This Rec League is a little more personal and less focused on tropes. Gloriamarie recently sent us an email, asking if we could help her with some reading recommendations for her mother. She’s a voracious reader and Gloriamarie wants to keep the books coming!
I am wracking my brains trying to keep up with my ninety year old mother’s need for reading material. She is legally blind but can still read large print books. This is her main occupation because there is really nothing else for her to do in her assisted living facility. One of her suite mates hogs the TV all day long. Three days a week mom goes to her day program and the rest of the time, she reads. Her assisted living facility and the day program both have very limited large print selections.
The San Diego Public Library has a wonderful program where they mail her four large print books at a time from a list she submits to them. But I am running out of ideas and hope readers here can give me some names.
Over the years she has read and enjoyed Mary Stewart, Emily Loring, Phyllis Whitney, Victoria Holt, Maeve Binchy, Elizabeth Goudge.. She would hate heavy handed inspirationals as much as she would erotica or anything with explicit details. she enjoys cosy, not bloody mysteries. Very light science fiction. Not fantasy. Sadly I could not get her interested in Sheri Tepper who I think writes some of the best stuff.
She would also read non-fiction if it is not too technical.
Mom doesn’t mind sex in books, but she would probably be uncomfortable with explicit descriptions of oral sex, penises, and definitely no anal, no BDSM, no menage a anything, no M/M, no F/F.
For a while I was checking books out of the library for her (and getting huge fines because we just couldn’t manage it right) and there was a cosy mystery series she enjoyed about a town in Maine with a ridiculous name like Yougottalovemoose or something and everything was moose and tartans. It’s been years and I am certain she’d love to read more of those. If I could remember.
Sarah: I recommended Deanna Raybourn to her already.
Carrie: If she can find it, how about Nevil Shute and D.E. Stevenson? Stevenson might be too tame but my mom and I love her.
Redheadedgirl: Oh, Deeanne Gist! Erin Knightley also does tension but no sex.
Elyse: Edith Layton’s sex scenes are very tame. Not much description. Mary Balogh too. Her sexual tension is sizzling, but the actual sex is fairly mild. And Georgette Heyer obviously.
Are there any other authors you’d recommend?
I’d second the Elizabeth Peters rec above — but not just the Amelia Peabody series. If she’s been reading Whitney and Stewart, she should take to nearly all of Peters, including the many early stand-alones, and also to the whole Barbara Michaels canon — and any number of those ought to be in large-print editions.
If she likes the Kaitlyn Dunnett series (and I agree that HeatherS nailed that identification), she might enjoy Kate Carlisle’s “bibliophile” mysteries about book restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright, and/or Monica Ferris’ needlecraft mysteries about Betsy Devonshire.
I’ll second Susan’s list, especially Wouk, McCullough, M.M.Kaye and DeMille, and add Rita Mae Brown (High Hearts), Jo Goodman and LaVyrle Spencer.
You guys are just wonderful. So compassionate, generous, and kind.
Sorry to be so so about the e-reader but I’ve yet to learn of one really really really really really simple to use. And with the lack of WiFi and money to boot.
I am trying to do my very best for my mother with the available resources. Such as they are.
They might be a little hard to find, and I don’t know if she’d be interested in general fiction, but Gladys Taber wrote several books about living in Connecticut and Cape Cod in the 40/50/60s, raising and showing dogs. Not all of her books focus on the dogs – she has one with stories of her cat and several that are just about life in general. They’re lovely books that are a nice breather for me.
I also like Ann Vanderhoof’s two books about sailing and living on a boat in the Caribbean. An Embarrassment of Mangoes is more about island life and the trials of living on a small sailboat, whereas The Spice Necklace is all about the food of the region.
I’ll add my vote to the Mary Roach suggestion, though some of them can be heavy on the details. I’ve also read one by Marion Roach, The Roots of Desire, that’s all about the science and sociology behind red hair. Fascinating stuff!
If she’s into fiber arts at all, she might like the Yarn Harlot (aka Stephanie Pearl-McPhee)’s memoir collections. They are hilarious and touching and full of good knitterly advice.
Jane Cleland’s Josie Prescott series is a good one for cozy mysteries.
Also, Elaine Viets is great with cozy mysteries.
I mentioned Jane Aiken Hodge above, for PG-rated historical romances with a bit of mystery or thriller plot. Similar to her is Hester Burton, although her books may be too YA-oriented to be available in large print. Barbara Metzger is also very good for entertaining and PG historical romance.
Classic light fiction is Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate.
