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FROM: "Mary Rindfleisch" <[removed]@biblio.org>
REC'D: 1/2/01, 2:18 PM

Happy New Year to all! I am looking for some more of your collective
wisdom. Back in May of 1998 we had a query about books using letters as a
fictional device, and I have a copy of the final list compiled at the time.
Now I am looking to expand on this theme, to include books in the form of
not only letters but also journals or diaries. The epistolary or journal
feature doesn't have to comprise the entire work, but should be a noticeable
part. I am especially interested in material which would be of interest to
YA readers, but it needn't be restricted to stuff published as YA. We have
the "Dear America" series and its several counterparts which have been
written for J and YA audiences in the past few years, but we want a wider
range. I will compile and post. TIA!

Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
472 Main St.
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Phone: 203-438-2282
e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org

FROM: "Karen A.K. Keller" <[removed]@tln.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 1/2/01, 2:28 PM

"These is my words: the diary of Sarah Agnes Prines" by Nancy E. Turner.

Karen Keller
Brighton (MI) District Library

FROM: Kathleen Stipek <[removed]@exchange.acld.lib.fl.us>
REC'D: 1/2/01, 2:36 PM

The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks by Robertson Davies are all letters and
short pieces. Also the first chapter or so of Dorothy L. Sayers Busman's
Honeymoon is all letters.
........................................................................
.....................
Kathleen Stipek, Adult Services/Interlibrary Loans, Alachua County
Library District (FMG), 401 E. University AV, Gainesville FL 32601
[removed]@exchange.acld.lib.fl.us)
352-334-3938 (v) 352-334-3948 (f)

"Non, merci."--Cyrano de Bergerac


-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Rindfleisch [[removed]@biblio.org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 3:11 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Books in the Form of Letters or Diaries


Happy New Year to all! I am looking for some more of your collective
wisdom. Back in May of 1998 we had a query about books using letters as a
fictional device, and I have a copy of the final list compiled at the time.
Now I am looking to expand on this theme, to include books in the form of
not only letters but also journals or diaries. The epistolary or journal
feature doesn't have to comprise the entire work, but should be a noticeable
part. I am especially interested in material which would be of interest to
YA readers, but it needn't be restricted to stuff published as YA. We have
the "Dear America" series and its several counterparts which have been
written for J and YA audiences in the past few years, but we want a wider
range. I will compile and post. TIA!

Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
472 Main St.
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Phone: 203-438-2282
e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org

FROM: Lisa Olsen <[removed]@clsn1269.cumberland.lib.nc.us>
REC'D: 1/2/01, 2:48 PM

Sorcery and Cecelia by Patricia C. Wrede and Carolina Stevermer.
Emily of New Moon, Emily Climbs, Emily's Quest by L. M. Montgomery.

__________________________________________________

Lisa A. Olsen

Information Services

Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
East Regional Library
4809 Clinton Road
Fayetteville, NC 28301-8401

(910)485-2955

On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Mary Rindfleisch wrote:

> Happy New Year to all! I am looking for some more of your collective
> wisdom. Back in May of 1998 we had a query about books using letters as a
> fictional device, and I have a copy of the final list compiled at the time.
> Now I am looking to expand on this theme, to include books in the form of
> not only letters but also journals or diaries. The epistolary or journal
> feature doesn't have to comprise the entire work, but should be a noticeable
> part. I am especially interested in material which would be of interest to
> YA readers, but it needn't be restricted to stuff published as YA. We have
> the "Dear America" series and its several counterparts which have been
> written for J and YA audiences in the past few years, but we want a wider
> range. I will compile and post. TIA!
>
> Mary Rindfleisch
> Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
> Ridgefield Library
> 472 Main St.
> Ridgefield, CT 06877
> Phone: 203-438-2282
> e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: Greta Ulrich <[removed]@nileslibrary.org>
REC'D: 1/2/01, 2:52 PM

"Joanna's Husband and David's Wife" by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey is written
in diary form and is an interesting exploration of one couple's marriage.

Greta Ulrich
Niles Public Library
Niles, IL

-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Rindfleisch [[removed]@biblio.org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 2:11 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Books in the Form of Letters or Diaries


Happy New Year to all! I am looking for some more of your collective
wisdom. Back in May of 1998 we had a query about books using letters as a
fictional device, and I have a copy of the final list compiled at the time.
Now I am looking to expand on this theme, to include books in the form of
not only letters but also journals or diaries. The epistolary or journal
feature doesn't have to comprise the entire work, but should be a noticeable
part. I am especially interested in material which would be of interest to
YA readers, but it needn't be restricted to stuff published as YA. We have
the "Dear America" series and its several counterparts which have been
written for J and YA audiences in the past few years, but we want a wider
range. I will compile and post. TIA!

Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
472 Main St.
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Phone: 203-438-2282
e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org

FROM: Nancy Martinez <[removed]@htls.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 1/2/01, 3:10 PM

One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus is told through the diaries and
letters of May Dodd. The story is based on an actual historical event.
Born to a Chicago gold coast family, she is imprisoned in an insane asylum
by her father for having an affair with, and bearing the children of, a man
beneath her standing. May finds a way to escape by participating in a
secret government program (treaty) that promises civilized white women to
marry into the Cheyenne Nation. These women are collected by the
government from jails, brothels, and asylums. Very interesting alternate
history...if it is...

