_ The Ha Ha by Dave King
About a guy with a disability whose female friend goes into rehab leaving her son with him - he has multiple disabilities as a result of a war injury and is mute. I really like the way the main character is portrayed so far - he's active and engaging. My reading of this was interrupted by my day job (da nerve) but I intend to get back to it this weekend.
You can get used copies of this book very reasonably over at Amazon - sadly it looks as though it did not sell well which is unfortunate because Dave King's writing is quite good.
Next on the Queue
-Rise, Let Us Be On Our Way by Pope John Paul II
-Changing Planes by Ursula LeGuin
-The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
I want to read Children of Hurin but it's not available on tape yet and audible.com and bookshare didn't have it last time I checked. I would use my headpointer but I have a lot of reading in my job right now so I think this is going to be au audio deal.
Assistive technology I use to read: headpointer and reading stand; books on tape from Recording for Blind and National Library for Blind; audible.com; bookshare.com
What are you reading - and if you have a disability - feel free to share the assistive technology you use to read.
5 comments:
The Red Tent was a great book. I'm not into fantasy books at all but I will see the movies like Lord of the Rings and Eragon. Maybe I'll check out Dave King's book.
Why do you have to talk about the different ways you read? I don't see where that matters. Most people with disabilities do this and it turns me off because I could care less about how you go about doing things. Why not be as normal as possible and do things the normal way?
I'm reading Odd Thomas - character with a disability too. THere's a few of these books in a series and I've enjoyed them. There's a lot in them about being different and feeling different and how people treat you in mean ways when you're different. These books have sold very well! I wonder if the message sinks in though.
Changing Planes is interesting--I got a little weary towards the middle, but I liked the idea, and there are some interesting disability angles in some of the planes (like a plane where people only talk when they're young, so speech is considered a childish noise). The blog "Garden of Nna Mmoy," which has been featured in Disability Blog Carnival, is named for one of the other stories.
http://www.athenadreaming.org/Beanie/
Read Catcher in the Rye for school and I like to read Stephen King and Dean Koontz. Odd Thomas books are good.
Steve
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