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FROM: mcraes@eiNetwork.Net (Sharon McRae)
REC'D: 5/16/02, 6:15 PM

Hi,
My library is adding on and we are knee deep in construction. So,
cleverly enough :) I chose for a summer reading theme for adults
Under Construction: build more reading time into your life.
I am trying to put together a list of ways to add reading time to the
day...you know, utilize your bathroom time, airplanes, read Ulyssess
while on hold with the IRS...
Any suggestions, amusing or otherwise would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance. I can post the list.
Sharon

Sharon McRae, Adult Services Librarian
Shaler North Hills Library
1822 Mt. Royal Blvd.
Glenshaw, PA 15116

FROM: Diana Tixier Herald <dherald@sff.net>
REC'D: 5/16/02, 6:26 PM

Take a book grocery shopping. I don't know how many hours I've spent
standing in check out lines at either the supermarket or Sam's Club. Since
I've been taking a book along I haven't had to wait (darn it!) I'm beginning
to call the book I take "line insurance" as long as I have something to read
store management will instantly open up a new check out stand and pull my
shopping cart into it. While I'm not getting much reading done standing in
line I am adding to time for reading by not wasting it in line.

While a book doesn't work as line insurance at amusement parks one can get
quite a bit of reading in while waiting for the roller coaster.

This is wrong for summer reading (unless visiting the southern hemisphere)
but one of our local school librarians was able to read a couple of books
last winter while standing in lift lines and riding chair lifts for skiing.

Make rice pudding. It takes a while and needs constant stirring. Stirring is
easily done while reading.

--
Happy reading,
Diana Tixier Herald
Books of the Week Page http://www.genrefluent.com
dherald@sff.net

on 5/16/02 5:10 PM, Sharon McRae at mcraes@eiNetwork.Net wrote:

> Hi,
> My library is adding on and we are knee deep in construction. So,
> cleverly enough :) I chose for a summer reading theme for adults
> Under Construction: build more reading time into your life.
> I am trying to put together a list of ways to add reading time to the
> day...you know, utilize your bathroom time, airplanes, read Ulyssess
> while on hold with the IRS...
> Any suggestions, amusing or otherwise would be greatly appreciated!
> Thanks in advance. I can post the list.
> Sharon
>
>
>
> Sharon McRae, Adult Services Librarian
> Shaler North Hills Library
> 1822 Mt. Royal Blvd.
> Glenshaw, PA 15116
>
>
> .......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: Candice Michalik <cjoy0821@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 5/16/02, 6:26 PM

How about reading "The Diagnosis" by Alan Lightman
while sitting (and sitting, and sitting...) in the
doctor's waiting room.

=====
Candice Michalik
Reference Librarian
Lynchburg Public Library
Lynchburg, VA
cjoy0821@yahoo.com

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience
http://launch.yahoo.com

FROM: "Maureen A. Socha" <msocha@tcpl.lib.in.us>
REC'D: 5/16/02, 6:37 PM

read while soaking in the bathtub, in an airport terminal, in the doctor's
office, car trips (if you don't suffer motion sickness), in the Bureau of
Motor Vehicles, waiting on an interstate due to a car accident when traffic
is backed up for miles, eating breakfast, lunch and dinner, coffee shops...

Just a few -- can't wait to see the list of other suggestions...

At 07:10 PM 5/16/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi,
>My library is adding on and we are knee deep in construction. So,
>cleverly enough :) I chose for a summer reading theme for adults
>Under Construction: build more reading time into your life.
>I am trying to put together a list of ways to add reading time to the
>day...you know, utilize your bathroom time, airplanes, read Ulyssess
>while on hold with the IRS...
>Any suggestions, amusing or otherwise would be greatly appreciated!
>Thanks in advance. I can post the list.
>Sharon
>
>
>
>Sharon McRae, Adult Services Librarian
>Shaler North Hills Library
>1822 Mt. Royal Blvd.
>Glenshaw, PA 15116
>
>
>......................................................................
>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
>Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>
********************************************
"The opinions expressed here are my own and
do not necessarily reflect TCPL policy."

Maureen A. Socha
Reference Librarian
Tippecanoe County Public Library
627 South Street
Lafayette, IN 47901-1470
voice mail: 756-429-0240
email: msocha@tcpl.lib.in.us
http://www.tcpl.lib.in.us

*******************************************

FROM: "Jeanne Etling" <jetling@nsls.info>
REC'D: 5/16/02, 7:41 PM

Sharon,

Can I suggest a place where reading is NOT allowed? In a court room while
court is in session. Maybe tie in with legal fiction?