-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Rindfleisch [[removed]@biblio.org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 2:11 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Books in the Form of Letters or Diaries

Happy New Year to all! I am looking for some more of your collective
wisdom. Back in May of 1998 we had a query about books using letters as a
fictional device, and I have a copy of the final list compiled at the time.
Now I am looking to expand on this theme, to include books in the form of
not only letters but also journals or diaries. The epistolary or journal
feature doesn't have to comprise the entire work, but should be a
noticeable
part. I am especially interested in material which would be of interest to
YA readers, but it needn't be restricted to stuff published as YA. We have
the "Dear America" series and its several counterparts which have been
written for J and YA audiences in the past few years, but we want a wider
range. I will compile and post. TIA!

Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
472 Main St.
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Phone: 203-438-2282
e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org

FROM: Margaret Elwood <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 1/2/01, 3:13 PM

Inconceivable by Ben Elton is written in the form of
journals a husband and wife are keeping during a
struggle with infertility.

Probably not for YA readers, but an enjoyable and very
funny novel.

Margaret


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FROM: Kathleen Stipek <[removed]@exchange.acld.lib.fl.us>
REC'D: 1/2/01, 3:20 PM

Dracula by Bram Stoker is told in the form of letters, diary extracts, and
even very early dictating machine transcripts--and it's not a half-bad read.
........................................................................
.....................
Kathleen Stipek, Adult Services/Interlibrary Loans, Alachua County
Library District (FMG), 401 E. University AV, Gainesville FL 32601
[removed]@exchange.acld.lib.fl.us)
352-334-3938 (v) 352-334-3948 (f)

"Non, merci."--Cyrano de Bergerac


-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy Martinez [[removed]@htls.lib.il.us]
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 4:05 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: Books in the Form of Letters or Diaries


One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus is told through the diaries and
letters of May Dodd. The story is based on an actual historical event.
Born to a Chicago gold coast family, she is imprisoned in an insane asylum
by her father for having an affair with, and bearing the children of, a man
beneath her standing. May finds a way to escape by participating in a
secret government program (treaty) that promises civilized white women to
marry into the Cheyenne Nation. These women are collected by the
government from jails, brothels, and asylums. Very interesting alternate
history...if it is...

-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Rindfleisch [[removed]@biblio.org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 2:11 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Books in the Form of Letters or Diaries

Happy New Year to all! I am looking for some more of your collective
wisdom. Back in May of 1998 we had a query about books using letters as a
fictional device, and I have a copy of the final list compiled at the time.
Now I am looking to expand on this theme, to include books in the form of
not only letters but also journals or diaries. The epistolary or journal
feature doesn't have to comprise the entire work, but should be a
noticeable
part. I am especially interested in material which would be of interest to
YA readers, but it needn't be restricted to stuff published as YA. We have
the "Dear America" series and its several counterparts which have been
written for J and YA audiences in the past few years, but we want a wider
range. I will compile and post. TIA!

Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
472 Main St.
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Phone: 203-438-2282
e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org

FROM: "Brad Scott" <[removed]@ci.allen.tx.us>
REC'D: 1/2/01, 3:24 PM

A few possibilities I've come across lately:

"Ecotopia", by Ernest Callenbach

"Jerusalem's Lot", a novella by Stephen King, collected in "Night Shift".

"Letters from Yellowstone", by Diane Smith

"The Christmas Letters", by Lee Smith

"Letters of a Woman Homesteader", by Elinore P. Stewart (nonfiction)

"Time, like an ever-rolling stream", by Judith Moffett, takes the form of a rough draft of a autobiographical novel, with each chapter followed by notes and comments from the viewpoint of a close freind of the narrator. Would this count? It's a coming-of-age novel of sorts, set in a future in which the Earth is under occupation by ecology-minded aliens.

That's all I can think of, except for several things which were already on the 1998 Fiction-L list.

Bradley A. Scott
Allen (Texas) Public Library
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Mary Rindfleisch" <[removed]@biblio.org>
Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 15:10:59 -0500

>Happy New Year to all! I am looking for some more of your collective
>wisdom. Back in May of 1998 we had a query about books using letters as a
>fictional device, and I have a copy of the final list compiled at the time.
>Now I am looking to expand on this theme, to include books in the form of
>not only letters but also journals or diaries. The epistolary or journal
>feature doesn't have to comprise the entire work, but should be a noticeable
>part. I am especially interested in material which would be of interest to
>YA readers, but it needn't be restricted to stuff published as YA. We have
>the "Dear America" series and its several counterparts which have been
>written for J and YA audiences in the past few years, but we want a wider
>range. I will compile and post. TIA!
>
>Mary Rindfleisch
>Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
>Ridgefield Library
>472 Main St.
>Ridgefield, CT 06877
>Phone: 203-438-2282
>e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org
>
>
>......................................................................
>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
>Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: Charlotte Bradshaw <[removed]@pls.lib.ca.us>
REC'D: 1/2/01, 3:56 PM

A couple of recent YA publications:

Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison. Should appeal
to adults who enjoyed Bridget Jones.

Youth in Revolt: the Journals of Nick Twisp and Revolting Youth: the
Further Journals of Nick Twisp by C. D. Payne. Not written for the YA
market but will definitely appeal.

Letters from the Inside by John Marsden. Probably on your original list.

