Richard Paul Evans Read-Alikes
Dates: 1/11/01,3:25 PM through 1/16/01,2:35 PM (15 postings)
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FROM: "Kelley D. Benson" <[removed]@starbase1.htls.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 1/11/01, 3:25 PM
I had a patron recently who was interested in reading books similar in
style to Richard Paul Evans "The Christmas Box" etc. She said that she
liked his books because they were about real people and they were easy to
read. I recommended Nicholas Sparks, but she had already read everything
but "The Rescue" and we have a waiting list for that. Could any of you
suggest any titles? I think she's especially looking for short or quick
reads since Evans' books tend to be short.
Thank you so much for any help you can give me, I'm a newbie librarian,
trying to stay on top of many things. I'm sure you can all relate. :-)
Kelly Benson
Adult Services Librarian
Three Rivers Public Library District
Channahon and Minooka, Illinois
FROM: "christine downs" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 1/11/01, 4:20 PM
>From: "Kelley D. Benson" <[removed]@starbase1.htls.lib.il.us>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Richard Paul Evans Read-Alikes
>Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 15:07:26 -0600 (CST)
>
>Hello,
>
>I had a patron recently who was interested in reading books similar in
>style to Richard Paul Evans "The Christmas Box" etc. She said that she
>liked his books because they were about real people and they were easy to
>read. I recommended Nicholas Sparks, but she had already read everything
>but "The Rescue" and we have a waiting list for that. Could any of you
>suggest any titles? I think she's especially looking for short or quick
>reads since Evans' books tend to be short.
>
>Thank you so much for any help you can give me, I'm a newbie librarian,
>trying to stay on top of many things. I'm sure you can all relate. :-)
>
>Kelly Benson
>Adult Services Librarian
>Three Rivers Public Library District
>Channahon and Minooka, Illinois
>
>
>
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FROM: "Mary Rindfleisch" <[removed]@biblio.org>
REC'D: 1/11/01, 4:24 PM
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 Kelley D. Benson
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 4:07 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Richard Paul Evans Read-Alikes
Hello,
I had a patron recently who was interested in reading books similar in
style to Richard Paul Evans "The Christmas Box" etc. She said that she
liked his books because they were about real people and they were easy to
read. I recommended Nicholas Sparks, but she had already read everything
but "The Rescue" and we have a waiting list for that. Could any of you
suggest any titles? I think she's especially looking for short or quick
reads since Evans' books tend to be short.
Thank you so much for any help you can give me, I'm a newbie librarian,
trying to stay on top of many things. I'm sure you can all relate. :-)
Kelly Benson
Adult Services Librarian
Three Rivers Public Library District
Channahon and Minooka, Illinois
FROM: "Melissa Norton" <[removed]@bridgton.lib.me.us>
REC'D: 1/11/01, 4:48 PM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Melissa Norton [removed]@bridgton.lib.me.us
Asst. Librarian & Webmaster www.bridgton.lib.me.us
Bridgton Public Library
65 Main St.
Bridgton ME 04009
207-647-2472
-----Original Message-----
From: Kelley D. Benson <[removed]@starbase1.htls.lib.il.us>
To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Date: Thursday, January 11, 2001 4:27 PM
Subject: Richard Paul Evans Read-Alikes
>Hello,
>
>I had a patron recently who was interested in reading books similar in
>style to Richard Paul Evans "The Christmas Box" etc. She said that she
>liked his books because they were about real people and they were easy to
>read. I recommended Nicholas Sparks, but she had already read everything
>but "The Rescue" and we have a waiting list for that. Could any of you
>suggest any titles? I think she's especially looking for short or quick
>reads since Evans' books tend to be short.
>
>Thank you so much for any help you can give me, I'm a newbie librarian,
>trying to stay on top of many things. I'm sure you can all relate. :-)
>
>Kelly Benson
>Adult Services Librarian
>Three Rivers Public Library District
>Channahon and Minooka, Illinois
>
>
>
>......................................................................
>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
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FROM: Sharon Weinberg <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
REC'D: 1/11/01, 7:42 PM
Sharon Weinberg
Skokie Public Library <http://www.skokie.lib.il.us>
Phone: (847) 673-7774
E-mail: [removed]@skokie.lib.il.us
On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Kelley D. Benson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I had a patron recently who was interested in reading books similar in
> style to Richard Paul Evans "The Christmas Box" etc. She said that she
> liked his books because they were about real people and they were easy to
> read. I recommended Nicholas Sparks, but she had already read everything
> but "The Rescue" and we have a waiting list for that. Could any of you
> suggest any titles? I think she's especially looking for short or quick
> reads since Evans' books tend to be short.