Jeanne Etling
Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District

FROM: "BookBitch" <bookbitch@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 5/16/02, 9:16 PM

I have a "car" book, usually a book of short stories or essays, often humor
books, that I read while in line at the drive thru (the bank, McDonalds,
whatever), in the car pool line at school, while filling up my car at the
gas station, or anytime I'm stuck waiting in my car for anything.

I think the best way to find more time for reading is to turn off the TV,
especially during summer reruns! Didn't someone on this list compile
"read-alike" books for people who like certain TV shows?

Stacy Alesi
Southwest County Regional Library
Palm Beach County Library System

I am the BookBitch
www.bookbitch.com

FROM: "Laurie Petri" <Laurie_the_Librarian@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 5/16/02, 10:41 PM

Don't forget to add audio books for when "caught" in Road construction
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sharon McRae" <mcraes@eiNetwork.Net>
To: "Fiction_L" <fiction_l@maillist.webrary.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 6:10 PM
Subject: summer reading program request

> Hi,
> My library is adding on and we are knee deep in construction. So,
> cleverly enough :) I chose for a summer reading theme for adults
> Under Construction: build more reading time into your life.
> I am trying to put together a list of ways to add reading time to the
> day...you know, utilize your bathroom time, airplanes, read Ulyssess
> while on hold with the IRS...
> Any suggestions, amusing or otherwise would be greatly appreciated!
> Thanks in advance. I can post the list.
> Sharon
>
>
>
> Sharon McRae, Adult Services Librarian
> Shaler North Hills Library
> 1822 Mt. Royal Blvd.
> Glenshaw, PA 15116
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: Diana Tixier Herald <dherald@sff.net>
REC'D: 5/16/02, 11:46 PM

I always read in court and while it is in session as long as I'm just
waiting for the case concerning one of my fosterlings to start. I had never
heard that it wasn't allowed.

Di

on 5/16/02 6:28 PM, Jeanne Etling at jetling@nsls.info wrote:

> Sharon,
>
> Can I suggest a place where reading is NOT allowed? In a court room while
> court is in session. Maybe tie in with legal fiction?
>
> Jeanne Etling
> Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District
>
>
> .......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: Bsbgc@aol.com
REC'D: 5/17/02, 12:08 AM

Well -

Places to read -

First of all - vow NEVER to be without a book!

- any restaurant (fast food or slow) if you don't have anyone to eat with.

- waiting in line at the bank drive-thru

- at the baseball (hockey, lacrosse) game, esp. if your team is losing. I
wrote a short story from beginning to end while the Baltimore Orioles were
losing 16-5. Sold the story. Another time at the ball park, I edited a
story that just wasn't working right. I sold it to Woman's World. It later
became one of my published books.

- at any party you go to (what if things get boring?) This might prove
especially useful at family (or school) reunions

- at the movies. (Do you really care about all those previews and the movie
trivia questions?)

- at the doctor's (dentists, lawyer's, cpa's, etc.) office.

- while you're knitting. OK - I can't do it. But I have a friend who can
knit, watch TV and read a book, all at the same time. Zoicks!

- On a train trip. I once took 20 paper backs with me on a train trip to
Seattle. By the time the train got to the Chicago stopover, I had run out
of books. I hightailed it to Brentano's, bought another sack full, and
barely made it to Seattle. I'd just gotten to the last page of the last book
when the train pulled into the station. BTW - the books were all romances!

- a book is a great way to get through graduation ceremonies of all kinds,
provided that you're not the one taking the pictures.

- I always take a book when I take the dog to the vet.

- And what better way to pass the time in those long lines at the auto
emissions place, at intermission at the symphony or opera?

I know this has only scratched the surface. What a great thread!

Binnie Syril Braunstein
Romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: "christine jeffords" <sevenstars39@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 5/17/02, 7:15 AM

I live alone, so I always read at the dinner table. (Usually it's a
magazine, but Wednesday I read "Dinotopia" for the first time, just to see
how close the "megaseries" was to it.)

_________________________________________________________________
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FROM: "Marla" <marla@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org>
REC'D: 5/17/02, 8:09 AM

I always pack a paperback when backpacking. (My husband
thinks I'm crazy -- why add extra weight). Great in the morning
while waiting for the water to get hot for coffee. AND, if it's a copy
one is not particular about keeping, one can always tear out the
portions one has read and use to start the camp-fire. (Then it's
lighter on the way back!) BYE!

Marla/Great Falls Public Library/Acquisitions
301 2nd Ave N
Great Falls MT 59401-2593
marla@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org

Before you criticize someone,
you should walk a mile in their shoes.
That way, when you criticize them, you are a mile away...
and you have their shoes.