Charlotte Bradshaw
Sanchez Branch
San Mateo County Library
[removed]@pls.lib.ca.us

On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Brad Scott wrote:

> A few possibilities I've come across lately:
>
> "Ecotopia", by Ernest Callenbach
>
> "Jerusalem's Lot", a novella by Stephen King, collected in "Night Shift".
>
> "Letters from Yellowstone", by Diane Smith
>
> "The Christmas Letters", by Lee Smith
>
> "Letters of a Woman Homesteader", by Elinore P. Stewart (nonfiction)
>
> "Time, like an ever-rolling stream", by Judith Moffett, takes the form of a rough draft of a autobiographical novel, with each chapter followed by notes and comments from the viewpoint of a close freind of the narrator. Would this count? It's a coming-of-age novel of sorts, set in a future in which the Earth is under occupation by ecology-minded aliens.
>
> That's all I can think of, except for several things which were already on the 1998 Fiction-L list.
>
> Bradley A. Scott
> Allen (Texas) Public Library
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Mary Rindfleisch" <[removed]@biblio.org>
> Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
> Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 15:10:59 -0500
>
> >Happy New Year to all! I am looking for some more of your collective
> >wisdom. Back in May of 1998 we had a query about books using letters as a
> >fictional device, and I have a copy of the final list compiled at the time.
> >Now I am looking to expand on this theme, to include books in the form of
> >not only letters but also journals or diaries. The epistolary or journal
> >feature doesn't have to comprise the entire work, but should be a noticeable
> >part. I am especially interested in material which would be of interest to
> >YA readers, but it needn't be restricted to stuff published as YA. We have
> >the "Dear America" series and its several counterparts which have been
> >written for J and YA audiences in the past few years, but we want a wider
> >range. I will compile and post. TIA!
> >
> >Mary Rindfleisch
> >Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
> >Ridgefield Library
> >472 Main St.
> >Ridgefield, CT 06877
> >Phone: 203-438-2282
> >e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org
> >
> >
> >......................................................................
> >Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> >Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
> >
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
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FROM: Vicki Novak - LIBRARYX <[removed]@MAIL.MARICOPA.GOV>
REC'D: 1/2/01, 4:06 PM

The Adrian Mole Diaries by Sue Townsend (and others in this series)
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding


Vicki Novak
[removed]@mail.maricopa.gov

Adult Services
North Central Regional Library
Maricopa County Library District
17811 N. 32nd St.
Phoenix, AZ 85032-1201

Library web page: http://mcld.maricopa.gov

-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Rindfleisch [[removed]@biblio.org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 1:11 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Books in the Form of Letters or Diaries


Happy New Year to all! I am looking for some more of your collective
wisdom. Back in May of 1998 we had a query about books using letters as a
fictional device, and I have a copy of the final list compiled at the time.
Now I am looking to expand on this theme, to include books in the form of
not only letters but also journals or diaries. The epistolary or journal
feature doesn't have to comprise the entire work, but should be a noticeable
part. I am especially interested in material which would be of interest to
YA readers, but it needn't be restricted to stuff published as YA. We have
the "Dear America" series and its several counterparts which have been
written for J and YA audiences in the past few years, but we want a wider
range. I will compile and post. TIA!

Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
472 Main St.
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Phone: 203-438-2282
e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org

FROM: Jean Meadors <[removed]@ccpl.ci.corpus-christi.tx.us>
REC'D: 1/2/01, 4:09 PM

Hi
I don't know if "P.S. Longer Letter Later" or "Snail Mail No More" by
Paula Danziger are on your list, they are right at a 5th, 6th grade level
of interest.
Jean


On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Mary Rindfleisch wrote:

> Happy New Year to all! I am looking for some more of your collective
> wisdom. Back in May of 1998 we had a query about books using letters as a
> fictional device, and I have a copy of the final list compiled at the time.
> Now I am looking to expand on this theme, to include books in the form of
> not only letters but also journals or diaries. The epistolary or journal
> feature doesn't have to comprise the entire work, but should be a noticeable
> part. I am especially interested in material which would be of interest to
> YA readers, but it needn't be restricted to stuff published as YA. We have
> the "Dear America" series and its several counterparts which have been
> written for J and YA audiences in the past few years, but we want a wider
> range. I will compile and post. TIA!
>
> Mary Rindfleisch
> Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
> Ridgefield Library
> 472 Main St.
> Ridgefield, CT 06877
> Phone: 203-438-2282
> e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: "Gena Zelenka" <[removed]@park-ridge.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 1/2/01, 4:20 PM

I'm currently re-reading the GRIFFIN & SABINE trilogy by Nick Bantock, a
mystical, magical mystery. How's that for alliteration? Literally in letter
format. (Can't help myself!) There was a Christmas book by Tolkien done in
letter format, too. FATHER CHRISTMAS LETTERS.
-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Brad Scott
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 3:06 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Books in the Form of Letters or Diaries


A few possibilities I've come across lately:

"Ecotopia", by Ernest Callenbach

"Jerusalem's Lot", a novella by Stephen King, collected in "Night Shift".

"Letters from Yellowstone", by Diane Smith

"The Christmas Letters", by Lee Smith

"Letters of a Woman Homesteader", by Elinore P. Stewart (nonfiction)

"Time, like an ever-rolling stream", by Judith Moffett, takes the form of a
rough draft of a autobiographical novel, with each chapter followed by notes
and comments from the viewpoint of a close freind of the narrator. Would
this count? It's a coming-of-age novel of sorts, set in a future in which
the Earth is under occupation by ecology-minded aliens.

