eye dog Dallas
Vice President, Ohio Association of blind students
Blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com
"The wind of Heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears." Arabian proverb
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> On Oct 5, 2014, at 5:07 AM, Deborah Kendrick <dkkendrick at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Aleeha,
> I do hope you dictated this message, which would account for the spelling of
> Janet Evanovich's name. Please lookbelow at your own message (with braille,
> if possible) and see what is kind of funny on this list, but could be
> disastrous if, say, you were answering the same question from a potential
> employer!
> Don't worry. We're all family here. I'm not criticizing. Just pointing it
> out so you will be aware of potential pitfalls!
> Deborah
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oabs [mailto:oabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Aleeha Dudley via
> Oabs
> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 8:59 PM
> To: Kaiti Shelton; Ohio Association of Blind Students list
> Subject: Re: [Oabs] Favorite books
>
> Although they are a little targeted toward younger people, I love the
> Redwall series by Brian shock. I also love Sue Martin's new book, out of the
> whirlpool. It's a great memoir about her journey through a suicide attempt,
> and her ability to get on her feet after losing her vision. I also love
> anything by Jay. D. Rob, all of the in death books. They are wonderful
> murder mysteries. John Grisham is another great offer.you can also try some
> of the stories by Janet Ivana bitch, some of my favorites ever.those are
> just a few off the top of my head.
>
> Aleeha Dudley and seeing eye dog Dallas Vice President, Ohio Association of
> blind students Blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com "The wind of Heaven is that which
> blows between a horse's ears." Arabian proverb
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>>> On Oct 4, 2014, at 12:37 AM, Kaiti Shelton via Oabs <oabs at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Just to stir up some discussion on here, and because I'm always
>> looking for new and interesting reads, I am wondering what your
>> favorite books are. There's a challenge to list them going around on
>> facebook, but I thought discussion of the books would be a lot more
>> productive and a lot less awkward. So, I'll start with mine. I would
>> appreciate any suggestions or replies with your favorites too.
>>
>> Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen,
>> The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and the Crucible by Arthur
>> Miller. (I always think of these two together since they're both kind
>> of similar).
>> The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. One of the best recent books
>> I've read. If John Green would continue to focus on writing stuff
>> like this, or stuff for slightly older young adults rather than the
>> high school stuff in Paper Towns, he'll continue to be awesome. I
>> liked Paper Towns, and no offense to you if you do more than TFIOS and
>> think I'm crazy, but it just didn't have depth to it, and the ending
>> was disappointing.
>> Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Really great if you like
>> mystery/suspense/thriller stuff. The book twists and turns a lot.
>> The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. Very good, so much
>> better than the movie.
>> If I Stay by Gayle Forman. Another really recent book that I liked.
>> It's a tear-jerker though.
>> The Outsiders. Made me think of stereotypes seriously for the first time.
>> Harry Potter, because it's Harry Potter.
>> Handle With Care, Sing You Home, My Sister's Keeper, or basically
>> anything by Jodi Picoult. She is really good at taking really
>> controversial issues in society or medical ethics, bringing in a
>> little courtroom drama, really getting in depth about family and
>> marital issues, and being sensitive to multiple characters and their
>> points of view at the same time. Handle With Care is one I just
>> finished not too long ago and loved. I'm about a third of the way in
>> to Sing You Home, which has a music therapist as a main character, and
>> I'm loving it so far.
>> Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. This is another book I started
>> reading, but it is a little difficult to get into. One of my
>> housemates says its her favorite book though, but when you're first
>> getting into it you have to bear in mind that the story is being told
>> from the point of view of a young kid with Autism, so it seems a
>> little disjointed until that piece of information helps everything
>> make sense. It's post-9/11 fiction, and the boy's father was killed
>> in the World Trade Center.
>> Watchmen. I read this for my English class, and though it was a
>> graphic novel I loved it. Unfortunately it is not available in
>> braille; my version of reading it was watching the videos of the
>> chapters of the motion comic DVD that somebody uploaded to YouTube.
>> If you're bored and want something about superheros, mystery, a tale
>> when you don't know if the good guys are actually good, it's pretty
>> good. It's also really deep if you get into the political commentary
>> and the allegory about the societal problems, but you guys don't have
>> to write a paper on the thing.
>> The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks. Anything by Sparks is good, but
>> this one is one of my favorites.
>> A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines. Really good book. Looks
>> at racial discrimination in the south around the 40s I think. Really
>> makes you question what strength really is, what a real man/person is
>> like, and oppression.
>>
>> I think this is a pretty good summation of my old and new favorite
>> books. Like I said, any additions to this thread would be awesome.
>>
>> --
>> Kaiti Shelton
>> University of Dayton 2016.
>> Music Therapy, Psychology, Philosophy
>> President, Ohio Association of Blind Students Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta
>> Sigma
>>
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