FROM: Vicki Novak - LIBRARYX <vickinovak@MAIL.MARICOPA.GOV>
REC'D: 5/17/02, 11:40 AM

Other times to read:

-while feeding a baby
-while awake from insomnia
-at a restaurant while you're waiting to pick up a take-out order
-on a break at work
-during tv commercials
-on the bus or subway
-on a plane
-while on hold on the telephone
-while donating blood
-while your car is serviced or at the car wash

Vicki Novak
Adult Services Librarian
vickinovak@mail.maricopa.gov

North Central Regional Library
Maricopa County Library District
17811 N. 32nd St.
Phoenix, AZ 85032
http://mcld.maricopa.gov

FROM: Lynda Whitton-Henley <lyndafwh@ccpl.ci.corpus-christi.tx.us>
REC'D: 5/17/02, 11:50 AM

Here in TX if you are a juror in a Fed. court, even if just being called to be
selected you can bring ANY rading materials (newspaper I could understand, a
romancy, mystery novel I can't). I don't think they would allow even a
cross-word puzzle book.

In the selection time, or just waiting around you can read in a County or
Municipal court case.

Lynda Whitton-Henley
NW BR Corpus Christi, TX

Diana Tixier Herald wrote:

> I always read in court and while it is in session as long as I'm just
> waiting for the case concerning one of my fosterlings to start. I had never
> heard that it wasn't allowed.
>
> Di
>
> on 5/16/02 6:28 PM, Jeanne Etling at jetling@nsls.info wrote:
>
> > Sharon,
> >
> > Can I suggest a place where reading is NOT allowed? In a court room while
> > court is in session. Maybe tie in with legal fiction?
> >
> > Jeanne Etling
> > Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District
> >
> >
> > .......................................................................
> > Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> > Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
> >
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html

FROM: "Joy Tofteland" <tofteland@ankeny.k12.ia.us>
REC'D: 5/17/02, 12:32 PM

Here is a quote from Horace Mann

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single
sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at
the end of the year.

Joy Tofteland
Reference/ Technical Resources Librarian
Kirkendall Public Library
Ankeny, IA

-----Original Message-----
From: Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org
[mailto:Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Sharon McRae
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 6:11 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: summer reading program request

Hi,
My library is adding on and we are knee deep in construction. So,
cleverly enough :) I chose for a summer reading theme for adults
Under Construction: build more reading time into your life.
I am trying to put together a list of ways to add reading time to the
day...you know, utilize your bathroom time, airplanes, read Ulyssess
while on hold with the IRS...
Any suggestions, amusing or otherwise would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance. I can post the list.
Sharon

Sharon McRae, Adult Services Librarian
Shaler North Hills Library
1822 Mt. Royal Blvd.
Glenshaw, PA 15116

FROM: "Ann Boles" <annboles@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 5/17/02, 12:43 PM

The people in my office were amazed when I said I read while I brush my
teeth--just use your book weight to prop the book open on the counter beside
you. I say that people who say they have no time to read, don't really want
to read. Or else have no imagination. When I was a teenager, I propped a
book in the bathroom window while I showered, and in the kitchen window
while I was doing dishes. If you've gotta read, you'll find a way!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ann Boles
Yavapai County Library District
Prescott, Arizona
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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FROM: Lisa Olsen <lolsen@clsn1269.cumberland.lib.nc.us>
REC'D: 5/17/02, 1:16 PM

Did you mean to say that in Texas you "cannot" bring any reading material
into a Federal court?

_______________________________________________________________

Lisa A. Olsen

Information Services

Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
Hope Mills Branch
3411 Golfview Road
Hope Mills, NC 28348-2266

(910)425-8455

On Fri, 17 May 2002, Lynda Whitton-Henley wrote:

> Here in TX if you are a juror in a Fed. court, even if just being called to be
> selected you can bring ANY rading materials (newspaper I could understand, a
> romancy, mystery novel I can't). I don't think they would allow even a
> cross-word puzzle book.
>
> In the selection time, or just waiting around you can read in a County or
> Municipal court case.
>
> Lynda Whitton-Henley
> NW BR Corpus Christi, TX
>
> Diana Tixier Herald wrote:
>
> > I always read in court and while it is in session as long as I'm just
> > waiting for the case concerning one of my fosterlings to start. I had never
> > heard that it wasn't allowed.
> >
> > Di
> >
> > on 5/16/02 6:28 PM, Jeanne Etling at jetling@nsls.info wrote:
> >
> > > Sharon,
> > >
> > > Can I suggest a place where reading is NOT allowed? In a court room while
> > > court is in session. Maybe tie in with legal fiction?
> > >
> > > Jeanne Etling
> > > Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District
> > >
> > >
> > > .......................................................................
> > > Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> > > Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
> > >
> >
> > ......................................................................
> > Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> > Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: <cheuer@itol.com>
REC'D: 5/17/02, 2:30 PM

While walking on a treadmill, but use a large print copy because it is easier to see.