That's all I can think of, except for several things which were already on
the 1998 Fiction-L list.

Bradley A. Scott
Allen (Texas) Public Library
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Mary Rindfleisch" <[removed]@biblio.org>
Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 15:10:59 -0500

>Happy New Year to all! I am looking for some more of your collective
>wisdom. Back in May of 1998 we had a query about books using letters as a
>fictional device, and I have a copy of the final list compiled at the time.
>Now I am looking to expand on this theme, to include books in the form of
>not only letters but also journals or diaries. The epistolary or journal
>feature doesn't have to comprise the entire work, but should be a
noticeable
>part. I am especially interested in material which would be of interest to
>YA readers, but it needn't be restricted to stuff published as YA. We have
>the "Dear America" series and its several counterparts which have been
>written for J and YA audiences in the past few years, but we want a wider
>range. I will compile and post. TIA!
>
>Mary Rindfleisch
>Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
>Ridgefield Library
>472 Main St.
>Ridgefield, CT 06877
>Phone: 203-438-2282
>e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org
>
>
>......................................................................
>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
>Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: Dierdre Morley <[removed]@tln.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 1/2/01, 5:32 PM

For YA: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The whole book is in the form of letters to an anonymous person
from a high school freshman. Some libraries have it in the Adult
area.

Adult: Dear Stranger, Dearest Friend by Laney Katz Becker
Two women begin corresponding via email when meeting on a Breast
Cancer Bulletin Board. The entire book is their emails back and
forth.

Sorry if these were mentioned. I'm on digest.

Dierdre Morley
Northville District Library

FROM: Diana Tixier Herald <[removed]@wic.net>
REC'D: 1/2/01, 6:39 PM

Feeling Sorry for Celia
Jaclyn Moriarty
St. Martin's Press 0312269234

This first novel was a #1 bestseller in Australia. Written in epistolary
fashion, it consists of letters to and from teenage Elizabeth. Some are
riotously funny. Through her notes and letters we come to know not only
Elizabeth but her almost always absent mum (who communicates almost
solely by notes stuck on the refrigerator) and another girl, Christina,
who meets her through letters as part of an English assignment.
Elizabeth has a wonderful imagination and frequently receives missives
from imaginary organizations
such as the "The Society of People who are Definitely Going to Fail High
School (and most probably Life as Well)," "The Best Friends Club," "The
Association of Teenagers," and "The Cold Hard Truth Association." The
Celia of the title is Elizabeth's best friend who has run off to join a
circus and just may need rescuing.

Since this will not be published in the US until March 2001, readers may
want to add it to their wish lists. While it has major appeal for teens,
I imagine many adults will be charmed by it as well.

--
Happy reading,
Di Herald
[removed]@wic.net see the Genrefluent page at
http://www.genrefluent.com
Rosenberg's First Law of Reading "Never apologize for your reading
tastes."

FROM: "Linda Lundquist" <[removed]@mediaone.net>
REC'D: 1/2/01, 6:44 PM

BlankThe latest by Creech, "The Wanderer," is written entirely as journal
entries, with two voices. Also "The Turnabout Shop," by Rodowsky comes to
mind.

FROM: Dottie MacKeen <[removed]@bellatlantic.net>
REC'D: 1/2/01, 6:49 PM

Paula Danziger's books - Longer Letter Later and Snail Mail No More
Zenzele by J. Nozipo Maraire
Tru Confessions by Janet Tashjian

Dottie

FROM: Spencer Ms Martha <[removed]@usmc-mccs.org>
REC'D: 1/3/01, 7:38 AM

Also Youth in Revolt by C.D.Payne. There is a new one out in the same format
called Revolting Youth. I haven't read it yet, but the first was hilarious.

Martha S.

FROM: "Marla" <[removed]@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org>
REC'D: 1/3/01, 7:58 AM

Happy New Year. And I'm not sure if you can count this or not, but
UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE by Bel Kaufman is partially in the
form of notes, etc. Good "oldie but goldie" regardless. BYE!

Marla/Great Falls Public Library/Acquisitions
301 2nd Ave N
Great Falls MT 59401-2593
[removed]@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org
^^^^^^^^^^^^
The swine of gluttony has piglets with these names. Too
Early is the name of the first, the next Too Fastidiously,
the third, Too Freely; the fourth is called Too Much, the
fifth Too Often.
I talk about them only briefly, because I have no fear that
you feed them. The Anchoress' Rule (c.1220)

FROM: Suzanne Pontius <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 1/3/01, 7:58 AM

Dorothy Sayers published a book called THE DOCUMENTS
IN THE CASE which is in epistolary form. It is not a
Lord Peter book, and probably not for YA readers, but
it is
very well done.
Suzanne

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FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 1/3/01, 8:17 AM

Samuel Richardson's Clarissa, as well as Pamela, are in the form of letters.
Also John Barth's Letters, a novel in epistolary form. And I believe I read
a book called Love, Mary, which I think (if memory serves) was also in the
form of letters. Very humorous. I think the book was about the adventures
of a New York book editor. The author may have been Mary Gwynn. Of course -
I don't think any of the above would work for YA....

