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marysnyder

marysnyder

I'm a librarian and a bibliophile, which I guess go together. I get most of my reading recommendations from my mother, but she's always got very good suggestions. My favorite genre is historical fiction, because I love to feel what it was like to live under those circumstances.
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  • s m

    s m says

    I'll look him up. I miss the characters in the book now that I have finished reading it.

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • s m

    s m says

    REad Kate's recommendation of the Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time INdian - it is great. The author wrote that book you had to read when you entered Miami U. I looked for it on the book shelf because now I want to read all of his stuff.

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Dog Lover

    Dog Lover says

    Greetings CROAH member!


    We are now accepting nominations for the next group read to cover the fourth US President, James Madison.

    Please send your suggestions via one of 2 ways:

    a) a private note to either Regina or Dog Lover (this method reveals your email address to us), or

    b) use the "Questions About this Group" text box found on the member's tab. This sends an email to both administrators and masks your email address.

    Please do NOT post your nomination to the site's discussion tab.

    Please include the title, author, and brief description of the book. It would also be nice if you included the Shelfari book page URL.

    Nominations will be accepted through the 18th. Nominations will be posted and voting will take place through the 25th. We will post the selected book on the 26th.

    Because we are approaching the Holidays a revised schedule will be followed for the remainder of 2009 and beginning of 2010. We will vote for the Madison read in October, post discussion questions in November, skip December, vote on Monroe reads in January, and post discussion questions in February.

    A suggestion has been made to continue the extended reading schedule past the Holidays and provide 2 months between book selections. We would be interested in hearing anyone's thoughts on this. Would it help you? Would you lose momentum? Are you too busy to participate on the current schedule.

    Please post your comments on this proposed scheduling change to the nomination thread found at http://www.shelfari.com/groups/34700/discussions/146618/James-Madison-Nominations-are-Open

    The four books we've chosen since the group started have been fabulous. We look forward to seeing the nominations for the fifth.

    Thanks,

    Regina & DL

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Dog Lover

    Dog Lover says

    Greetings CROAH members!

    The nominations are in for the CROAH September group read about Thomas Jefferson.

    You'll find the ballot at http://www.shelfari.com/groups/34700/discussions/137240/Vote-for-Thomas-Jefferson-Reads---September-2009

    This is a "ballot" therefore...

    Please vote only once.

    Please indicate only a vote "for" - do not vote against a title.

    Please do not include any sales talk or justification for your vote - just "yae" or "for".

    The last 3 reads have been just fabulous. With this range of nominations, it looks as though we'll have another winner for our 4th group read!

    Thanks so much to all of you who submitted nominations - great job!

    Lookin' forward to your votes,

    DL

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Dog Lover

    Dog Lover says

    Greetings!

    The Chronological Read of American History Group (CROAH) is now ready to receive your nominations for the group's September read.

    The subject is Thomas Jefferson. To nominate a biography, please send the title, author, and a brief description of the book to the group administrators. You might choose to also include the URL for the Shelfari book page associated with your nominated title.

    To send us your nominated title, you may use either the "private note" feature (which will reveal your email address to the administrators) or the "Questions about this group?" text entry box found on the member tab of CROAH which will protect your privacy.

    Nominations will be accepted through Aug 16 2009.

    Voting will take place from August 17 - 23, 2009 with an announcement on August 24, 2009.

    Lookin' forward to seein' your nominations!

    DL

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • s m

    s m says

    I would give you these books next time someone is driving. I only save the classics.

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • s m

    s m says

    You are really working thruogh the classics. We have many of these books on the shelf from Uncle Fred and Aunt Robin.

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • The Ancient One

    The Ancient One says

    The World is a great mirror. It reflects back to you what you are.
    If you are loving, if you are friendly, if you are helpful, the World will
    prove loving and friendly and helpful to you.
    The World is what you are.