Jeanne Heuer
Brown Co. Library
--

FROM: Viccy Kemp <Viccy.Kemp@cityofcarrollton.com>
REC'D: 5/17/02, 3:13 PM

I have been in several voir dires in North Texas and we were specifically
told not to read. Probably has something to do with rules of each court.
Viccy Kemp
The opinions are my own; the library wouldn't want 'em!

-----Original Message-----
From: Diana Tixier Herald [mailto:dherald@sff.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 11:40 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: summer reading program request

I always read in court and while it is in session as long as I'm just
waiting for the case concerning one of my fosterlings to start. I had never
heard that it wasn't allowed.

Di

on 5/16/02 6:28 PM, Jeanne Etling at jetling@nsls.info wrote:

> Sharon,
>
> Can I suggest a place where reading is NOT allowed? In a court room while
> court is in session. Maybe tie in with legal fiction?
>
> Jeanne Etling
> Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District
>
>
> .......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: Spencer Ms Martha <Martha.Spencer@usmc-mccs.org>
REC'D: 5/17/02, 3:23 PM

Do you take your booklight with you for using during the previews at the
movies? :]

Martha

-----Original Message-----
From: Bsbgc@aol.com [mailto:Bsbgc@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 10:01 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: summer reading program request

Well -

Places to read -

First of all - vow NEVER to be without a book!

- any restaurant (fast food or slow) if you don't have anyone to eat with.

- waiting in line at the bank drive-thru

- at the baseball (hockey, lacrosse) game, esp. if your team is losing. I
wrote a short story from beginning to end while the Baltimore Orioles were
losing 16-5. Sold the story. Another time at the ball park, I edited a
story that just wasn't working right. I sold it to Woman's World. It later

became one of my published books.

- at any party you go to (what if things get boring?) This might prove
especially useful at family (or school) reunions

- at the movies. (Do you really care about all those previews and the movie

trivia questions?)

- at the doctor's (dentists, lawyer's, cpa's, etc.) office.

- while you're knitting. OK - I can't do it. But I have a friend who can
knit, watch TV and read a book, all at the same time. Zoicks!

- On a train trip. I once took 20 paper backs with me on a train trip to
Seattle. By the time the train got to the Chicago stopover, I had run out
of books. I hightailed it to Brentano's, bought another sack full, and
barely made it to Seattle. I'd just gotten to the last page of the last
book
when the train pulled into the station. BTW - the books were all romances!

- a book is a great way to get through graduation ceremonies of all kinds,
provided that you're not the one taking the pictures.

- I always take a book when I take the dog to the vet.

- And what better way to pass the time in those long lines at the auto
emissions place, at intermission at the symphony or opera?

I know this has only scratched the surface. What a great thread!

Binnie Syril Braunstein
Romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: "Dr. Joni Richards Bodart" <jonirb@earthlink.net>
REC'D: 5/17/02, 4:07 PM

Ann--
NIce to know that someone else put childhood dishwashing time to good
use. Love those water- and suds-spotted pages!

JONI

FROM: Dennis Lien <Dennis.K.Lien-1@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 5/17/02, 5:01 PM

At 10:04 PM 5/16/02 -0400, you wrote:

>I think the best way to find more time for reading is to turn off the TV,
>especially during summer reruns! Didn't someone on this list compile
>"read-alike" books for people who like certain TV shows?
>
>Stacy Alesi

Or if you don't want to turn it off, at least have a book with you
to read during the commercials and/or (depending on show and type
of show) the dead spots. I "watch" WWE (formerly WWF) wrestling
religiously on Monday nights, for instance, but they do endless
amounts of recaps of bits from last week, last pay-per-view,
"a few minutes ago," and so on, all of which I can cheerfully ignore.

(I can also, of course, ignore the matches and/or interviews of
some of the duller and/or most irritating performers--pick up
the book when Hulk Hogan is talking; put it down when Rob Van Dam
is wrestling, and so on.)

(So, what's the fiction "read-a-like" for those who like this
particular "certain type of show," I wonder....)

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // d-lien@tc.umn.edu

FROM: "BookBitch" <bookbitch@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 5/17/02, 9:19 PM

>>(So, what's the fiction "read-a-like" for those who like this
particular "certain type of show," I wonder....)

Dennis Lien >>

May I suggest the following?