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: "Nora M. Armstrong" <[removed]@clsn1269.cumberland.lib.nc.us>
REC'D: 1/3/01, 8:22 AM

An older (early '90's) genre romance that fits this description is
Patricia Gaffney's TO LOVE AND TO CHERISH. The heroine keeps a journal.
Then there's Laura Kinsale's MY SWEET FOLLY, wherein the hero and heroine
fall in love by letter; when they meet face-to-face, things are rather
different from what they seemed on paper.

Nora Armstrong
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
Fayetteville, NC
(910)483-7878, FAX (910)486-6661
[removed]@cumberland.lib.nc.us

FROM: "Toni L. Keplinger" <[removed]@mindspring.com>
REC'D: 1/3/01, 8:34 AM

Mary,
Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging by Louise Rennison is a YA book
written in diary form. Also, I think Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is in
diary form, but can't remember for sure. An excellent listserv for
questions about YA literature is the ALA sponsored listserv, YALSA-BK.
To subscribe: Send a message to [removed]@ala.org. Leave the subject line
blank. For the message type "Subscribe YALSA-bk first name last name."

Hope this helps.

Toni Keplinger
NoveList Database Specialist
Durham, NC
489-9412 ext.205
[removed]@epnet.com OR
[removed]@mindspring.com

FROM: Claudia C Breland <[removed]@juno.com>
REC'D: 1/3/01, 8:39 AM

Jane Trahey (author of Life with Mother Superior) wrote a book called
Thursdays Till 9, in the form of letters and notes. Very funny.

Claudia Breland
King County Library System
Seattle, WA
[removed]@juno.com

FROM: "Brad Scott" <[removed]@ci.allen.tx.us>
REC'D: 1/3/01, 10:04 AM

In response to this query, a colleague of mine just suggested a couple of Sandra Dallas's books: "The Diary of Mattie Spencer", and "Alice's Tulips".

(Thanks, Margaret!)

Bradley A. Scott
Allen (Texas) Public Library

** All opinions are personal. **

FROM: Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center <[removed]@darkstar.rsa.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 1/3/01, 10:10 AM

Emily: The Diary of a Hard-Worked Woman by Emily French
Laundress, cleaning woman, nurse, and mother of eight.
Diary that is unusual in its description of her work and how she
felt about it. She is equally articulate about other aspects of
her life, such as her family, friends, values, and God.


LaRae Muselman, Outreach Librarian
Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center
[removed]@darkstar.rsa.lib.il.us
http://www.rsa.lib.il.us/~mitbc/heart.htm

FROM: "Waznis, Betty" <[removed]@sdcl.org>
REC'D: 1/3/01, 10:30 AM

The Bridget Jones books are in the form of journals. Also, I looked through
the Fiction-L booklist titles and but could not see the list you referred to
of books using letters as a fictional device, so I am not sure what was on
it. Just in case, the Griffin and Sabine series by Nick Bantock (Griffin
and Sabine, Sabine's Notebook and The Golden Mean) are written in the form
of letters (literally!) They are very appealing to young adults.

Betty Waznis
San Diego County Library
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Subject: Books in the Form of Letters or Diaries
From: "Mary Rindfleisch" <[removed]@biblio.org>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 15:10:59 -0500

Happy New Year to all! I am looking for some more of your collective
wisdom. Back in May of 1998 we had a query about books using letters as a
fictional device, and I have a copy of the final list compiled at the time.
Now I am looking to expand on this theme, to include books in the form of
not only letters but also journals or diaries. The epistolary or journal
feature doesn't have to comprise the entire work, but should be a noticeable
part. I am especially interested in material which would be of interest to
YA readers, but it needn't be restricted to stuff published as YA. We have
the "Dear America" series and its several counterparts which have been
written for J and YA audiences in the past few years, but we want a wider
range. I will compile and post. TIA!

Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
472 Main St.
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Phone: 203-438-2282
e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 1/3/01, 11:12 AM

>From: "Mary Rindfleisch" <[removed]@biblio.org>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Books in the Form of Letters or Diaries
>Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 15:10:59 -0500
>
>>Now I am looking to expand on this theme, to include books in the form of
>not only letters but also journals or diaries. The epistolary or journal
>feature doesn't have to comprise the entire work, but should be a
>noticeable
>part. I am especially interested in material which would be of interest to
>YA readers, but it needn't be restricted to stuff published as YA. >

First and foremost, of course, "The Diary of a Young Girl," by Anne Frank.
Also "Harriet the Spy."

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FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 1/3/01, 11:14 AM

>From: "Gena Zelenka" <[removed]@park-ridge.lib.il.us>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: RE: Books in the Form of Letters or Diaries
>Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 16:14:38 -0600
>
>There was a Christmas book by Tolkien done in
>letter format, too. FATHER CHRISTMAS LETTERS.


And don't forget C. S. Lewis's "The Screwtape Letters."
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FROM: Gail Ellis - LIBRARYX <[removed]@MAIL.MARICOPA.GOV>
REC'D: 1/3/01, 11:32 AM

If I remember correctly, "Parable of the Sower" was written in journal entry
format by Octavia Butler as was the sequel: "Parable of the Talents". YA's
would probably be interested in this sci fi story of an 18 year-old girl who
lives in a future U.S. where "anarchy and violence have completely taken
over, empath Lauren Olamina--who can feel the pain of others and is crippled
by it--becomes a prophet carrying the hope of a new world and a new faith
christened "Earthseed."