    - Thomas Dreier

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Dog Lover

    Dog Lover says

    Greetings,

    Chronological Read of American History - July 2009 Ballot: John Adams

    Nominations are now closed for our collective read on John Adams. Voting will be open until June 19. Please vote one (and only one) time for one of the nominated books.

    http://www.shelfari.com/groups/34700/discussions/125744/July-2009-Ballot-John-Adams

    Hope to see your vote soon,

    DL

    Note: If you are one of the early birds that have already voted, please excuse this note. Bookkeeping is difficult in tasks such as this!

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Dog Lover

    Dog Lover says

    Greetings!

    There are 3 items on the Chronological Read of American History (CROAH) Group that need your attention.

    1) Nominations are now open for us to select the group read for July 2009.

    The July 2009 read will cover John Adams. To nominate a book send a private note to one of the administrators with the book title, author, and a brief synopsis of the book. Another communication route is via the "Questions about this group?" box found on the Members page of the group.

    We will post nominations sometime over the wekend following Friday, June 12. Voting will take place until Friday, June 19. The selection will be posted sometime that weekend.


    2) We'd really like your feedback on how the group worked for the first 2 group reads.

    http://www.shelfari.com/groups/34700/discussions/122443/May-vs-March-Discussion-Structure


    3) There is a new Shelfari group closely related to CROAH that we hope will interest you.

    http://www.shelfari.com/groups/34700/discussions/123132/The-U-S-Supreme-Court

    http://www.shelfari.com/groups/38428/about


    Thanks for helping make CROAH a great resource for learning more about the USA's history by examining each of its Presidents.

    DL

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Dog Lover

    Dog Lover says

    Hi,

    The Chronological Read of American History Group has a proposal for you!

    Please read and comment on the new posting found at

    http://www.shelfari.com/groups/34700/discussions/117300/Instructions-for-Joining-Sub-Group

    Lookin' forward to your feedback,

    DL

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Regina L

    Regina L says

    I see you read Wicked. I noticed my administrative assistant reading Wicked and asked her if she liked it. She said yes and that she intended to read the other books in the series. I wanted to give her one for Administrative Assistant Day next week. What do you recommend I give her? Is the series chronlogical? Thanks!

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Regina L

    Regina L says

    I understand. Life happens. Plus there are so many opportunities on Sheflari for group reading it is sometimes to prioritize. If you have time, we hope you can join us. It is a good group.

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Regina L

    Regina L says

    The May 2009 selection has been announced for Chronoligcal Read of American History Group.

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Dog Lover

    Dog Lover says

    Hi,

    The ballot for choosing the May read by the Chronological Read of American History group is now available in the discussions tab.

    Lookin' forward to your vote!

    DL

    posted 8 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Kristina

    Kristina says

    I hear you talked Susan into Twilight! I still say they drugged the pages, making it an addictive substance. I read the last two in the space of 2.5 days. Just sat there reading all day, and then I went and saw the movie again last week. It really is better after you've read the whole series. How is the Southern Vampire series? I've got another good friend who is reading that right now as well.

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Regina L

    Regina L says

    That is very cool and a great way for studetns to see how fortunate they are to have such a range of literature to chose from. I bet the Harry Potter one really gets them!

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Regina L

    Regina L says

    I have not read the Book Thief, but have been seeing it discussed in many of the forums. It looks interesting though. So, what have been some of the favorite banned books? That does sound like fun. I like the food idea!

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Regina L

    Regina L says

    That is understandable and a good point. The book does make you think about how much we take for granted. I can't imagine living in a society where reading whatever I choose is against the law.

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Regina L

    Regina L says

    I've read both. I had a problem with the Messiah Complex of the author of Reading Lolita in Tehran. I kept putting the book down because of my frustration over it. But, I finished it. I will say, however, that I saw the author (sorry, can't remember her name) on C-Span a couple of weekends ago. I found her interview to be much better than her written word. I really enjoyed Three Cups of Tea. Another good example of someone following his or her passion to help others. If I were to chose between the two, I'd definitely go with Three Cups of Tea.

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )


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