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FROM: "Carolyn O'Donnell" <[removed]@ahml.info>
REC'D: 1/30/04, 12:40 PM

Hello - We are trying to find books for a man who usually reads nonfiction - but now needs to be aware of current titles and trends in contemporary fiction/various genres. While he seems to tolerate odd (even bizarre) things in nonfiction, he is put off by profanity and graphic descriptions of sex/violence. We would also like to avoid storylines that are "too feminine" in nature. Thank you for any help you can give us.

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

FROM: "Karen A.K. Keller" <[removed]@brighton.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 1/30/04, 1:35 PM

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, Carolyn O'Donnell wrote:

> Hello - We are trying to find books for a man who usually reads nonfiction - but now
> needs to be aware of current titles and trends in contemporary
> fiction/various genres. While he seems to tolerate odd (even bizarre) things in
> nonfiction, he is put off by profanity and graphic descriptions of sex/violence. We
> would also like to avoid storylines that are "too feminine" in nature.
>
Well, here I go again... I'd recommend Ivan Doig's "English Creek" and the
prequel to it, "Dancing at the Rascal Fair."

Karen Keller
Brighton (MI) District Library

FROM: "Claudia E. Cayne" <[removed]@biblio.org>
REC'D: 1/30/04, 2:37 PM

Northern Borders by Howard Frank Mosher is a wonderful book for men and
women, unfortunately, it is out of print. I would recommend any of his
books as appealing to men. They are set in the northeast kingdom of Vermont
and people with wonderful characters and sense of place.

Also, Roland Merullo's series set in Revere, Mass, the latest of which is
Revere in Those Days.

____________________________________________________________________
Claudia E. Cayne
Director
Scoville Memorial Library
38 Main St., Salisbury, CT 06068
860-435-2838
[removed]@biblio.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen A.K. Keller" <[removed]@brighton.lib.mi.us>
To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: Gentle Reads for MEN

> On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, Carolyn O'Donnell wrote:
>
> > Hello - We are trying to find books for a man who usually reads
nonfiction - but now
> > needs to be aware of current titles and trends in contemporary
> > fiction/various genres. While he seems to tolerate odd (even bizarre)
things in
> > nonfiction, he is put off by profanity and graphic descriptions of
sex/violence. We
> > would also like to avoid storylines that are "too feminine" in nature.
> >
> Well, here I go again... I'd recommend Ivan Doig's "English Creek" and the
> prequel to it, "Dancing at the Rascal Fair."
>
>
>
> Karen Keller
> Brighton (MI) District Library
>
>
> ......................................................................
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FROM: "Bruce Bumbalough" <[removed]@grapevine.lib.tx.us>
REC'D: 1/30/04, 2:37 PM

If mysteries are appropraite, I would recommend the Hamish MacBeth series by
M. C. Beaton. They are cozies so there is a little violence but mosty of
the kind where a body is found -- no gory details. They all start with
Death of a....., e.g Death of a Nag.

Rhys Bowen's series about Constable Evans Evans are also good reads and
gentle in their scope. They have titles with Evans in the title, e.g Evans
Above.

Bruce L. Bumbalough
Reference Librarian
Grapevine Public Library
Grapevine, Texas 76051

email: [removed]@grapevine.lib.tx.us
Voice: (817) 410-3404
Fax: (817) 410-3084
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carolyn O'Donnell" <[removed]@ahml.info>
To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 12:36 PM
Subject: Gentle Reads for MEN

Hello - We are trying to find books for a man who usually reads nonfiction -
but now needs to be aware of current titles and trends in contemporary
fiction/various genres. While he seems to tolerate odd (even bizarre)
things in nonfiction, he is put off by profanity and graphic descriptions of
sex/violence. We would also like to avoid storylines that are "too
feminine" in nature. Thank you for any help you can give us.

