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FROM: "Jodi Felde" <jfelde@ncats.net>
REC'D: 4/26/02, 3:38 PM

I have a patron that just read the "best book she's ever read in her life"
(the Diary of Ellen Rimbauer) and she needs another one just like it.
Nothing like a little pressure! What the patron liked about the Diary of
Ellen Rimbauer was that she thought it was real until after she had read it
and that it incorporated elements of history, mystery, and a little romance.
Can you all recommend anything similar?

Thanks,
Jodi M. Felde
Reference Staff
Fremont Area District Library

FROM: "Kiera Koester" <kkoester@ci.beaverton.or.us>
REC'D: 4/26/02, 3:50 PM

Okay, I haven't read the King book, so I'm going out on a limb, but what about Orson Scott Card's ENCHANTMENT?

From the Amazon.com review:
Mixing magic and modernity, the acclaimed Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game) has woven threads of history, religion, and myth together into a convincing, time-hopping tale that is part love story, part adventure. Enchantment's heroes, "Prince" Ivan and Princess Katerina, must deal with cross-cultural mores, ancient gods, treacherous kinsmen (and fianceés), and ultimately Baba Yaga herself.

Kiera Koester, Beaverton City Library, Oregon

-----Original Message-----
From: Jodi Felde [mailto:jfelde@ncats.net]
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 1:45 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Diary of Ellen Rimbauer


I have a patron that just read the "best book she's ever read in her life"
(the Diary of Ellen Rimbauer) and she needs another one just like it.
Nothing like a little pressure! What the patron liked about the Diary of
Ellen Rimbauer was that she thought it was real until after she had read it
and that it incorporated elements of history, mystery, and a little romance.
Can you all recommend anything similar?

Thanks,
Jodi M. Felde
Reference Staff
Fremont Area District Library

FROM: "ROBIN BEERBOWER" <RBEERBOWER@mail.open.org>
REC'D: 4/26/02, 4:01 PM

I know exactly what the appeal of that book is and it's one of those things that is hard to pinpoint (IMO), except it to say was a good, brooding, haunted house story. She probably wouldn't care for most of Stephen King's other titles (too gruesome) or some other authors such as Dean Koontz although you might try recommending WATCHERS. Based on my own preferences, I would probably suggest some of the following:

Shirley Jackson - HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
Richard Matheson - HELL HOUSE (this one doesn't have much romance but it's one heck of a haunted house story)
David Williams - SECOND SIGHT
Marilyn Harris - PORTENT. DIVINER. (maybe BLEDDING SORROW)
Nancy Thayer - SPIRIT LOST
Richard Matheson - BID TIME RETURN
Marlys Millhiser - THE MIRROR
Barbara Wood - CURSE THIS HOUSE (her first novel recently re-released in paperback)
Daphne DuMaurier - REBECCA. JAMAICA INN. MY COUSIN RACHEL. DON'T LOOK NOW.
Victoria Holt - mainly BRIDE OF PENDORRIC and MISTRESS OF MELLYN

Might also try V. C. Andrews' earlier books but some don't like b/c of dysfunctional family theme.

HTH and I'm sure I'll think of more as soon as I hit the Send button!

Robin Beerbower
Salem (OR) Public Library

>>> jfelde@ncats.net 04/26 1:44 PM >>>
I have a patron that just read the "best book she's ever read in her life"
(the Diary of Ellen Rimbauer) and she needs another one just like it.
Nothing like a little pressure! What the patron liked about the Diary of
Ellen Rimbauer was that she thought it was real until after she had read it
and that it incorporated elements of history, mystery, and a little romance.
Can you all recommend anything similar?

Thanks,
Jodi M. Felde
Reference Staff
Fremont Area District Library

FROM: BookBitch <bookbitch@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 4/26/02, 4:01 PM

Two books that are in journal/diary format and
read like they are real:

Red Water by Judith Freeman
One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May
Dodd by Jim Fergus

Both are historical as well.

Stacy Alesi
Southwest County Regional Library
Palm Beach County Library System

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FROM: Joel Tscherne <Joel.Tscherne@cpl.org>
REC'D: 4/26/02, 4:01 PM

For what it's worth, King steadfastly maintains that he didn't write
the book. Supposedly, the author is supposed to be revealed when it
comes out on video and DVD in May.


