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Christian Fiction Book Club

In the last meeting of the Christian Fiction Book Club, we discussed
Evidence of Mercy by Terri Blackstock which is the first book in her
Suncoast series.

The next meeting of the Friends of Bookshare  Christian Fiction  Book Club
will be held on  Friday, July 11, 2008 at 6:00 P.M PST, 7:00 P.M. MST, 8:00
P.M. CST, 9:00 P.M. EST and 2:00 A.M. UTC. We meet on the second Friday of
the month in the Friends Community Room, an online chat room which can be
reached directly at: 
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs7867a2369e0e  or You can
reach it via The Friends of Bookshare URL
at: http://www.friendsofbookshare.org.  The Friends Community Room can also
be accessed via The Accessible World web site
at: http://www.accessibleworld.org. We will be discussing A Window to the
World by Susan Meissner. The bookshare link for this book is
http://www.bookshare.org/web/SingleTitle.html?submittitleid=31968 This book
starts out with two girls becoming friends, and one of them is kidnapped.
The book is about how God works in a very difficult situation. The text is
excellent, but there are random characters at the tops and bottoms of the
pages. We will meet on the second Friday rather than the first. We use the
Talkcom Web Conferencing software. If you are not familiar with it, you will
need to download the small plug-in on the web page, run it, then return to
the web page and sign in. Please type your name in the USerID field. You do
not need a password. The  Christian fiction  Book Club is open to anyone who
would like to discuss Christian fiction including romance, mystery, science
fiction, etc. If you have questions, please contact  Sharon Hughey, the
club's facilitator at mt281820@comcast.net. Come prepared to suggest books
for our consideration for reading in the near future. All suggestions will
be welcome.

Sharon Hughey

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Mysteries Book Club

he next meeting of the Friends of Bookshare Mystery Book Club will be
held on Sunday June 22, 2008 at: 2:00 P.M PDT, 3:00 P.M. MDT, 4:00 P.M.
CDT, 5:00 P.M.  EDT and 9:00 P.M. UTC.  Starting in January 2008, we
began meeting on the fourth Sunday of each month, at the times listed
above.

We will be discussing Road Rage by Ruth Rendell.
http://www.bookshare.org/web/SingleTitle.html?submittitleid=5413
It is available on cassette from NLS as:  number:  873
We meet in the Friends Community Room, an online chat room which can be
reached directly at:
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs7867a2369e0e
or, you can reach it via The Friends of Bookshare URL at:
http://www.friendsofbookshare.org
We use the Talkcom Web Conferencing software.  If you are not familiar
with it, you will need to download the small plug-in on the web page,
run it, then return to the web page and sign in.  Please type your name
in the USerID field.  You do not need a password.  The Mystery Book
Club welcomes all comers, Bookshare members and non-members alike.  We
look forward to having you share your opinions and your knowledge of
mysteries with us.

If you have questions or concerns, or you want to try out the software
before attending the club, please do not hesitate to contact the club's
facilitator, Ms. Ann K. Parsons.  She can be reached via the following
methods.

Ann K. Parsons
Email:  akp@portaltutoring.info, akp@samobile.net
Skype:  Putertutor

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April 27 2008 Mystery Book Club
March 30 2008 Mystery Book Club Aunt Dimity's Death
February 24 2008 Mystery Book Club The Relic
January 27 2008 Mystery Book Club The Blue Nowhere December 16 2007 Mystries Book Club In The Bleak Midwinter AUDIO DOWNLOAD
November 25 2007 Mysteries Book Club A Cold day for murder AUDIO DOWNLOAD
November 4 2007 Mysteries Book Club Dissolution AUDIO DOWNLOAD
October 14 2007 Mysteries Book Club Kat Walk AUDIO DOWNLOAD
September 23 2007 Mysteries Book Club Nine Coaches Waiting AUDIO DOWNLOAD 
September 4 2007 Mysteries Book Club Kick off DOWNLOAD AUDIO

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Horror Book Club

Leader: Scott Blanks
Email. scottsjb@flash.net.
Next meeting: Thursday, May 22, 2008 then last Thursday of the month.
Time: 6:00 P.M. Pacific, 7:00 P.M. Mountain, 8:00 P.M. Central, 9:00 P.M.
Eastern in the Friends of Bookshare Community Room.

The Horror Book Club hopes you're ready to eat a healthy helping of horrific
literature for this month's meeting.

For your consumption, we offer not one, but two literary courses. Try one or
the other, or, if you are able, enjoy both dishes of darkness. If you have a
weakness for novels, try Jack Ketchum's She Wakes, available from Bookshare
at the following link:

http://www.bookshare.org/web/SingleTitle.html?submittitleid=36327

If your preference is to eat a la carte, you will enjoy Jack Ketchum's
Peaceable Kingdom, a collection of short fiction, which can be found at:

http://www.bookshare.org/web/SingleTitle.html?submittitleid=36326

For dessert, ... if there's any room left, we'll share thoughts on recent
books or movies of interest, whether or not they fall inside the scope of
the horror genre.