Gotch: An American Hero by Mike Chapman
PINS by Jim Provenzano

There's tons of non-fiction...and I use the term loosely <g>

Ric Flair : The Story of the Wrestler They Call 'the Nature Boy' (Pro
Wrestling Legends) by Matt Hunter
I'm Next!: The Strange Journey of America's Unlikely Superhero by Bill
Goldberg
The Secret of the Iron Claw : The Story of the Von Erich Wrestling Dynasty
As Told by Fritz Von Erich by Ron Mullinax
Chyna, The 9th Wonder of the World: If They Only Knew by Joanie Laurer
Foley Is Good: And the Real World Is Faker Than Wrestling by Mick Foley
Have a Nice Day : A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks by Mick Foley
Missy Hyatt, First Lady of Wrestling by Missy Hyatt
Tributes : Remembering Some of the World's Greatest Wrestlers by Dave
Meltzer
It's True! It's True! by Kurt Angle
Body Slams!: In-Your-Face Insults from the World of Pro Wrestling by Glenn
Liebman
The Rock Says : The Most Electrifying Man in Sports-Entertainment by Rock
Exquisite Mayhem by Ehret
Stu Hart: Lord of the Ring by Marsha Erb
The Encyclopedia of Professional Wrestling: 100 Years of the Good, the Bad
and the Unforgettable by Kristian Pope
Arn Anderson 4 Ever : A Look Behind The Curtain by Arn Anderson
Pure Dynamite: The Price you Pay for Wrestling Stardom by Tom Billington
Hooker : An Authentic Wrestler's Adventures Inside the Bizarre World of
Professional Wrestling. by Lou Thesz
Bodyslams! Memoirs of a Wrestling Pitchman by Gary Michael Cappetta
Positively Page : The Diamond Dallas Page Journey by Diamond Dallas Page

Something to look forward to:
Sex, Lies, and Headlocks : The Real Story of Vince McMahon and the World
Wrestling Federation
by Shaun Assael (07.16.02)

and for some snacks while you're reading/watching:
Can You Take the Heat? The WWF Is Cooking! by Jim Ross

Stacy Alesi
Southwest County Regional Library
Palm Beach County Library System

I am the BookBitch
www.bookbitch.com

FROM: "Robin Deffendall" <rdeffend@cumberland.lib.nc.us>
REC'D: 5/18/02, 8:56 AM

Are you considering books on tape as well?

Try hearing a good book while vacuuming and doing housework.

Or (my favorite for all us couch potatoes) get a really gripping book on
tape and listen to it ONLY while exercising. You'll be amazed how far those
walks extend when you just have to see how it ends.... At least so I
hear.....

Robin Deffendall
Bordeaux Branch Library
Cumberland County Public Library and Information Center
Fayetteville, NC

FROM: ILefkowitz@aol.com
REC'D: 5/18/02, 10:00 AM

I read while waiting at the car dealer to get my car serviced. While sitting around on Jury Duty waiting for them to call names for a potential jury. While I was in labor with my daughter. While waiting for well, just about anything. I hate waiting. At least a good book helps the time pass faster.

--
Ilene Lefkowitz
Reference Department Head
Kinnelon Public Library
ILefkowitz@aol.com

FROM: "Jean Meadors" <jmeadors@ccpl.ci.corpus-christi.tx.us>
REC'D: 5/18/02, 10:31 AM

Hi
I have a book with me at almost all the time. I even have one packed in
my bag that I have waiting if I have to work a shelter during hurricane
season. I guess maybe I'm hoping the lights stay on, I have a really
big flashlight (in case they don't), but then I'd worry about the
batteries running out. Got to be able to read. I definitely have one
when I eat by myself at lunch.
Jean

-----Original Message-----
From: Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org
[mailto:Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Sharon McRae
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 6:11 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: summer reading program request

Hi,
My library is adding on and we are knee deep in construction. So,
cleverly enough :) I chose for a summer reading theme for adults
Under Construction: build more reading time into your life.
I am trying to put together a list of ways to add reading time to the
day...you know, utilize your bathroom time, airplanes, read Ulyssess
while on hold with the IRS...
Any suggestions, amusing or otherwise would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance. I can post the list.
Sharon

Sharon McRae, Adult Services Librarian
Shaler North Hills Library
1822 Mt. Royal Blvd.
Glenshaw, PA 15116

FROM: PSEALS <PSEALS@cuyahoga.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 5/18/02, 2:17 PM

Well, I have to add my 2 cents. Last Monday night, I got stuck in an
elevator. The electricity in my area went out at 10:01. I had just gotten in
the elevator at 10:00, pushed the button for my floor, the door closed and
secured, and them darkness fell. I had always thought that if I got stuck in
an elevator, I would just pull out my book and read until rescued. NOT! The
light in the elevator was so dim and so high up that I couldn't read my
book. So now I'm carrying around a flashlight...just in case. So don't add
"while stuck in an elevator" to your list of places to make time to read.
And luckily I was only stuck for about 30-45 minutes. Thank goodness for
those EMT and Firefighter professionals! Otherwise I would have been stuck
for 5 hours.