Lawrence Block wrote some very dark thrillers but his Evan Tanner series are light and funny spy adventures.
Someone mentioned Patrick O’Brien’s Aubrey-Maturin series; I believe the Horatio Hornblower series by C.S. Forester are similar but easier going.
The Poldark series by Winston Graham, now brought gloriously to the screen with Aidan Turner!!
My mother adores the Tony Hillerman series of Native American mysteries.
Gloriamarie,
Seriously, thanks so much for asking the original question. My mom is 86 so this list of books is awesome! Many she already reads (Hillerman, Rhys Bowen, Barbara Michaels, Evanovich, etc.) but there some some names here I am not familiar with so this is going to be very helpful.
Good luck with your mom, you sound like an amazing daughter. You are lucky to have each other!
So thankful to turn on the computer this morning and discover yet more suggestions.
I am delighted that my original question turns out to be a help to others. Sister Padua told us in first grade that if one of us has a question to raise our hands and ask it because we could be sure there were others in the class with the same question.
I have all the suggestions in one document, so if ever anyone needs it, I can email it to you.
Gloriamarie, at the risk of sounding creepy, I might have one or two large print copies of my books floating around. If you think your mother might like them, just email me at willig@post.harvard.edu and I’ll put them in the mail to you!
Nothing creepy at all about a generous and kind offer. Thank you so very much. Please check your email inbox.
I would recommend Janet Chapman’s Maine Highlander series. Like some of the others it’s low on the detailed sex, but they do have an element of “fantasy” in the time travel.
Don’t know if anyone has mentioned her yet and I’m too lazy to scroll through four pages of comments to check but on the cozy mystery front there is Ngaio Marsh’s Inspector Alleyn series. There are lots of theater references if she’s interested in that. I know at least some of them are available in large print and ebook as well and since Marsh is a contemporary of Christie’s and a fellow Queen of Crime fiction she should be stocked by any decent size library system. There are 32 books in the series as well so it would keep her for a while.
I’ll second the recommendations of Ngaio Marsh, Patricia Wentworth, D.E. Stevenson, Carola Dunn, M.M. Kaye’s mysteries, Eve Ibbotson, Rosamund Pilcher and the Brother Cadfael books. Some of those authors were extremely prolific, and so that ought to be a couple years worth of reading right there. And did anyone mention Dorothy Sayers?
Just my 2 cents, but the Benjamin January books by Barbara Hambly and some of Bujold’s Vorkosigan saga have disturbing scenes of violence and may be too intense. And The Anatomist’s Wife and C.S. Harris’s Sebastian St. Cyr books are not exactly cozy either. I love them, but I’m extremely sensitive to violence so I sometimes have to skip pages. Patrick O’Brien, although a great writer, is kind of tough going, and you didn’t say she had any interest in military historicals. But if so, the Richard Sharpe books by Bernard Cornwell, are easier reading.
My father had macular degeneration, and I helped to supply him with reading material for years. He had a cassette player(they’ve now switched to CD’s) which he got for free, along with the audio cassettes, from the NJ Library for the Blind. Every month they would sent him a catalog and I would read it to him and together we would pick out his month’s worth of reading material. I really miss doing that since he passed away. Shipping was free too, and I’m sure it’s the same in California, for anyone who is blind or vision impaired. He was a lifelong avid reader, so it was very upsetting to him when he was no longer able to read even large print. But I was surprised by how easily he was able to transition to audio and grew to love it. Even with his limited eyesight, and “fat fingers” he was able to manage the start, stop, pause and volume buttons, I think he just had their positions memorized on his player.
If your mother likes Maeve Binchy, she may also like Joanna Trollope, and “Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand” by Helen Simonson. There’s also L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables series. The Mosley books by John Greenwood are cozy British mysteries. For non-fiction, I recommend Jill Ker Conway’s memoir of her childhood in Australia, “The Road From Coorain” and Roald Dahl’s 2 part biography, “Boy” and “Going Solo”(one of my all time favorite books). Penelope Fitzgerald and Muriel Spark are considered literary fiction, but their books are short, entertaining, and centered around female characters. Many are written from first person POV, which I’m guessing she likes if she’s been reading all those Gothics.
A bit late to the suggestions but searching Maine cozies, I found Kaitlyn Dunnett’s Liss McCrimmon books — some take place in the town of Moosetookalook, Maine and the the heroine owns a Scottish emporium? Kaitlyn Dunnett also wrote the Elizabethan Lady Appleton series as Kathy Lynn Emerson (or as I think of them from my shelves “Face Down in the…”)
James Herriot’s vet books, “All Creatures Great and Small” and the others?