>
> Thank you so much for any help you can give me, I'm a newbie librarian,
> trying to stay on top of many things. I'm sure you can all relate. :-)
>
> Kelly Benson
> Adult Services Librarian
> Three Rivers Public Library District
> Channahon and Minooka, Illinois
>
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
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FROM: Claudia C Breland <[removed]@juno.com>
REC'D: 1/11/01, 11:43 PM
Claudia Breland
King County Library System
Seattle, WA
[removed]@juno.com
FROM: Paula Davino <[removed]@kentnet.dtcc.edu>
REC'D: 1/12/01, 8:27 AM
Paula Davino
Assistant Director
Dover Public Library
Dover, Delaware
[removed]@kentnet.dtcc.edu
FROM: [removed]@einetwork.net (Sharon McRae)
REC'D: 1/12/01, 11:11 AM
Sharon McRae, Adult Services Librarian
Shaler North Hills Library
1822 Mt. Royal Blvd.
Glenshaw, PA 15116
----- Original Message -----
From: "Melissa Norton" <[removed]@bridgton.lib.me.us>
Date: Thursday, January 11, 2001 5:30 pm
Subject: Re: Richard Paul Evans Read-Alikes
> The Falconer by Elaine Clark McCarthy
> The Last Valentine and others by James Michael Pratt
> Robert James Waller (possibly)
> Crowfoot Ridge by Ann Brandt
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Melissa Norton [removed]@bridgton.lib.me.us
> Asst. Librarian & Webmaster www.bridgton.lib.me.us
> Bridgton Public Library
> 65 Main St.
> Bridgton ME 04009
> 207-647-2472
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kelley D. Benson <[removed]@starbase1.htls.lib.il.us>
> To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
> Date: Thursday, January 11, 2001 4:27 PM
> Subject: Richard Paul Evans Read-Alikes
>
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >I had a patron recently who was interested in reading books
> similar in
> >style to Richard Paul Evans "The Christmas Box" etc. She said
> that she
> >liked his books because they were about real people and they were
> easy to
> >read. I recommended Nicholas Sparks, but she had already read
> everything>but "The Rescue" and we have a waiting list for that.
> Could any of you
> >suggest any titles? I think she's especially looking for short or
> quick>reads since Evans' books tend to be short.
> >
> >Thank you so much for any help you can give me, I'm a newbie
> librarian,>trying to stay on top of many things. I'm sure you can
> all relate. :-)
> >
> >Kelly Benson
> >Adult Services Librarian
> >Three Rivers Public Library District
> >Channahon and Minooka, Illinois
> >
> >
> >
>
>......................................................................
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FROM: Paula Davino <[removed]@kentnet.dtcc.edu>
REC'D: 1/12/01, 11:27 AM
Paula Davino
Assistant Director
Dover Public Library
Dover, Delaware
[removed]@kentnet.dtcc.edu
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Sharon McRae wrote:
> I'll second the Last Valentine and add The Christmas Wish, by Richard
> Siddoway, The Love Letter (in a more humorous way...), by Cathleen
> Schine and The Picture Book by Susannah Keating.
>
> Sharon McRae, Adult Services Librarian
> Shaler North Hills Library
> 1822 Mt. Royal Blvd.
> Glenshaw, PA 15116
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Melissa Norton" <[removed]@bridgton.lib.me.us>
> Date: Thursday, January 11, 2001 5:30 pm
> Subject: Re: Richard Paul Evans Read-Alikes
>
> > The Falconer by Elaine Clark McCarthy
> > The Last Valentine and others by James Michael Pratt
> > Robert James Waller (possibly)
> > Crowfoot Ridge by Ann Brandt
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Melissa Norton [removed]@bridgton.lib.me.us
> > Asst. Librarian & Webmaster www.bridgton.lib.me.us
> > Bridgton Public Library
> > 65 Main St.
> > Bridgton ME 04009
> > 207-647-2472
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kelley D. Benson <[removed]@starbase1.htls.lib.il.us>
> > To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
> > Date: Thursday, January 11, 2001 4:27 PM
> > Subject: Richard Paul Evans Read-Alikes
> >
> >
> > >Hello,
> > >
> > >I had a patron recently who was interested in reading books
> > similar in
> > >style to Richard Paul Evans "The Christmas Box" etc. She said
> > that she
> > >liked his books because they were about real people and they were
> > easy to
> > >read. I recommended Nicholas Sparks, but she had already read
> > everything>but "The Rescue" and we have a waiting list for that.
> > Could any of you
> > >suggest any titles? I think she's especially looking for short or
> > quick>reads since Evans' books tend to be short.
> > >
> > >Thank you so much for any help you can give me, I'm a newbie
> > librarian,>trying to stay on top of many things. I'm sure you can
> > all relate. :-)
> > >
> > >Kelly Benson
> > >Adult Services Librarian
> > >Three Rivers Public Library District
> > >Channahon and Minooka, Illinois
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >......................................................................
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> >
> >
> > ......................................................................
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FROM: Sarah Herlache <[removed]@lib.az.us>
REC'D: 1/12/01, 1:27 PM
Thanks!
Sarah Herlache
Foothills Branch Library
Glendale, Arizona
christine downs wrote:
> Similar...Belva Plain's Carousel might fit the bill. Evans has a unique
> style.