Gail Ellis
Reference Librarian
North Central Regional Library - Maricopa County Library District
Phoenix, AZ 85032
email: [removed]@mail.maricopa.gov

...My views are my own...

-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Rindfleisch [[removed]@biblio.org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 1:11 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Books in the Form of Letters or Diaries


Happy New Year to all! I am looking for some more of your collective
wisdom. Back in May of 1998 we had a query about books using letters as a
fictional device, and I have a copy of the final list compiled at the time.
Now I am looking to expand on this theme, to include books in the form of
not only letters but also journals or diaries. The epistolary or journal
feature doesn't have to comprise the entire work, but should be a noticeable
part. I am especially interested in material which would be of interest to
YA readers, but it needn't be restricted to stuff published as YA. We have
the "Dear America" series and its several counterparts which have been
written for J and YA audiences in the past few years, but we want a wider
range. I will compile and post. TIA!

Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
472 Main St.
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Phone: 203-438-2282
e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org

FROM: "Ann Bouricius" <[removed]@cml.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 1/3/01, 12:40 PM

For young adults-- THE 3 NBS OF JULIAN DREW by James Deem-- very gripping story.

Not for YA's only
The Train to Esteline by Jane Roberts Wood-- about a teacher's first year in a little Texas town about a hundred years ago. Charming and full of quirky folks.

Ann Bouricius/Annie Kimberlin in Ohio

FROM: "Corky Lee" <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
REC'D: 1/3/01, 1:14 PM

I just read Molly by Nancy Johnson. The book
is Molly's best friend reading her (Molly's)
diary after she dies. The diary
gives an insight into parts of Molly's life that
even her best friend wasn't aware of.
Corky Lee
Readers' Services
Des Plaines Public Library
[removed]@desplaines.lib.us.il

FROM: "Carter-Johnson, Mary" <[removed]@mailserv.gcpl.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 1/3/01, 4:23 PM

I just happened to see a book in our YA section last night that fits this
thread!

The title is "Letters from Vinnie" by Maureen Stack Sappey. According to
the info in our library catalog, it's "a fictionalized account of the
Washington D.C. Years experienced by Vinnie Ream the sculptress, best known
for the statue of Abraham Lincoln that is in the Capitol building."


Mary Carter-Johnson
Reference Librarian/Trainer,
Xenia Community Library, Xenia OH
email: [removed]@mailserv.gcpl.lib.oh.us
--Opinions expressed are my own--


"Perform Acts of Random Kindness and Senseless Beauty"

FROM: "Mary Rindfleisch" <[removed]@biblio.org>
REC'D: 1/4/01, 9:52 AM

The bibliography I have from several years ago was one that was posted on
the list at the time. Perhaps it never made it to the formal booklists, but
it should still be in the archives (posted May 5, 1998 by
[removed]@charleston.lib.sc.us).

Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
472 Main St.
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Phone: 203-438-2282
e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Waznis, Betty
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 11:28 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: Books in the Form of Letters or Diaries


The Bridget Jones books are in the form of journals. Also, I looked through
the Fiction-L booklist titles and but could not see the list you referred to
of books using letters as a fictional device, so I am not sure what was on
it. Just in case, the Griffin and Sabine series by Nick Bantock (Griffin
and Sabine, Sabine's Notebook and The Golden Mean) are written in the form
of letters (literally!) They are very appealing to young adults.

Betty Waznis
San Diego County Library
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Subject: Books in the Form of Letters or Diaries
From: "Mary Rindfleisch" <[removed]@biblio.org>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 15:10:59 -0500

Happy New Year to all! I am looking for some more of your collective
wisdom. Back in May of 1998 we had a query about books using letters as a
fictional device, and I have a copy of the final list compiled at the time.
Now I am looking to expand on this theme, to include books in the form of
not only letters but also journals or diaries. The epistolary or journal
feature doesn't have to comprise the entire work, but should be a noticeable
part. I am especially interested in material which would be of interest to
YA readers, but it needn't be restricted to stuff published as YA. We have
the "Dear America" series and its several counterparts which have been
written for J and YA audiences in the past few years, but we want a wider
range. I will compile and post. TIA!

Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
472 Main St.
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Phone: 203-438-2282
e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org

FROM: Christine Perkins <[removed]@jcls.org>
REC'D: 1/4/01, 10:39 AM

Here are some more books in the form of letters of diaries with YA appeal:

Go Ask Alice by Anonymous (I don't think I've seen it mentioned yet)
3 NBs of Julian Drew by James M. Deem
Don't You Dare Read This Mrs. Dunphrey by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Beauty Queen by Linda Glovach
Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger
Checkers by John Marsden
Annie's Baby by Beatrice Sparks

--Christine Perkins


_____________________________
Christine Perkins | [removed]@jcls.org
Young Adult / Reference Librarian
Jackson County Library Services
413 West Main Street
Medford, Oregon 97501
(541) 774-6412

FROM: "Fairlie Kinnecom" <[removed]@slco.lib.ut.us>
REC'D: 1/4/01, 11:27 AM

Letters from the Inside by John Marsden. Also set in Australia, two girls write about their lives. Fairlie

FROM: Darlene Peasley <[removed]@adelphia.net>
REC'D: 1/4/01, 6:21 PM

Just read a new book by Caroline Rose Hunt titled Primrose Past that would fit
this category. The book concentrates on a journal written by a 15 year old girl
circa 1840s England.