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FROM: "ROBIN BEERBOWER" <RBEERBOWER@mail.open.org>
REC'D: 4/26/02, 4:11 PM

Hmmm, after rereading the post and thinking about this question, I'm not sure the elements that appealed to her are the same ones that appealed to me. Based on that, I would for sure recommend THE MIRROR, SECOND SIGHT, REBECCA, SPIRIT LOST, and BID TIME RETURN. Maybe the rest if she liked the supernatural aspects. :-)

Robin

>>> RBEERBOWER@mail.open.org 04/26 1:52 PM >>>
I know exactly what the appeal of that book is and it's one of those things that is hard to pinpoint (IMO), except it to say was a good, brooding, haunted house story. She probably wouldn't care for most of Stephen King's other titles (too gruesome) or some other authors such as Dean Koontz although you might try recommending WATCHERS. Based on my own preferences, I would probably suggest some of the following:

Shirley Jackson - HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
Richard Matheson - HELL HOUSE (this one doesn't have much romance but it's one heck of a haunted house story)
David Williams - SECOND SIGHT
Marilyn Harris - PORTENT. DIVINER. (maybe BLEDDING SORROW)
Nancy Thayer - SPIRIT LOST
Richard Matheson - BID TIME RETURN
Marlys Millhiser - THE MIRROR
Barbara Wood - CURSE THIS HOUSE (her first novel recently re-released in paperback)
Daphne DuMaurier - REBECCA. JAMAICA INN. MY COUSIN RACHEL. DON'T LOOK NOW.
Victoria Holt - mainly BRIDE OF PENDORRIC and MISTRESS OF MELLYN

Might also try V. C. Andrews' earlier books but some don't like b/c of dysfunctional family theme.

HTH and I'm sure I'll think of more as soon as I hit the Send button!

Robin Beerbower
Salem (OR) Public Library

>>> jfelde@ncats.net 04/26 1:44 PM >>>
I have a patron that just read the "best book she's ever read in her life"
(the Diary of Ellen Rimbauer) and she needs another one just like it.
Nothing like a little pressure! What the patron liked about the Diary of
Ellen Rimbauer was that she thought it was real until after she had read it
and that it incorporated elements of history, mystery, and a little romance.
Can you all recommend anything similar?

Thanks,
Jodi M. Felde
Reference Staff
Fremont Area District Library

FROM: "Lisa Colcord" <LColcord@ci.glendale.az.us>
REC'D: 4/26/02, 4:22 PM

Maybe -The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance- by Margaret Mahy
and -Tamsin- by Peter S. Beagle.

Lisa


Lisa Colcord
Librarian
Glendale Public library
Glendale, AZ

....my views are my own....

-The secret to life is enjoying the passage of time- James Taylor

>>> RBEERBOWER@mail.open.org 04/26/02 02:08PM >>>
Hmmm, after rereading the post and thinking about this question, I'm not sure the elements that appealed to her are the same ones that appealed to me. Based on that, I would for sure recommend THE MIRROR, SECOND SIGHT, REBECCA, SPIRIT LOST, and BID TIME RETURN. Maybe the rest if she liked the supernatural aspects. :-)

Robin

>>> RBEERBOWER@mail.open.org 04/26 1:52 PM >>>
I know exactly what the appeal of that book is and it's one of those things that is hard to pinpoint (IMO), except it to say was a good, brooding, haunted house story. She probably wouldn't care for most of Stephen King's other titles (too gruesome) or some other authors such as Dean Koontz although you might try recommending WATCHERS. Based on my own preferences, I would probably suggest some of the following:

Shirley Jackson - HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
Richard Matheson - HELL HOUSE (this one doesn't have much romance but it's one heck of a haunted house story)
David Williams - SECOND SIGHT
Marilyn Harris - PORTENT. DIVINER. (maybe BLEDDING SORROW)
Nancy Thayer - SPIRIT LOST
Richard Matheson - BID TIME RETURN
Marlys Millhiser - THE MIRROR
Barbara Wood - CURSE THIS HOUSE (her first novel recently re-released in paperback)
Daphne DuMaurier - REBECCA. JAMAICA INN. MY COUSIN RACHEL. DON'T LOOK NOW.
Victoria Holt - mainly BRIDE OF PENDORRIC and MISTRESS OF MELLYN

Might also try V. C. Andrews' earlier books but some don't like b/c of dysfunctional family theme.

HTH and I'm sure I'll think of more as soon as I hit the Send button!

Robin Beerbower
Salem (OR) Public Library

>>> jfelde@ncats.net 04/26 1:44 PM >>>
I have a patron that just read the "best book she's ever read in her life"
(the Diary of Ellen Rimbauer) and she needs another one just like it.
Nothing like a little pressure! What the patron liked about the Diary of
Ellen Rimbauer was that she thought it was real until after she had read it
and that it incorporated elements of history, mystery, and a little romance.
Can you all recommend anything similar?

Thanks,
Jodi M. Felde
Reference Staff
Fremont Area District Library

FROM: "Carolyn O'Donnell" <codonnel@ahml.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 4/26/02, 4:32 PM

When I read "Diary" it reminded me of the Blackstone Chronicles by John Saul

Carolyn O'Donnell
Advisory Services Department
Arlington Heights Memorial Library
500 N. Dunton
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
847.870.4117

FROM: "M. Wms." <mmwm@adelphia.net>
REC'D: 4/26/02, 8:08 PM

Along the lines of Robin's suggestions, you might try
Anne Rivers Siddons' _The House Next Door_. Rather creepy. Not much
history, but definitely mystery and some romance. Also has a
realistic feeling.