I second the following:
Elizabeth Cadell (light frothy British romance with a mystery.
Essie Summers (light frothy NZ romance – lots of humor. Very early Harlequins).
Elswyth Thane (glorious family saga from Revolutionary War through WWII. Several books in series. Unforgettable characters from every decade).
Ellis Peters (the non Brother Cadfael ones are really good, too).
I recommend: Sharon Fiffer. (A series about a garage sale picker. Full of lovely descriptions of collectibles. With mysteries).
David Hadley (a film critic on the east coast finds lots of mysteries. And another series about a man who ghostwrites biographies).
Sharyn McCrumb. (anything. she has a mystery series and an Appalachian series bases on legends and history).
And…. if you ever get your mom to try a kindle (that large print is LARGE) I would be happy to kick in 5 or 10 bucks toward a reader of her own. Books are practically air to me. Almost as necessary. So I really sympathize with the need to read. I bet some others on here might contribute too.
Dear friends,
Thank you all for your help. My thanks to Sarah for approving this request. I think this is every author who was mentioned, except for Patrick O’Brien. I already know mom would not be interested in what he writes.
Adler, Elizabeth
Aird, Catherine
Alexander, Tasha
Allen, Sarah Addison
Allingham, Dorothy
Allingham, Margery Tiger in the Smoke
Ames, Avery
Anderson, Susan
Andrews, Donna
Andrews, Mary Kay
Archer, Jeffrey
Ashley, Jennifer
Atherton, Nancy
Atherton, Nancy
Atkinson, Kate Melted into Air’ and ‘whistling for the Elephants’
Babson, Marian
Bain, S.
Balogh, Mary
Barrett, Lorna Murder is Binding
Barron, Stephanie Jane Austen series
Bartlett, Lorraine
Beaton, MC
Beck, Jessica
Bell, Josie
Benzoni, Juliette
Berg, Elizabeth
Binchey, Maeve
Blair, Annette
Block, Lawrence Evan Tanner series
Bourne, Joanna
Bowen, Rhys Royal Spyness Molly Murphy Georgianna Rannoch series
Bradley, Alan Flavia de Luce mystery series
Braun, Lillian Jackson
Bren, Madeleine
Bridge, Kathleen
Britton, Fern
Brown Rita Mae
Brown, Eleanor
Browning, Kelsey
Buchan, John
Bujold, Lois McMaster Vorkosigan series
Burdette, Lucy
Burford, Eleanor
Burton, Hester
Caldwell, Taylor
Carlisle , Kate
Carlisle, Kate “bibliophile” mysteries about book restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright
Carr, Philippa
Carr, Robyn
Carr, Robyn
Cartland, Barbara
Casey, Elizabeth Lynn
Caudwell, Sarah
Chadwick, Elizabeth
Chamberlain, Diane
Chapman, Jane Maine Highlander series
Chapman, Janet
Chase, Loretta
Chesne, Marion
Chesterton, G. K.
Childs, Laura
Christie, Agatha
Clark, Mary Higgins
Cleland, Jane Consigned to Death, Josie Prescott series
Conway, Jill Ker
Cookson, Catherine
Coulter, Catherine
Coyle, Cleo
Craig, Alisa
Craig, Elizabeth
Crusie, Jennifer
Daheim, Mary The Alpine seaside bed-and- breakfast
Dahl, Roald Boy and Going Solo
Dalrymple, William
Daniels, Dorothy
Davidson, Diane Mott
Delacroix, Clair
Delderfield, RF
DeLeon, Jana
DeMille, Nelson
Deveraux, Jude
Dillard, Annie
Dillard, Annie
Dominic, R.B.
Donati, Sara Into the Wilderness
Donovan, Susan
Downie, Ruth
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Dunn, Carola 1920s Daisy Dalrymple series
Dunnett, Kaitlyn Kilt Dead
Eden, Dorthy
Eden, Sarah M
Egan, Leslie
Elkins, Aaron Gideon Oliver LPGA golfer series
Elwes, Cary As You Wish.