Darlene Peasley
Coudersport Public Library

Mary Rindfleisch wrote:

> Happy New Year to all! I am looking for some more of your collective
> wisdom. Back in May of 1998 we had a query about books using letters as a
> fictional device, and I have a copy of the final list compiled at the time.
> Now I am looking to expand on this theme, to include books in the form of
> not only letters but also journals or diaries. The epistolary or journal
> feature doesn't have to comprise the entire work, but should be a noticeable
> part. I am especially interested in material which would be of interest to
> YA readers, but it needn't be restricted to stuff published as YA. We have
> the "Dear America" series and its several counterparts which have been
> written for J and YA audiences in the past few years, but we want a wider
> range. I will compile and post. TIA!
>
> Mary Rindfleisch
> Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
> Ridgefield Library
> 472 Main St.
> Ridgefield, CT 06877
> Phone: 203-438-2282
> e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org
>
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FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 1/22/01, 10:39 AM

If you're still seeking, here are a couple of web pages devoted to just this
kind of book:

http://www.st-charles.lib.il.us/low/dear.htm

http://www.lakeco.lib.in.us/Readerspast.htm (scroll down till you hit the
right "chapter")

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FROM: "Mary Rindfleisch" <[removed]@biblio.org>
REC'D: 2/27/01, 11:49 AM

Here at last is the compiled version of the suggestions of books all or
patially taking the form of letters or diaries. As you may recall, the
original query was looking especially for material which would be attractive
to teens, so some of these titles may be classified as YA in your library.
I tried to omit any I knew were truly Juvenile titles. There were some
interesting non-fiction recommendations, but I am afraid I did not record
all of these since I was looking only for fiction. Not all postings
specified which form the title took, and I don't have the time to track down
all the ones I am not familiar with (esp. those we don't own). My
apologies. Also -- very grateful thanks to the folks who provided links to
existing lists on this theme on the webpages of the St. Charles (IL) and
Lake County (IN) Public Libraries, and to Kathleen Parker of St. Andrews
Library in Charleston, SC, who compiled the responses to an earlier thread
on epistolary fiction. All three lists have been incorporated in what
follows. The results are so long, however, that I have broken the posting
into two messages, so look for the follow-up.

There was at least one request to post this on the Fiction_L booklist
webpages. What is the procedure for doing that?

By the way, the display was very popular, especially with the intended YA
audience -- I would recommend it for all ages.

Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
472 Main St.
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Phone: 203-438-2282
e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org