~ Molly Wms.
--
Molly Williams
Volunteer, Waterboro Public Library (Maine)
daily library weblog: http://www.waterboro.lib.me.us/blog.htm


ROBIN BEERBOWER wrote:

> I know exactly what the appeal of that book is and it's one of those things that is hard to pinpoint (IMO), except it to say was a good, brooding, haunted house story. She probably wouldn't care for most of Stephen King's other titles (too gruesome) or some other authors such as Dean Koontz although you might try recommending WATCHERS. Based on my own preferences, I would probably suggest some of the following:
>
> Shirley Jackson - HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
> Richard Matheson - HELL HOUSE (this one doesn't have much romance but it's one heck of a haunted house story)
> David Williams - SECOND SIGHT
> Marilyn Harris - PORTENT. DIVINER. (maybe BLEDDING SORROW)
> Nancy Thayer - SPIRIT LOST
> Richard Matheson - BID TIME RETURN
> Marlys Millhiser - THE MIRROR
> Barbara Wood - CURSE THIS HOUSE (her first novel recently re-released in paperback)
> Daphne DuMaurier - REBECCA. JAMAICA INN. MY COUSIN RACHEL. DON'T LOOK NOW.
> Victoria Holt - mainly BRIDE OF PENDORRIC and MISTRESS OF MELLYN
>
> Might also try V. C. Andrews' earlier books but some don't like b/c of dysfunctional family theme.
>
> HTH and I'm sure I'll think of more as soon as I hit the Send button!
>
> Robin Beerbower
> Salem (OR) Public Library
>
>
>>>>jfelde@ncats.net 04/26 1:44 PM >>>
>>>>
> I have a patron that just read the "best book she's ever read in her life"
> (the Diary of Ellen Rimbauer) and she needs another one just like it.
> Nothing like a little pressure! What the patron liked about the Diary of
> Ellen Rimbauer was that she thought it was real until after she had read it
> and that it incorporated elements of history, mystery, and a little romance.
> Can you all recommend anything similar?
>
> Thanks,
> Jodi M. Felde
> Reference Staff
> Fremont Area District Library
>

FROM: "BookBitch" <BookBitch@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 4/27/02, 6:32 AM

Mr. King may claim he didn't write it, but he owns the copyright on it.

http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/loafer/0,6109,642943,00.html

Stacy Alesi
Southwest County Regional Library
Palm Beach County Library System

I am the BookBitch
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FROM: Bradley A Scott <bradley.a.scott@juno.com>
REC'D: 4/28/02, 2:07 PM

Might Mark Danielewski's "House of Leaves" appeal to this patron? It has
a very unusual house and an experimental, tricky narrative style.

Bradley A. Scott

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FROM: "Quillen, Christine" <CQUILL@camden.lib.nj.us>
REC'D: 4/28/02, 2:07 PM

For history, mystery and a little romance, my favorite book is Connie
Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog. I don't know if it's a good match for
Diary of Ellen Rimbauer though.

C. L.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jodi Felde [mailto:jfelde@ncats.net]
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 4:45 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Diary of Ellen Rimbauer


I have a patron that just read the "best book she's ever read in her life"
(the Diary of Ellen Rimbauer) and she needs another one just like it.
Nothing like a little pressure! What the patron liked about the Diary of
Ellen Rimbauer was that she thought it was real until after she had read it
and that it incorporated elements of history, mystery, and a little romance.
Can you all recommend anything similar?

Thanks,
Jodi M. Felde
Reference Staff
Fremont Area District Library

FROM: Suzanne Pontius <suzannepontius@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 4/29/02, 8:46 AM

I haven't read Rimbauer, but I'm pretty sure that
Willis' TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG is not the same kind
of thing. Rimbauer is horror, and Dog is funny!
Suzanne POntius

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FROM: Sandy Westbrook <sandyw@crlc.org>
REC'D: 4/30/02, 2:33 PM

Jodi,
I just finished The Daughter of God by Lewis Perdue. It is historical,
has a mystery and includes a love story. Nothing supernatural, but the
author uses well-known history to support the story's premise - that in 352
A.D. there was another Messiah born. This Messiah's story was very well
documented and then suppressed by the Catholic Church (sound familiar?)
because HER name was Sophia. The book is really a thriller where one group
is trying to reveal the truth while several other groups are trying to keep
the truth suppressed. Perdue's use of history makes the story seem very real.

Sandy Westbrook
South Windsor Public Library
South Windsor, CT 06074
Ph 860-644-1541
Fax 860-644-7645
sandyw@crlc.org

FROM: "Megan Ellis" <MEllis@denver.lib.co.us>
REC'D: 4/30/02, 4:11 PM

Not necessarily a spine tingling story, but has a fantastic
historical/haunting/spirit-connection-across-time bent: The Glass
Harmonica by Louise Marley.


Megan

Megan S.F. Ellis
Cataloging Assistant
(720) 865-1130

Denver Public Library
10 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy.
Denver, CO 80204

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