Emerson, Katy Lynn Elizabeth Lady Appleton series
Evanovich, Janet
Evanovich, Stephanie
Farahad, Zama
Fardig, Caroline
Fast, Howard
Ferris, Monica
Fiffer, Sharon series about a garage sale picker
Fitzgerald, Penelope
Fluke, Joanne Hannah Swensen
Flynn, Gillian
Ford, Elbur
Forester, C S Horatio Hornblower series
Fowler, Christopher Peculiar Case Unit / Bryant and May mysteries
Fowler, Earlene
Francis, Dick
Francis, Felix
Franzen, Jonathan
Fraser, Antonia Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy
Freeman, Kimberley
Gabaldon, Diana
Gardner, Ashley Captain Lacey Regency mysteries
Garlock, Dorothy
Garwood, Julie
Gaskin, Catherine
George, Anne Southern Sisters
George, Nina The Little Paris Bookshop
Gilman, Dorothy
Gist, Deeanne Tiffany Girl
Gist, Deeanne
Goldberg, Lee
Goodman, Jo
Goudge, Elizabeth
Grafton, Sue
Grann, David Lost City of Z
Graves, Sarah
Greenwood, John Moseey books
Greenwood, Kerry Corinna Chapman series
Greenwood, Kerry
Gregory, Phillipa
Guareschi. Giovanni Don Camillo books.
Hadley, David film critic on East Coast mystery series; man who ghost writes mysteries eries
Hall, Parnell
Hambly, Barbara Benjamin January series
Hamilton, Barbara Abigail Adams
Hamilton, Victoria
Hammett, Dashiell
Hannah, Kristin
Harris, C. S.
Harris, Charlaine Aurora Teagarden Shakespere Series
Hart, Carolyn
Herriot, James vet books and others
Hess, Joan
Heyer, Georgette
Heyer, Georgette
Hibbert, Eleanor
Higgins, Kristan
Higgins, Kristin
Hildebrand, Elin
Hillerman, Anne
Hillerman, Tony
Hillerman, Tony series of Native American mysteries
Hodge, Jane Aiken
Holt, Victoria
Hore, Rachel
Howard, Elizabeth Jane
Howatch, Susan
Howell, Georgina he biography of Gertrude Bell
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Huber, Anna Lee The Anatomist’s Wife
Hunter, Lynsay
Ibbotson, Eve
Jacobs, Kate
James, Miranda
James, P. D.
Johnson, Jane
Karon, Jan
Kauffman, Donna
Kay, Guy Gavriel
Kaye, M.M.
Kearsley, Susanna
Kellerman, Faye
Kellerman, Jonathan
Kellow, Kathleen
Kelly, Carla
Kelly, Carla
King, Laurie R.
Klassen, Julie
Knightley, Erin
Kramer, Kieran
Krentz, Jayne Ann
Kurland, Lynn
Kurland, Lynn
L’Engle, Madeleine
Lamont, Anne
Landvik, Lorna
Langslow, Meg
Lathen, Emma
Laurens, Stephanie
Layton, Edith
Lee, Elsie
Lenard, Geniveve Gauguin Connection
Leon, Donna Commissario Brunetti books
Lindsey, Johanna
Linington, Elizabeth
Linscott, Gillian Nell Bray mysteries
Lofts, Norah
Longshot, Louiana
Loring, Emily
Love, Lacy Williams
Maclean, Anna Louisa May Alcott
Maclean, Julianne color of heaven
MacLeod, Charlotte Peter Shandy Sarah Kelling
MacNaught, Judith
MacNeal, Susan Elia Maggie Hope series
Macomber, Debbie
Mallery, Susan
Mapson, Joann
Maron , Margaret
Maron, Margaret
Marsh, Nagio
McCaffrey, Ann
McCrumb, Sharon
McCullough, Colleen
McCullough, David
McKinlay, Jenn
Metzger, Barbara
Meyer, Marissa Lunar Chronicles
Michaels, Barbara
Michaels, Fern
Michaels, Kasey
Michner, James
Millard, Candace Destiny of the Republic River of Doubt
Mitford, Nancy The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate.
Morsi, Pamela
Morton, Kate
Myrer, Anton
Neels, Betty
Neville, Katherine
O’Reilly, Michael Proud Patrick
Paige, Robin
Parris, S. J.
Peacock, Caro “Liberty Lane” series (early-Victoria reign)
Pearson, Diane
Penny, Louise
Percival, Anna
Perry, Anne Victorian Thomas Pitt mysteries
Perry, Anne
Peters, Elizabeth
Peters, Elizabeth Amelia Peabody series
Peters, Ellis
Peyser, Marc Hissing Cousins: the untold story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Phillips, Susan Elizabeth
Phillips, Susan Elizabeth
Picoult, Jodi
Pilcher, Rosamund
Plaidy, Jean
Pym, Barbara
Quick, Amanda
Quinn, Julia
Raybourn, Deanna
Read, Miss
Reynolds, AJ
Rice, Luanne
Rich, Lani Diane
Rich, Virginia culinary mysteries.