The Horror Book Club meets the last Thursday of every month. This time
around, our meeting will take place on May 29, at 9:00 p.m. Eastern, 6:00
p.m. Pacific Time. To Join the book club discussion, which is hosted by the
Friends of Bookshare, go to the following link:

http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs7867a2369e0e

Come join us for some dissection of the scary, and we'll have a great time.

Feel free to pass this announcement on wherever appropriate.

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Fantasy Book Club

Hello Booksharians,
        I let things get away from me here, but I wanted, if quite a bit late, to inform all of you that we will be discussing The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman next month for the fantasy club. The book is in the collection, but it is in an omnibus version with two of the other books in the His Dark Materials series. Search for Phil Pullman, and you should find it. If you have any questions, feel free to email me offlist at vapour@vapourwiseblood.com.

Magically yours,
Vapour Wiseblood

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Hooked on Books Club

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Greetings to all:

On Saturday, June 21, at 9 a.m. Pacific, noon Eastern, the
Explorations in Creative Writing Group met in the friends of bookshare
classroom. I wish to extend heartfelt thanks to all who came, & an
equally heartfelt invitation to those who could not come to do so next
Saturday.

As is typical of most first meetings, some logistical matters were
dispensed with & the members' opinions were sought on a variety of
issues. Next, we had a discussion about the meaning of "writing what
you know", which led to a rather interesting side conversation
regarding the ability of congenitally blind persons to write
believably about visual details, & techniques that might be employed
to that end. A piece was shared by 1 of the group members & it was
discussed in light of the lesson on "writing what you know." A
differing opinion, e.g., that perhaps writing about what one does not
know might prove more educational & interesting, was proffered by a
member, quoting author David McCullough. All in all, it was an
interesting & productive session.

If you missed the first meeting, it doesn't mean you're banned forever
lol. It's understood not everyone will be able to make every meeting.
You're more than welcome to join us again next Saturday, 9:00 a.m.
Pacific, noon Eastern, in the friends of Bookshare classroom:
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs0f1c528bd81b

One of the things that was decided was that curriculum would be shared
once monthly & then remaining Saturdays would be devoted primarily to
sharing of writing. We also decided not to meet officially on the 4th
of July weekend, as many will be away, though I'll probably be up if
anyone wants to hang out unofficially.

I have previously offered to help test/troubleshoot those having
microphone problems, that offer still stands, & text chat
participation is always welcome.

Chris Hofstader has also offered to put up a blog on his site in order
for us to post pieces for critique outside of the writing class. He
intends to have that up shortly. We appreciate his willingness to
contribute toward our efforts in this way.

The topics for the week are:
1) One stormy night
2) Something you threw away but wish you hadn't
3) A day in the life
4) A town
5) A child
6) Flowers
7) A holiday

Or anything else that strikes your fancy!
Please keep pieces to about 5 minutes in length or approximately 1000
words. You are welcome to send your work to me at
abletec@gmail.com
prior to the meeting to be put into the browser, but try to have these
by Friday night, as stuff tends to get hectic on Saturday mornings.

An archive of the meeting will be posted on the site for your
listening pleasure as soon as:
a) I determine the procedure for getting it to Jim; &
b) He has the time to do that.

Have fun with your writing this week & hope to see you Saturday! Any
questions may be addressed to me either on the lists or privately at:
abletec@gmail.com

On Sunday, June 8, the history book club met to discuss the book,
Courtessans and Fishcakes: The consuming passions of classical Athens, by
James Davidson, 1997.  

The group decided to read the following book for the July 13 meeting:Union
1812: The Americans who fought the second revolutionary war, by A. J.
Languth, 2007.  
This title is avilable on Bookshare.org.

The group also selected the following title for the August 10 meeting:
Human Smoke: The beginning of World War II and the end of civilization, by
Nocholson Baker, 2008.

Thank you,

Brian Miller

Greetings Everyone,,
 
Come join us at the next meeting of the Science Fiction book club .
The meeting will be held in the Friends of Bookshare Community Room at
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs7867a2369e0e
or you can select that room on the Friends of Bookshare website at
(http://www.friendsofbookshare.org).
 
We will hold our meetings monthly on the second Thursday of each month.
 
Finally, we have a mailing list to which you can subscribe. This list will
allow for between meeting discussions and announcements. To subscribe send a
message to:
Scifi-subscribe@jrw.org
and reply to the confirmation message. At that point you will be part of the
fun.
 
J. R.