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

FROM: [removed]@unforgettablebooks.com
REC'D: 1/31/04, 1:17 AM

Hello,
I would recommend the author Dornford Yates...his
Richard Chandos series:
Blind Corner
Perishable goods
Blood Royal
Fire Below
She fell among thieves
Gale warning
An eye for a tooth
Red in the morning
Cost Price
Ne'er do well
Very stiff-upper-lippish British between-the-wars ad-
venture stories. Lots of good clean fun. Sadly, they
would probably not be on the shelf in your system and
they would have to be ILL'ed
Cheers, Gayle Richardson
[removed]@unforgettablebooks.com

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 14:31:11 -0600, "Bruce Bumbalough"
wrote:

>
> If mysteries are appropraite, I would recommend the
> Hamish MacBeth series by
> M. C. Beaton. They are cozies so there is a little
> violence but mosty of
> the kind where a body is found -- no gory details.
> They all start with
> Death of a....., e.g Death of a Nag.
>
> Rhys Bowen's series about Constable Evans Evans are
> also good reads and
> gentle in their scope. They have titles with Evans in
> the title, e.g Evans
> Above.
>
>
> Bruce L. Bumbalough
> Reference Librarian
> Grapevine Public Library
> Grapevine, Texas 76051
>
> email: [removed]@grapevine.lib.tx.us
> Voice: (817) 410-3404
> Fax: (817) 410-3084
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carolyn O'Donnell" <[removed]@ahml.info>
> To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 12:36 PM
> Subject: Gentle Reads for MEN
>
>
> Hello - We are trying to find books for a man who
> usually reads nonfiction -
> but now needs to be aware of current titles and trends
> in contemporary
> fiction/various genres. While he seems to tolerate
odd
> (even bizarre)
> things in nonfiction, he is put off by profanity and
> graphic descriptions of
> sex/violence. We would also like to avoid storylines
> that are "too
> feminine" in nature. Thank you for any help you can
> give us.
>
> Carolyn O'Donnell
> Advisory Services Department
> Arlington Heights Memorial Library
> 500 N. Dunton
> Arlington Heights, IL 60004
> 847.870.4117
>
>
>
......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org
>
>
>
......................................................................
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FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 1/31/04, 8:34 AM

In a message dated 1/30/2004 1:36:40 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[removed]@ahml.info writes:

Hello - We are trying to find books for a man who usually reads nonfiction -
but now needs to be aware of current titles and trends in contemporary
fiction/various genres. While he seems to tolerate odd (even bizarre) things in
nonfiction, he is put off by profanity and graphic descriptions of sex/violence.
We would also like to avoid storylines that are "too feminine" in nature.
Thank you for any help you can give us.

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

I don't know if I should suggest any romance novels. If the gentleman likes
mysteries, there are masses of wonderful cozies that are nil on sex, low on
violence, but very clever...

Binnie Syril Braunstein
Romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: "Warner, Deb" <[removed]@co.durham.nc.us>
REC'D: 2/2/04, 6:40 AM

Has anyone suggested Clyde edgerton's books?
I suggest in particular: THE FLOATPLANE NOTEBOOKS, WALKING ACROSS EYGPT,
KILLER DILLER
Also:
Michael Malone; HANDLING SIN, FOOLSCAP
Neal Stephenson SNOWCRASH (if he'll read SF)
-----Original Message-----
From: Tennison, Gayla [[removed]@mail.smu.edu]
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 11:39 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: ALA Notable Books

Sara,

The complete list for 2004 is now posted on the ALA website at
http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaprotools/rusanotable/thelists/notablebooks.h
tm

Gayla

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Sara Milovanovic
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:05 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: ALA Notable Books

THANKS for the 2004 notable info!

Sara Milovanovic
Branch Manager
Northfield Branch, Winnetka-Northfield Library District
847-446-5990

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of ROBIN BEERBOWER
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 12:38 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: ALA Notable Books

Not sure if this was answered but I just received the following in an
email from Random House:

* ALA NOTABLE BOOKS - 2004 *
The Notable Books Council of the Reference and Users Services
Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association
(ALA), has compiled its year 2004 list of outstanding books for the
general reader. These titles have been selected for their significant
contribution to the expansion of knowledge and for the pleasure they
can provide to adult readers. This is "The List for America's
Readers:"

Fiction:
- ANY HUMAN HEART by William Boyd (Knopf | 0-375-41493-2)
- THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME: A NOVEL by Mark
Haddon (Doubleday | 0-385-51210-4)
- THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE by Jonathan Lethem (Doubleday |
0-385-50069-6)
- LOVE by Toni Morrison (Knopf | 0-375-40944-0)

Nonfiction:
- MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS by Tracy Kidder (Random House |
0-375-50616-0)
- UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN by Jon Krakauer (Doubleday |
0-385-50951-0)

Robin Beerbower
Salem (OR) Public Library

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