[Oabs] Favorite books

Sun Oct 5 09:07:46 UTC 2014

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

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From: Oabs [mailto:oabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Aleeha Dudley via
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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 

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> 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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