>
> >From: "Kelley D. Benson" <[removed]@starbase1.htls.lib.il.us>
> >Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
> >To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
> >Subject: Richard Paul Evans Read-Alikes
> >Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 15:07:26 -0600 (CST)
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >I had a patron recently who was interested in reading books similar in
> >style to Richard Paul Evans "The Christmas Box" etc. She said that she
> >liked his books because they were about real people and they were easy to
> >read. I recommended Nicholas Sparks, but she had already read everything
> >but "The Rescue" and we have a waiting list for that. Could any of you
> >suggest any titles? I think she's especially looking for short or quick
> >reads since Evans' books tend to be short.
> >
> >Thank you so much for any help you can give me, I'm a newbie librarian,
> >trying to stay on top of many things. I'm sure you can all relate. :-)
> >
> >Kelly Benson
> >Adult Services Librarian
> >Three Rivers Public Library District
> >Channahon and Minooka, Illinois
> >
> >
> >
> >......................................................................
> >Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
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FROM: "Renee Zurn" <[removed]@duluth.lib.mn.us>
REC'D: 1/12/01, 3:08 PM
I hope the person who asked for these read-alikes is going to post the list!!
Renee Zurn
Duluth Public Library
>>> [removed]@einetwork.net 01/12/01 10:52AM >>>
I'll second the Last Valentine and add The Christmas Wish, by Richard
Siddoway, The Love Letter (in a more humorous way...), by Cathleen
Schine and The Picture Book by Susannah Keating.
Sharon McRae, Adult Services Librarian
Shaler North Hills Library
1822 Mt. Royal Blvd.
Glenshaw, PA 15116
----- Original Message -----
From: "Melissa Norton" <[removed]@bridgton.lib.me.us>
Date: Thursday, January 11, 2001 5:30 pm
Subject: Re: Richard Paul Evans Read-Alikes
> The Falconer by Elaine Clark McCarthy
> The Last Valentine and others by James Michael Pratt
> Robert James Waller (possibly)
> Crowfoot Ridge by Ann Brandt
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Melissa Norton [removed]@bridgton.lib.me.us
> Asst. Librarian & Webmaster www.bridgton.lib.me.us
> Bridgton Public Library
> 65 Main St.
> Bridgton ME 04009
> 207-647-2472
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kelley D. Benson <[removed]@starbase1.htls.lib.il.us>
> To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
> Date: Thursday, January 11, 2001 4:27 PM
> Subject: Richard Paul Evans Read-Alikes
>
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >I had a patron recently who was interested in reading books
> similar in
> >style to Richard Paul Evans "The Christmas Box" etc. She said
> that she
> >liked his books because they were about real people and they were
> easy to
> >read. I recommended Nicholas Sparks, but she had already read
> everything>but "The Rescue" and we have a waiting list for that.
> Could any of you
> >suggest any titles? I think she's especially looking for short or
> quick>reads since Evans' books tend to be short.
> >
> >Thank you so much for any help you can give me, I'm a newbie
> librarian,>trying to stay on top of many things. I'm sure you can
> all relate. :-)
> >
> >Kelly Benson
> >Adult Services Librarian
> >Three Rivers Public Library District
> >Channahon and Minooka, Illinois
> >
> >
> >
>
>......................................................................
> >Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> >Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>
>
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FROM: "Kelley D. Benson" <[removed]@starbase1.htls.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 1/12/01, 3:19 PM
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Sarah Herlache wrote:
> Could you please post this list when it's through?
>
> Thanks!
I sure will. I'm putting all the suggestions I've gotten so far into a
list and I'll post them all together.
Thank you all for your help!
Kelly Benson
Adult Services Librarian
Three Rivers Public Library District
Channahon and Minooka, Illinois
FROM: Kathy Lee <[removed]@jefferson.lib.co.us>
REC'D: 1/13/01, 12:44 PM
-----Original Message-----
From: Claudia C Breland [[removed]@juno.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 10:40 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Richard Paul Evans Read-Alikes
If your patron is looking for a quick read & a good story, I would
suggest Colleen McCullough's Ladies of Missalonghi.
Claudia Breland
King County Library System
Seattle, WA
[removed]@juno.com
FROM: Lisa Mills <[removed]@sslic.net>
REC'D: 1/15/01, 10:43 AM
Thanks.
FROM: "Kelley D. Benson" <[removed]@starbase1.htls.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 1/16/01, 2:35 PM
Brandt, Ann. "Crowfoot Ridge."
Grayson, Emily. "The Gazebo" and "The Observatory."
Keating, Susannah. "The Picture Book"
McCarthy, Elaine Clark. "The Falconer."
Plain, Belva. "The Carousel."
Pratt, James Michael. "The Last Valentine" and Others
Ryan, Catherine Hyde. "Pay it Forward."
Salamon, Julie. "The Christmas Tree."
Schine, Cathleen. "The Love Letter."*
Siddoway, Richard. "The Christmas Wish."
Sparks, Nicholas.
Waller, Robert James.
*Controversy over this one being a true read-a-like.
Kelly Benson
Adult Services Librarian
Three Rivers Public Library District
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