Riley, Lucinda
Roach , Mary
Roach, Marion The Roots of Desire
Robb, J. D. n Death series
Roberts, Nora
Sansom, C. J. Matthew Shardlake mysteries
Sayers, Dorothy
Scalzi, John Lock In and Redshirts
Schaeffer, Susan Fromberg
Schmitz, James H.
Sefton, Maggie
Seidel, Kathleen Gilles
Seton, Anya
Seton, Anya
Shannon, Dell
Sheridan, Sara
Shute, Nevil
Simonsen, Helen Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
Simonson, Helen
Simsion, Graeme The Rosie Project and The Rosie Effect.
Smith, Alexander McCall
Smith, Julie
Sparks, Muriel
Spencer-Fleming, Julia
Spencer, Lavyrle
St. Clair, Roxanne
St. Jame, Simone
Stevenson, D. E.
Stewart, Mariah
Stewart, Mary
Summers, Essie
Taber, Gladys
Tate, Ellalice
Taylor, Phoebe Atwood
Thane, Elswyth
Thayne, RaeAnne
Thirkell, Angela
Thomas, Jodi
Thompson., Victoria Gaslight Mysteries
Thornton, Elizabeth Whisper His Name
Todd, Charles
Todd, Charles
Toksvig, Sandi Melted into Air’ and ‘whistling for the Elephants’
Tremayne, Peter Sister Fidelma series
Trollope, Joanna
Tropper, Jonathan
Tyler, Anne
Vanderhoof, Ann
Viets , Elaine
Vowell, Sarah
Vreeland, Susan
Weber, Davis Treecat Wars
Weir, Andy The Martian
Wentworth, Patricia Miss Silver mysteries
Wesley, Mary
West, Jessamyn
Whitney, Phyllis “The Chinese Shawl”, “Through the Wall” or “The Gazebo”.
Wiggs, Susan THE APPLE ORCHARD
Wiggs, Susan THE BEEKEEPERS BALL
Willet, Marcia
Willig, Lauren Pink Carnation series
Willis, Connie
Winchester, Simon
Wingate, Marty
Winspear, Jacqueline Maise Dobbs series
Witemeyer, Karen
Woodhouse, P. G.
Woods, Sherryl
Worth, Jennifer Call the Midwife books
Wouk, Herman
Wyndham, John
Zevin, Gabrielle
Wow, you’ve got a lot of choices for her there! One small thing, those books you have listed under Phyllis Whitney, “The Chinese Shawl” “Through the Wall” and “The Gazebo” were all written by Patricia Wentworth. I collect her books and my favorite is “Nothing Venture”.
@Dorothea, James Herriot is a brilliant suggestion, I almost forgot about him! I used to love the TV show, with Tricky Woo.
Thanks! I had a bit of a problem shifting cells in the spreadsheet and I thought I had caught all the errors.
Now I just have to go through the public library database and see which ones have LP editions.
If she enjoys Georgette Heyer, Clare Darcy and Elizabeth Mansfield are on the same shelf.
Kerry Greenwood writes the Phrynne Fischer series, set in 1920’s Australia, and she’s just a kick-sometimes literally! Can fly a plane, shoot a pistol, outwit pirates, etc. with the most fabulous wardrobe and an entertaining secondary cast of characters.
Hi Gloriamarie,
Most of my suggestions have already been offered, but a slight warning on Donna Leon’s Brunetti books. They are charming and the recurring cast are lovely, and they are 95% cozy…but the other 5% are a doozy. I don’t want to put you off the whole series, but if your mom is upset by occasional graphic and detailed (sometimes sexual) violence, you might want to preview individual books, or check reviews with spoilers.
I’d also suggest Elizabeth Gaskell (North and South, and Cranford) if your mom hasn’t read them already.
Thanks for the warning about graphic, sexual violence. Mom was an RN and I am certain she can handle detailed autopsy reports and probably enjoy that, she would not enjoy graphic sexual violence, or indeed, any violence.
For instance, I’ve never read anything by Jeffrey Archer and our library has the following in large print:
Eleventh Commandment
First Among Equals
False Impressions
The Fourth Estate
Twelve Red Herrings
Paths of Glory
Sons of Fortune
As The Crow Flies
A Matter of Honour
A Prisoner of Birth
A Twist in the Tale
Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less
Honour Among Thieves
To Cut A Long Story Short
Only Time Will Tell
The Sins of the Father
Best Kept Secrets
Be Careful What You Wish For
Mightier Than the Sword
Shall We Tell the President
The Prodigal Daughter
I can’t tell from the descriptions how violent they may or may not be.