Paula S. Seals
Materials Selection Assistant
Cuyahoga County Public Library
[Mine, all mine, nobody else wants them...my opinions that is.]

FROM: Lynda Whitton-Henley <lyndafwh@ccpl.ci.corpus-christi.tx.us>
REC'D: 5/18/02, 6:23 PM

BOy did I goof, I meant to say you can NOT bring any reading material to jury
selection or while serving. The fingers just don't type what the ?brain? dictates
sometimes.

Lynda W-H (again)

Lynda Whitton-Henley wrote:

> Here in TX if you are a juror in a Fed. court, even if just being called to be
> selected you can bring ANY rading materials (newspaper I could understand, a
> romancy, mystery novel I can't). I don't think they would allow even a
> cross-word puzzle book.
>
> In the selection time, or just waiting around you can read in a County or
> Municipal court case.
>
> Lynda Whitton-Henley
> NW BR Corpus Christi, TX
>
> Diana Tixier Herald wrote:
>
> > I always read in court and while it is in session as long as I'm just
> > waiting for the case concerning one of my fosterlings to start. I had never
> > heard that it wasn't allowed.
> >
> > Di
> >
> > on 5/16/02 6:28 PM, Jeanne Etling at jetling@nsls.info wrote:
> >
> > > Sharon,
> > >
> > > Can I suggest a place where reading is NOT allowed? In a court room while
> > > court is in session. Maybe tie in with legal fiction?
> > >
> > > Jeanne Etling
> > > Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District
> > >
> > >
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FROM: Andrew Smith <asmith@mail.wrl.org>
REC'D: 5/20/02, 9:20 AM

I sit in the bathroom with my 3 year old and read while he's taking a
bath. (Somehow he still manages to splash water on the floor.) And I
always keep the book in the front seat of my car to read at those long
stop lights. I also read during lunch, and while walking back to my
desk... Whoa, am I addicted?

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Readers Services Librarian
Williamsburg Regional Library (757) 259-4050
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On Fri, 17 May 2002, Spencer Ms Martha wrote:

> Do you take your booklight with you for using during the previews at the
> movies? :]
>
> Martha
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bsbgc@aol.com [mailto:Bsbgc@aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 10:01 PM
> To: Fiction_L
> Subject: Re: summer reading program request
>
>
> Well -
>
> Places to read -
>
> First of all - vow NEVER to be without a book!
>
> - any restaurant (fast food or slow) if you don't have anyone to eat with.
>
> - waiting in line at the bank drive-thru
>
> - at the baseball (hockey, lacrosse) game, esp. if your team is losing. I
> wrote a short story from beginning to end while the Baltimore Orioles were
> losing 16-5. Sold the story. Another time at the ball park, I edited a
> story that just wasn't working right. I sold it to Woman's World. It later
>
> became one of my published books.
>
> - at any party you go to (what if things get boring?) This might prove
> especially useful at family (or school) reunions
>
> - at the movies. (Do you really care about all those previews and the movie
>
> trivia questions?)
>
> - at the doctor's (dentists, lawyer's, cpa's, etc.) office.
>
> - while you're knitting. OK - I can't do it. But I have a friend who can
> knit, watch TV and read a book, all at the same time. Zoicks!
>
> - On a train trip. I once took 20 paper backs with me on a train trip to
> Seattle. By the time the train got to the Chicago stopover, I had run out
> of books. I hightailed it to Brentano's, bought another sack full, and
> barely made it to Seattle. I'd just gotten to the last page of the last
> book
> when the train pulled into the station. BTW - the books were all romances!
>
> - a book is a great way to get through graduation ceremonies of all kinds,
> provided that you're not the one taking the pictures.
>
> - I always take a book when I take the dog to the vet.
>
> - And what better way to pass the time in those long lines at the auto
> emissions place, at intermission at the symphony or opera?
>
> I know this has only scratched the surface. What a great thread!
>
> Binnie Syril Braunstein
> Romance novelist/former librarian
>
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FROM: Karen Eis <eis.karen@blind.state.ia.us>
REC'D: 5/20/02, 9:41 AM

Reading at lunch when alone?? Why only when alone? I went shopping with two
sisters the day after Thanksgiving one year. Lunch was a
serve-yourself-pizza buffet. We each pulled out a book to read while waiting
for the others to come back with their pizza! Picture: three people sitting
at a table eating pizza with one hand, reading paperbacks with the other.
(We had just been to a bookstore, so we all had new books!)