Fiction in the Form of Letters & Diaries

Anniversay -- Michael Adams
Marienbad; Adventures of Menahem-Mendel -- Sholom Aleichem
Speak -- Laurie Halse Anderson
Love and Friendship; Lady Susan -- Jane Austen
A Visit to Highbury -- Joan Austen-Leigh
Nothing But the Turth -- Avi
Griffin and Sabine -- Nick Bantock (and the sequels)
Vox -- Nicholson Baker
The Voyage of the Narwhal -- Andrea Barrett
Letters -- John Barth
Dear Stranger, Dearest Friend -- Laney Becker
A Winding Path -- Carrie Bender
The Pull of the Moon -- Elizabeth Berg
A World of Love -- Elizabeth Bowen
Freedom and Necessity -- Emma Bull
Evelina -- Fanny Burney
Possession -- A.S. Byatt
Princess Diaries -- Meg Cabot
Dialogues with the Devil -- Taylor Caldwell
Ecotopia -- Ernest Callenbach
The Count of Eleven -- Ramsey Campbell
Love Letters -- Eli Cantor
The Fruit Cocktail Diaries -- Brian Carmody
Thus Was Adonis Murdered -- Sarah Caudwell
Loves Children -- Judith Chernaik
The Perks of Being a Wallflower -- Stephen Chbosky
The Archivist -- Martha Cooley
Johanna -- Claire Cooperstein
Ironman -- Chris Crutcher
The Diary of Mattie Spenser; Alice's Tulips -- Sandra Dallas
Free City -- Eric Darton
The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks -- Robertson Davies
Les Liaisons Dangereuses -- Choderlos De Lados
Night Letters -- Robert Dessaix
The Death of A King -- P.C. Doherty
To My Ex-Husband -- Susan Dondon
Poor Folk -- Fyodor Dostoevsky
My Dear Alex: Letters from the KGB -- Dinesh D'Souza
Secret Lives -- Max Egremont
The Sevigne Letters -- William Eisner
Inconceivable -- Ben Elton
The Mycroft Holmes mystery series -- Quinn Fawcett
One Thousand White Women -- Jim Fergus
Bridget Jones's Diary -- Helen Fielding
Shamela -- Henry Fielding
E-Mail -- Stephanie Fletcher
The Trick of It -- Michael Frayn
The Diary of Emily Dickinson -- Jamie Fuller
Sophie's World -- Jostein Gaarder
To Love and to Cherish -- Patricia Gaffney
The Queen of the Tamborine -- Jane Gardam
The Journal of Mrs. Pepys -- Sara George
The City and the House -- Natalia Ginzburg
Beauty Queen -- Linda Glovach
The Sorrows of Young Werther -- Johann Goethe
Dog Years -- Gunter Grass
Where the Road Goes -- Joann Greenberg
Love from Elizabeth -- Meredith Gregg
The Fleetwood Correspondence -- William Griffin
Joanna's Husband and David's Wife -- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
A Woman of Independent Means -- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
The Diary of William Harvey -- Jean Hamburger
Disobedience -- Jane Hamilton
The Chess Garden -- Brooks Hansen
Lying in Bed -- Mark Harris
Living Proof -- John Harvey
Cells of Knowledge -- Sian Hayton
White Lies -- Jonellen Heckler
The Conspiracy -- John Hersey
The Perfect Murder -- Jack Hitt
The Tattooed Map -- Barbara Hodgson
Primrose Past -- Caroline Rose Hunt
The Last Voyage -- Hammond Innes
Molly -- Nancy Johnson
Love Enter -- Paul Kafka
Covenant With the Vampire -- Jeanne Kalogridis
A Light in the Window -- Jan Karon
Sinatraland -- Sam Kashner
Up the Down Staircase -- Bel Kaufman
The Lost Diaries of Frans Hals -- Michael Kernan
Jerusalem's Lot (in Night Shift) -- Stephen King
My Sweet Folly -- Laura Kinsale
Last Days of Summer -- Steve Kluger
Ring Around the Bases & You Know Me Al -- Ring Lardner
Guiding Elliott -- Robert Lee
The Love Letters -- Madeleine L'Engle
Guide for the Perplexed -- Jonathan Levi
Shadow-Box -- Antonia Logue
The Unloved -- Arnoest Lustig
Nightlines -- John Lutz
Burden of Desire -- Robert MacNeil
Zenzele -- J. Nozipo Nkosana Maraire
Letters from the Inside; Checkers -- John Marsden
Long Distances -- Fabienne Marsh
The Journalist -- Harry Mathews
The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn -- Robin Maxwell
Lovely in her Bones -- Sharyn McCrumb
Buffalo Girls -- Larry McMurtry
Acts of Love -- Judith Michael
The Journal of Callie Wade -- Dawn Miller
Time Like an Ever-Rolling Stream -- Judith Moffett
Emily of New Moon; Emily CLimbs; Emily's Quest -- L.M. Montgomery
Feeling Sorry for Celia -- Jaclyn Moriarty
Carried Away (in the collection Open Secrets) -- Alice Munro
Fan Mail -- Ronald Munson
An Accidental Man -- Iris Murdoch
Dear Digby -- Carol Muske-Dukes

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FROM: "Mary Rindfleisch" <[removed]@biblio.org>
REC'D: 2/27/01, 11:49 AM

Here's the rest!

Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
472 Main St.
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Phone: 203-438-2282
e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org


Virtual Love -- Avodah Offit
The Goddess Letters -- Carol Orlock
Between Earth and Sky -- Karen Osborn
Black Box -- Amos Oz
Home Thoughts -- Tim Parks
Youth in Revolt; Revolting Youth -- C.D. Payne
Dear Diego -- Elena Poniatowska
The Fan -- Bob Randall
[removed]@ Expectations -- Kit Reed
Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging -- Louise Rennison
Clarissa -- Samuel Richardson
Pamela -- Samuel Richardson
The Turnabout Shop -- Colby Rodowsky
Diary of a Cat -- Leigh Rutledge
Dear Sarah Bernhardt -- Francoise Sagan
Letters from Vinnie -- Maureen Sappey
The Documents in the Case (in Busman's Honeymoon) -- Dorothy L. Sayers
The Love Letter -- Cathleen Schine
Raising My Titanic -- Mary Sheldon
H -- Elizabeth Shepard
The Weight of Water -- Anita Shreve
Letters from Yellowstone -- Diane Smith
New Orleans Beat -- Julie Smith
The Christmas Letters -- Lee Smith
Fair and Tender Ladies -- Lee Smith
Expedition of Humphrey Clinker -- Tobia Smollett
Annie's Baby -- Beatrice Sparks
Message in a Bottle -- Nicholas Sparks
Angle of Repose -- Wallace Stegner
Mrs. Tim of the Regiment -- D.E. Stevenson
Dracula -- Bram Stoker
Follow your Heart -- Susanna Tamaro
Address Unknown -- Kressman Taylor
Dark Deeds, Sweet Songs -- Margot Tenney
The Father Christmas Letters -- JRR Tolkien
The Adrian Mole Diaries -- Sue Townsend
Thursdays 'Til 9 -- Jane Trahey
These Is My Words -- Nancy Turner
S -- John Updike
The Memory Book of Starr Faithful -- GLoria Vanderbilt
The Book of Secrets -- M.G. Vassanji
Travers Corners -- Scott Waldie
The Color Purple -- Alice Walker
Letter to Lord Liszt -- Martin Walser
Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear -- Katharine Weber
Daddy Long-Legs -- Jean Webster
Over What Hill? Effie Leland Wilder
Ides of March -- Thornton Wilder
The Train to Estelline -- Jane Roberts Woods
Sorcery and Cecelia -- Patricia Wrede & Caroline Stevermer
The Ginger Tree -- Oswald Wynd

Other People's Mail: An Anthology of Letter Stories -- edited by Gail Pool



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