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FROM: "Vicki Nesting" <[removed]@bellsouth.net>
REC'D: 10/21/99, 6:15 PM

[I sent this last night but must have used a bad address so am trying
again...]

I have a patron who is getting anxious because she only has one more
"Cat Who..." mystery left to read. I suggested Rita Mae Brown's Sneaky
Pie mysteries to her, and have looked at the "Animal Lovers' Mysteries"
booklist on the Fiction_L web page. I plan to suggest Carole Nelson
Douglas the next time we talk but I'm looking for other suggestions. (I
don't think it's just "cat mysteries" she likes so much as the tone/feel
of Lilian Jackson Braun's books. Other authors that she likes: Janette
Oke, Mary Higgins Clark, Sue Grafton.)

One complicating factor: she only reads large print books so the books
I suggest should be available in large print.

TIA,

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Vicki Nesting, Circulation Librarian
West Bank Regional Library
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
[removed]@bellsouth.net

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FROM: "ROBIN BEERBOWER" <[removed]@OPENGOVT.OPEN.ORG>
REC'D: 10/21/99, 6:57 PM

I find most of the patrons in the Homebound service who like Braun also
like Marian Babson (she has a few titles with cats in the title), Lydia
Adamson, and M C Beaton. I know there are few more and will send more when
I have a few more minutes to peruse the LP collection.

Robin Beerbower
Salem (OR) Public Library
[removed]@open.org

>>> Vicki Nesting <[removed]@bellsouth.net> 10/21/99 04:18pm >>>
[I sent this last night but must have used a bad address so am trying
again...]

I have a patron who is getting anxious because she only has one more
"Cat Who..." mystery left to read. I suggested Rita Mae Brown's Sneaky
Pie mysteries to her, and have looked at the "Animal Lovers' Mysteries"
booklist on the Fiction_L web page. I plan to suggest Carole Nelson
Douglas the next time we talk but I'm looking for other suggestions. (I
don't think it's just "cat mysteries" she likes so much as the tone/feel
of Lilian Jackson Braun's books. Other authors that she likes: Janette
Oke, Mary Higgins Clark, Sue Grafton.)

One complicating factor: she only reads large print books so the books
I suggest should be available in large print.

TIA,

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Vicki Nesting, Circulation Librarian
West Bank Regional Library
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
[removed]@bellsouth.net

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FROM: "Maryann Bakken" <[removed]@linc.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 10/22/99, 8:18 AM

Lydia Adamson has some "cat" books available in large print that seem to
satisfy my Braun readers. And Marian Babson has a few "cat" titles that
are acceptable to those readers, although not quite the same tone as
Braun.

Mary Ann Bakken
St. Charles (IL) Public Library

> ----------
> From: Vicki Nesting[[removed]@bellsouth.net]
> Reply To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 8:11 AM
> To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Subject: Lilian Jackson Braun readalikes in large print?
>
> [I sent this last night but must have used a bad address so am trying
> again...]
>
> I have a patron who is getting anxious because she only has one more
> "Cat Who..." mystery left to read. I suggested Rita Mae Brown's
> Sneaky
> Pie mysteries to her, and have looked at the "Animal Lovers'
> Mysteries"
> booklist on the Fiction_L web page. I plan to suggest Carole Nelson
> Douglas the next time we talk but I'm looking for other suggestions.
> (I
> don't think it's just "cat mysteries" she likes so much as the
> tone/feel
> of Lilian Jackson Braun's books. Other authors that she likes:
> Janette
> Oke, Mary Higgins Clark, Sue Grafton.)
>
> One complicating factor: she only reads large print books so the
> books
> I suggest should be available in large print.
>
> TIA,
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Vicki Nesting, Circulation Librarian
> West Bank Regional Library
> Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
> [removed]@bellsouth.net
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>

FROM: "ROBIN BEERBOWER" <[removed]@OPENGOVT.OPEN.ORG>
REC'D: 10/22/99, 10:28 AM

Here are some more suggestions for your patron:

Most of the cat mysteries available in LP have been mentioned except for
CAT CRIMES (we have number 2 in the series so not sure if others are
available in LP) and UNDERCOVER CAT by The Gordons. Most of my patrons
aren't real happy with the Douglas series; they say they are *too* cute,
but they do like the Sneaky Pie Brown books.

Following are mysteries I send to patrons who like the Braun books and want
other light mysteries (I'm not sure that all are liked, but then I don't
always know if they are liked unless they ask for more by the same author).
All are available in LP:

Veronica Black (Sister Joan)
Carola Dunn (Daisy Dalrymple)
Charlotte McLeod
Syrell Leahy (former nun Christine Bennett)
Dorothy Gilman (Mrs. Pollifax)
Sheila Simonson (Lark Dodge)
Katherine Hall Page (Faith Fairchild)
Sister Carol Anne O'Marie (Sister Mary Helen)
Jeanne M Dams (Dorothy Martin)
Carvic (and follow ups by Crane - Miss Seeton mysteries
Landrum, Graham - GARDEN CLUB MYSTERY

Try the following for Sue Grafton:

Diane Mott Davison (Goldy Bear)
Linda Barnes
Kathy Hogan Trocheck
Sue Dunlap
Sharyn McCrumb (Appalachian series)
Margaret Maron
Sara Paretsky (although a little more hard-boiled)
Nancy Pickard

Try the following for Mary Higgins Clark:

Mary Jane Clark (although patrons have said she's nothing special)
Carol Higgins Clark

These might be a bit more violent and suspenseful than MHC:

Tami Hoag
Joy Fielding
Patricia MacDonald
Judy Mercer

Robin Beerbower
Salem (OR) Public Library
[removed]@open.org

>>> Vicki Nesting <[removed]@bellsouth.net> 10/21/99 04:18pm >>>
[I sent this last night but must have used a bad address so am trying
again...]