Waiting in airports: when coming back from a trip with two co-workers, we
sat in a line. First person was reading book on tape, second person was
reading Braille on a portable computer, third person (me) was reading a
regular paperback. If it had only been large print, we would have been an ad
for our library!

Karen E.
Iowa Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Iowa Department for the Blind
Des Moines, IA 50309

FROM: Amy <acervene@ald.lib.co.us>
REC'D: 5/20/02, 2:36 PM

I always keep a book with me when surfing the Internet at home - I get a
huge amount of reading done while I'm waiting for downloads. I also
read while watching sports on tv. Twenty minutes between hockey
periods and fifteen in soccer - and all those commercials!

Amy

*********************************
Amy Cervene
Fiction Collection Librarian/Technology Trainer
Smoky Hill Public Library
Centennial, CO
acervene@ald.lib.co.us

FROM: "Jeanne Etling" <jetling@nsls.info>
REC'D: 5/20/02, 3:09 PM

Di,

Maybe things are different where you are, but if you are in court (Cook
County, Illinois) out here, even if your case is not the topic of the
moment, you cannot read. I was told by a deputy sheriff.

Jeanne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Diana Tixier Herald" <dherald@sff.net>

> I always read in court and while it is in session as long as I'm just
> waiting for the case concerning one of my fosterlings to start. I had
never
> heard that it wasn't allowed.
>
> Di

FROM: Kathleen Stipek <kstipek@exchange.acld.lib.fl.us>
REC'D: 5/20/02, 3:31 PM

At the Federal court here in Gainesville, Florida, reading is forbidden, but
at the Alachua County Courthouse, you can read all the time you are hanging
around. When juror selection is being made, and when you're hearing a case
you can't read.

........................................................................
.....................
Kathleen Stipek, Adult Services/Interlibrary Loans, Alachua County
Library District (FMG), 401 E. University AV, Gainesville FL 32601
(kstipek@exchange.acld.lib.fl.us)
352-334-3938 (v) 352-334-3948 (f)

"Non, merci."--Cyrano de Bergerac

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeanne Etling [mailto:jetling@nsls.info]
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 4:02 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: summer reading program request

Di,

Maybe things are different where you are, but if you are in court (Cook
County, Illinois) out here, even if your case is not the topic of the
moment, you cannot read. I was told by a deputy sheriff.

Jeanne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Diana Tixier Herald" <dherald@sff.net>

> I always read in court and while it is in session as long as I'm just
> waiting for the case concerning one of my fosterlings to start. I had
never
> heard that it wasn't allowed.
>
> Di

FROM: Dennis Lien <Dennis.K.Lien-1@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 5/20/02, 4:43 PM

At 10:06 PM 5/17/02 -0400, you wrote:
>>>(So, what's the fiction "read-a-like" for those who like this
>particular "certain type of show," <Monday Night RAW from the
World Wrestling Federation> I wonder....)
>
>Dennis Lien >>
>
>May I suggest the following?
>
>Gotch: An American Hero by Mike Chapman
>PINS by Jim Provenzano
>
>There's tons of non-fiction...and I use the term loosely <g>
>
<snip>

Thanks for the nonfiction list, which does include several titles
I've not encountered. But I *was* specifying fiction, and of the
two titles listed, GOTCH appears to be a biography of Frank Gotch
(and hence nonfiction), while PINS is about high school or "real"
wrestling, which is only a distant cousin of pro rasslin. So
that's really only about one-half-book's worth of relevant...

Offhand, while I know I've seen one or two other examples, the
only long fictions I've seen involving professional wrestling
are Lisa Cody's BUCKET NUT and sequels (mystery/crime fiction
involving a part-time female wrestler, part-time security guard,
part-time amateur detective of sorts) and Ed Lee's GOON (a very
gory, violently sexual, bit of nasty Extreme Horror which (a)
is only a long novelette, though it appeared as a short book,
and (b) was published by a small press in a tiny edition just as
Ed Lee was becoming a cult writer and as a result is already
impossible to find or afford (and, frankly, isn't worth it).

Just thought of another: one of the "new" Hardy Boys pb
original series titles from a years back.

Of course, I'm not really looking for advice on finding fiction
about pro wrestling--my tastes in television and my tastes in
books don't necessarily overlap much. (For instance, I dislike
almost without exception all science fiction in movies and
television, but read it constantly.) And if I did want such,
I could find it for myself. But I was slightly bemused to
realize that, given the (now past its peak) spike in interest
in pro wrestling in recent years that more authors of fiction
hadn't attempted to jump on the bandwagon. Additionally, I
was questioning the idea that tastes in television are necessarily
a presumptive match for tastes in reading. (Not to mention that
with tv and movies, as with books, specific focus of appeal can
vary: my fondness for wrestling has much more to do with
following the ongoing skein of soap opera plots than it does
with anything athletics-oriented, for instance.)