Forgive me for not reading all the comments, so these may be repeats (and I don’t know if they are large print) but:
Victoria Thompson’s Gaslight mysteries – cozy, turn of the century, Irish cop and midwife (I think there are over 15 of these)
Robyn Carr – wither the VIrgin River or the Thunder Point – I find these are alomst more about the town with a relationship in them, than focused only on a rlationship. I have not read all, but I know they are in LP and to my recollection, they are not explicit.
Maybe the first 12ish of the Stephanie Plum by Janet Evanovich. again, I don’t remember the steam level, but I think they are pretty tame. laugh out loud mysteries about a hapless bounty hunter. after about book 13 or 14 the series went downhill, but the early ones were very good,
Hi! I just noticed a book on top of the pile of recent used book sale purchases that your mom might like. Titled “”Merle’s Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog” (by Ted Kerasote), it is non-fiction, about a man and a puppy that find each other, and how they both grow and adapt. I loved it when I read it, and recommend it to all my dog loving friends. Just a thought.
IMO, it is significantly easier to use an electronic reader than a TV remote control or VCR. Especially if someone else downloads the books.
I enjoyed reading the comments, primarily for giving me warm memories of beloved authors from reading days gone by.
Carole Nelson Douglas has a mystery series about Irene Adler, and many times Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson end up appearing in them. She also features a lot of historical figures as characters. The books are hilarious and very well written.
I love Louise Penny’s cozy mystery series, which is set near Montréal. The characters and the little town itself are so well drawn.
Gloriamarie, the Jeffrey Archers don’t have any explicit violence that I recall. They’re mostly epic rags to riches, glitz and glamor stories (in the same vein as Barbara Taylor Bradford’s “A Woman of Substance”). I used to love “First Among Equals”, which is about four men all vying to be Prime Minister. It traces them from their days at university together, through their career ups and downs, until one of them (although which one it’s hard to guess) becomes Prime Minister.
Thanks, Lauren, I appreciate that. Seems to me I remember a Jeffrey Archer who was an MP or something.
Jeffrey Archer has led a very interesting life: as an author, in Parliament, in the papers and in prison. The cliche of “slippery like an eel” comes to mind, especially as applied to his personal ethics.
His Wiki page in itself is fascinating reading:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Archer
You may want to read it aloud to your mother as an introduction to his fiction. From what you’ve written about her, I’d bet she’d enjoy Archer’s own story, too.
(PS: I still cast my vote – not that you asked 😉 –
for an eReader taken out from the library; so much easier on her hands than huge LP books).
Thanks, Betsey Dub. So… I guess Jeffrey Archer is writing about that which he knows!!
I hear every single comment about mom and e-readers. I actually think she is afraid of technology. She has never used a computer in her life, not even professionally as Director of Nurses for a long-term care facility.
The readers of this group are truly compassionate, generous, and kind people. Via Sarah, authors have donated their books. And now, just now, another person is sending me a Kindle DX for mom.
I’ve been thinking of all the recommendations to get her an e-reader and came to the conclusion that it was worth trying her on one. But, as you know, money is an issue. Although one of us did suggest that people in the group might be willing to chip in.
There is WiFi at the day program. Although I see that some DXs have 3G.
You are the nicest, sweetest people. So many have been profligate with their suggestions.
@Gloriamarie Amalfitano
I hope she loves it and it works well for you guys.
Thank you. Unfortunately for us, her Day Program people put her in a assisted living that is 40 miles away so it’s not handy for me to help her with it but I know there are people art the day treatment who use them and probably people at the facility. It’s hard that she lives so far away because it costs so much to go to see her.
If anyone is interested, from the suggestions given, I was able to cull a list of 2364 titles for mom. Not all the authors had LP editions of their books in our library and I was surprised at the hit or miss when it comes to a series.
I know I told you one of us is sending me a Kindle DX this week to try mom out on, but I went ahead and did the spreadsheet anyway because of Just In Case.
This project took days. If anyone wants to see the results, you can friend me on FB, say you are from SBTB and we’ll exchange email addresses.
Dear folk, The list is now in the hands of the woman who does the books by mail program. Thank you again for your help.
She told me she loves the list and she is going to use it for all her clients. So your hard work is benefiting a lot more readers than just my mother.
I thought you would like to know this.