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Post by dolly on Oct 3, 2011 19:29:43 GMT -5
well, that was another great chat last week.  now it's time to make a selection for the next go 'round. some people at the chat expressed an interest in returning to a book selection next time. there have been several good movies posted here recently which may also be worthy of discussion. let's pick a book/movie before choosing a date, as the preparation time required may need to be determined based on our selection. thoughts? ideas? |
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Post by devogirl on Oct 3, 2011 20:52:04 GMT -5
Thanks for posting this Dolly! I'm up for either a book or a movie. As for movies, Val just linked to the Japanese movie Aiki--I think you guys will really like that. Also I have to put in a pitch for La Ligne Droite, which I still haven't watched but keep meaning to. Ruth recently mentioned the book Daredevil's Pass. I see on Amazon that it can be purchased for Kindle: amzn.com/B001D49M4MThere is a link for it on Devotee Journal, but it seems to be broken, unfortunately, and I have heard from the site owner that she won't be able to fix it anytime soon. But if anyone else has a PDF of the book, please let us know. Any other ideas? |
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Post by Emma on Oct 3, 2011 22:33:25 GMT -5
I'm really up for anything movie or book wise. Are there any good options with a disability we haven't covered? I usually don't have ideas but did think of one book that I have been interested in reading. Its called Double Take: A Memoir and was written by an American congenital double leg amputee. I haven't read it but most of the reviews on Amazon give it 5 stars. The book is $6 new, $3.75 used and also available on kindle from amazon. Here's a review from publishers weekly:
Photographer, champion skier and skateboarder Connolly has been stared at his entire 23-year life. Not because he's handsome, talented and athletic (all true), but because he has no legs. He was born without them, but born into a family that he describes as loving, loyal and matter-of-fact. Connolly writes that his father and grandfather—inspired by several seasons of MacGyver—engineered numerous devices to help the growing boy manage everyday tasks, from using light switches to pitching in on chores, and he was well prepared for his first day of school because his mother led countless What would you do if...? conversations. Connolly appears to be an intelligent, fairly unflappable adult with a healthy sense of humility and humor. He's a good storyteller, too, whether describing his first high school wrestling match, the path from novice to champion skier or what it's like to travel around the world on a skateboard. Connolly also shares his memories of an important, defining moment: when he decided to use photography to gaze back at the people who stared at him. Each photo was a miniature catharsis, he writes, adding, Finally, I was able to find my own use for that stare, and it felt good. His photos, 19 of which serve as chapter dividers, became part of The Rolling Exhibition, which was shown worldwide, including at the Smithsonian. The images are beautiful, revealing and stimulating—just like his narrative.
The book is $6 new, $3.75 used and also available on kindle from amazon.
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Post by Dee Dee on Oct 4, 2011 10:53:29 GMT -5
The Connolly biography sounds interesting! Another option is: "Looking up: a humorous and unflinching account of learning to live again with sudden disability" by Tim Rushby-Smith. From the cover on the back of the book: Tim Rushby-Smith is six foot two and highly active, with a love of high places and the great outdoors. Three years ago, with a booming garden design and landscaping business and his wife five months pregnant with their first child, Tim fell six metres out of a tree and broke his back, confining him to a wheelchair.
As he came to terms with his injury, treatment and rehabilitation, Tim faced an entirely new life, in which many of life´s simplest tasks suddenly became monumental challenges. This is Tims´s very human story of learning to live with disability, from overwhelming feelings of anger and despair, to learning how to face the future head on, to watching his daughter take her first steps.
Emotional, but never self-pitying, this is his unflinchingly honest account of how he built a new life as a man, a husband and a father.I bought this autobiography from Amazon a while ago and have just started reading it  . |
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Post by ruthmadison on Oct 4, 2011 13:08:58 GMT -5
Lots of good ideas! Maybe we need to keep a list so that when we have a slow month, we can pick from one that was passed over. In terms of memoirs, there is Best Seat in the House, written by a journalist who recently wrote a fair and balanced article about wheelchair pretenders. I really respect him. I haven't read the book yet. And for fiction, as DevoGirl said, I really loved Daredevil's Run. Judging it against other romance novels, it's the best I've come across, I think. Judged against a normal book it doesn't fair quite as well! |
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Post by lavly on Oct 5, 2011 5:20:48 GMT -5
yeah im with you ruth ...
we need a book list too ... lol... our list are getting longer and longer ... this is way cool
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Post by devogirl on Oct 6, 2011 22:21:58 GMT -5
I agree, the Conolly autobio sounds good. There's also Hell on Wheels by Daniel Evan Weiss.
I'm also up for something on a disability we haven't discussed before.
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Post by dolly on Oct 8, 2011 8:19:47 GMT -5
i think 'double take' and 'looking up' both sound quite good and seem to be readily available. my vote would be for one of those two choices, this time around. please post any suggestions and opinions throughout the weekend and we'll see what kind of consensus we have by the beginning of next week and make a decision. and we can also decide on a date. p.s. i did read that 'best seat in the house' several years ago, ruth. you'll have to let us know how you found it, but i seem to recall it being verrrrry low on the dev-o-meter.  |
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Post by devogirl on Oct 8, 2011 12:31:52 GMT -5
I vote for Double-Take. It seems to be very highly review on Amazon.
The only date I can do is Wed. Oct. 26th, the last Wednesday of the month. But that's just me, if the rest of you prefer a different selection or date, go for it.
thank you again Dolly!
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Post by Enid on Oct 9, 2011 15:01:20 GMT -5
Ruth recently mentioned the book Daredevil's Pass. I see on Amazon that it can be purchased for Kindle: amzn.com/B001D49M4MThere is a link for it on Devotee Journal, but it seems to be broken, unfortunately, and I have heard from the site owner that she won't be able to fix it anytime soon. But if anyone else has a PDF of the book, please let us know. Any other ideas? I know I have it at least on epub, I don't know about PDF. If anyone wants it just send me a private message. |
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Post by Enid on Oct 10, 2011 8:11:40 GMT -5
I know I have it at least on epub, I don't know about PDF. If anyone wants it just send me a private message. Free conversion software. ;D I have stuff to convert it too. I just happen to despise PFDs. If people don't like ePub I'll make it an RTF so people can open it with their favorite word processor and do whatever they please with it. Most word processors make PDFs too. |
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Post by Emma on Oct 10, 2011 13:19:04 GMT -5
The 26th works for me and really we only have two Wednesdays to choose from in October.....maybe we should push it later so people can actually get the book and have time to read it. Or we could discuss one of the movies people uploaded on the 26th and plan for the book to be in November.
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Post by Dee Dee on Oct 10, 2011 17:33:05 GMT -5
I will be working and cannot make the chat this time, so feel free to choose something else than "Looking Up", which was my suggestion, I will still recommend it though . Enid, what is an e-pub? E-publication? Is it something that you could mail to us? I am interested. |
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Post by Enid on Oct 10, 2011 18:04:08 GMT -5
I will be working and cannot make the chat this time, so feel free to choose something else than "Looking Up", which was my suggestion, I will still recommend it though . Enid, what is an e-pub? E-publication? Is it something that you could mail to us? I am interested. It's a format: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB . And yes, I could email it. |
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Post by Peony on Oct 11, 2011 6:16:44 GMT -5
Maybe I missed it, but what time do the chats usually start? I assume they are West Coast US time (I think it was 8pm last time, ya)? Just curious, and I'm so not whingeing or angling for it to be changed, but it would pretty cool to have glass of wine and a yarn. But, I am waaay down in the southern hemisphere, and about 11 hours ahead of the US.
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