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // d-lien@tc.umn.edu

FROM: mboyden@carmel.lib.in.us (Mary Boyden)
REC'D: 5/21/02, 10:21 AM

Re:Summer Reading Program Request

Another place I read while waiting is at the hairdressers while having my natural color revitalized. "Patty Jane's House of Curl" and "Bubbles Unbound" are a couple of good choices for reading while under the hair dryer!

Mary Boyden
Readers' Advisory Librarian
Carmel Clay Public Library

FROM: "Kelly Benson" <kdbenson@three-rivers-library.org>
REC'D: 5/21/02, 2:36 PM

At the gym, you can read while you're on the treadmill, the exercise bike,
or the stairclimber (or at home if you have one of those at home)

At the laundramat while you're waiting for your clothes to wash and dry, I
don't know how many books I read when I was in college doing the laundry!

On the beach, on your front porch, in your backyard.

While you're waiting for a cake to bake.

While you're waiting for a hair cut, while you're under the dryer if you get
one.

Waiting for your food at a restaurant.

While your family is watching a tv show or sporting event you don't
particularly care for, or one that you only have a passing interest in. I do
this all the time even when it's something I watch, like reruns of Who's
Line is It Anyway, or even baseball games (although I'm passionate about
baseball, it's easy to read and watch)

During commericals!

Waiting in line for rides.

Downtime at your hotel room on vacation.

This is a fun one! Be sure and post the list!

Kelly Benson
Adult Services Librarian
Three Rivers Public Library District
Channahon-Minooka, Illinois

FROM: "Judith Rossa" <jrossa@brdgprtpl.lib.ct.us>
REC'D: 5/21/02, 3:09 PM

In the sauna, but not the steam room!


Judy Rossa
Bridgeport (CT) PL <mailto:Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org>
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FROM: "Kelly Benson" <kdbenson@three-rivers-library.org>
REC'D: 5/21/02, 5:15 PM

Some more:

While you're waiting for a fax to go through.

At the copy machine (especially if you've making multiple copies of things)

For those who are in computer related professions: While waiting for files
to transfer, while installing programs, while rebooting. [I know it takes a
long time to install certain computer programs, and you kinda got to stick
around to make sure it goes smoothly.]

While rewinding video/audio tapes.

While burning cds (should we encourage this? <BG> )

While taking public transportation (buses, trains, subways)

While downloading email.

While waiting for something to print (especially long or graphically
intensive.)

Kelly Benson
Adult Services Librarian
Three Rivers Public Library District
Channahon-Minooka, Illinois

FROM: "Marla" <marla@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org>
REC'D: 5/22/02, 9:18 AM

Got another one that I just experienced!

Read while waiting in a snow storm power outage (sit by a
window). Boy am I glad the glass windows aren't powered by
electricity! BYE!

Marla/Great Falls Public Library/Acquisitions
301 2nd Ave N
Great Falls MT 59401-2593
marla@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org

*************
For reason will convince us that what is necessary to be
performed in the heat of action should constantly be
practised in the leisure of peace.
Vegetius, EPITOMA REI MILITARIS

FROM: Kathleen Stipek <kstipek@exchange.acld.lib.fl.us>
REC'D: 5/22/02, 11:04 AM

I may have missed one on this thread, but when one is sitting in the
bathroom contemplating Life. I find that books of short essays (Pat
McManus, Robert Benchley, Cecil Adams, the Imponderables) work best here.

........................................................................
.....................
Kathleen Stipek, Adult Services/Interlibrary Loans, Alachua County
Library District (FMG), 401 E. University AV, Gainesville FL 32601
(kstipek@exchange.acld.lib.fl.us)
352-334-3938 (v) 352-334-3948 (f)

"Non, merci."--Cyrano de Bergerac

-----Original Message-----
From: Marla [mailto:marla@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org]
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 10:03 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: summer reading program request -- reply

Got another one that I just experienced!

Read while waiting in a snow storm power outage (sit by a
window). Boy am I glad the glass windows aren't powered by
electricity! BYE!

Marla/Great Falls Public Library/Acquisitions
301 2nd Ave N
Great Falls MT 59401-2593
marla@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org

*************
For reason will convince us that what is necessary to be
performed in the heat of action should constantly be
practised in the leisure of peace.
Vegetius, EPITOMA REI MILITARIS

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