I have a patron who is getting anxious because she only has one more
"Cat Who..." mystery left to read. I suggested Rita Mae Brown's Sneaky
Pie mysteries to her, and have looked at the "Animal Lovers' Mysteries"
booklist on the Fiction_L web page. I plan to suggest Carole Nelson
Douglas the next time we talk but I'm looking for other suggestions. (I
don't think it's just "cat mysteries" she likes so much as the tone/feel
of Lilian Jackson Braun's books. Other authors that she likes: Janette
Oke, Mary Higgins Clark, Sue Grafton.)

One complicating factor: she only reads large print books so the books
I suggest should be available in large print.

TIA,

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Vicki Nesting, Circulation Librarian
West Bank Regional Library
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
[removed]@bellsouth.net

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

FROM: "Thelma Stone" <[removed]@pub-lib.ci.fort-worth.tx.us>
REC'D: 10/22/99, 10:49 AM

Charlotte MacLeod wrote humorous cozy mysteries with eccentric characters.
She has several series and titles are available in large print.

FROM: "Ridgefield Library Fiction Room" <[removed]@biblio.org>
REC'D: 10/22/99, 2:47 PM

Here are some we have in LP which seem to be popular with the same folks who
read LJB:

Lydia Adamson cat mysteries
M.C. Beaton -- esp. the Hamish Macbeth series
Dorothy Gilman -- Mrs. Pollifax series
Joan Hess -- Claire Malloy and Maggody series
John Mortimer -- Rumpole books
Elizabeth Peters -- Amelia Peabody, Vicky Bliss, Jacqueline Kirby,
standalones, etc... the series in particular are heavy on the whimsy
factor which is so prevalent in the Cat Who... books
Sara Paretsky -- esp. if she likes Sue Grafton
Richard and Francis Lockridge -- Mr. & Mrs. North books -- these are older,
and fall somewhat between Braun and Grafton in tone I'd say
Christie, Sayers, Allingham, Tey -- the cozy classics may appeal if she
hasn't done them already

Of course, they are not mysteries, but if she likes Janette Oke, she might
want to try the Jan Karon Mitford books (but you've probably thought of
those already...)

At 06:18 PM 10/21/99 -0500, you wrote:
>[I sent this last night but must have used a bad address so am trying
>again...]
>
>I have a patron who is getting anxious because she only has one more
>"Cat Who..." mystery left to read. I suggested Rita Mae Brown's Sneaky
>Pie mysteries to her, and have looked at the "Animal Lovers' Mysteries"
>booklist on the Fiction_L web page. I plan to suggest Carole Nelson
>Douglas the next time we talk but I'm looking for other suggestions. (I
>don't think it's just "cat mysteries" she likes so much as the tone/feel
>of Lilian Jackson Braun's books. Other authors that she likes: Janette
>Oke, Mary Higgins Clark, Sue Grafton.)
>
>One complicating factor: she only reads large print books so the books
>I suggest should be available in large print.
>
>TIA,
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Vicki Nesting, Circulation Librarian
>West Bank Regional Library
>Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
[removed]@bellsouth.net
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Reader's Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
Ridgefield, CT
[removed]@biblio.org

FROM: <[removed]@aol.com>
REC'D: 10/23/99, 6:36 AM

For the patron who wanted Lilian Jackson Bruan... but also liked Janette
Okes... the other authors I always read are Lorena McCourtney and Lori Wick
(definately in large print) and then too, Lauraine Snelling (uncertain about
the large print status).

And if she likes Mary Higgins Clark - maybe a few of Robert Parker "Spenser
for Hire" series might be good too...? (Large print available)

Grace

FROM: "Vicki Nesting" <[removed]@bellsouth.net>
REC'D: 10/25/99, 10:10 AM

I haven't verified that all of these are available in large print, but
this is the list of suggestions fiction_l folks sent me for my patron
who likes LJB. Thanks to everyone for their suggestions! I look
forward to giving this list to my patron.

Lilian Jackson Braun Readalikes

Lydia Adamson cat mysteries
Marian Babson cat mysteries
M.C. Beaton -- esp. the Hamish Macbeth series
Veronica Black -- Sister Joan
Rita Mae Brown -- "Sneaky Pie" mysteries
Carvic and follow ups by Crane -- Miss Seeton mysteries
Jeanne M Dams -- Dorothy Martin
Carole Nelson Douglas -- although some say these are *too* cute
Carola Dunn -- Daisy Dalrymple
Dorothy Gilman -- Mrs. Pollifax series
Lee Harris (Syrell Leahy) -- former nun Christine Bennett
Joan Hess -- Claire Malloy and Maggody series
Landrum, Graham -- GARDEN CLUB MYSTERY
Richard and Francis Lockridge -- Mr. & Mrs. North books -- these are
older, and fall somewhat between Braun and Grafton in tone I'd say
Charlotte MacLeod
John Mortimer -- Rumpole books
Sister Carol Anne O'Marie -- Sister Mary Helen
Katherine Hall Page -- Faith Fairchild
Elizabeth Peters -- Amelia Peabody, Vicky Bliss, Jacqueline Kirby,
standalones, etc... the series in particular are heavy on the whimsy
factor which is so prevalent in the Cat Who... books
Sheila Simonson -- Lark Dodge
Christie, Sayers, Allingham, Tey -- the cozy classics may appeal if she
hasn't done them already

Non-mysteries:
Jan Karon -- Mitford books
Lorene McCourtney
Lori Wick


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Vicki Nesting, Circulation Librarian
West Bank Regional Library
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
[removed]@bellsouth.net

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