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FROM: "Fiction_L" <fictionl@nslsilus.ORG>
REC'D: 12/13/99, 3:07 PM

Another good thread on the topic of our own reading to
go along with the "books I hate" theme might be the
books you secretly read. I always tell people don't
apologize for what you read but there are some genres
that I think some of my friends would roll their eyes
at if they knew I read them. For instance, (ok,
confession time), I love Laurel Hamilton and can't
wait for the next Anita Blake book, "Obsidian
Butterfly." And Time Travel Romance is a weakness
also. But when someone asks me what was the last good
book I read, I have a hard time telling them
"Reflections on the Nile" by J. Suzanne Frank. So
there, now you know. Of course in a way reading all
over the map surely helps me with reader advisory. Not
too many of the librarians here read Sharon Shinn or
J.D. Robb but I do.

Jeanne Heuer
Brown County Library
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FROM: <kmccook@chuma.cas.usf.edu>
REC'D: 12/13/99, 3:36 PM

I will read any and all movie star biographies. I even read Elizabeth
Taylor's weight loss book. I've read both Eddie Fisher's bios.
I will read anything about Elvis Presley.

Kathleen de la Pe–a McCook School of Library & Information Science
Professor and Librarian University of South Florida, CIS 1040
813-974-9182 Tampa, FL 33620
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FROM: "Viccy Kemp" <VKemp@ci.carrollton.tx.us>
REC'D: 12/13/99, 4:43 PM

I absolutely agree. I have read everything by Laurell Hamilton and really
enjoyed them all, but was embarrassed to recommend them to a friend. I also
read all of Nora Roberts and J.D. Robb, Elizabeth Lowell (Ann Maxwell, A.E.
Maxwell, too), Mary Jo Putney, and Jayne Ann Krentz in all her incarnations
(Amanda Quick and Jayne Castle). Many librarians I know are aghast that I
read this "trash" but I do most of the readers' advisory work and these
authors are popular. And at least they're much better writers than Danielle
Steel.
P.S. I liked "Reflections on the Nile," but had trouble with the second one
and didn't try the third. If you like reading about ancient Egypt, read the
Linda Robinson mystery series about Lord Meren, too.
This is a fun discussion topic.
Viccy Kemp
The opinions are my own; the library wouldn't want 'em!


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fiction_L [SMTP:fictionl@nslsilus.ORG]
> Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 3:12 PM
> To: fiction_l@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Subject: secret reading (fwd)
>
> Another good thread on the topic of our own reading to
> go along with the "books I hate" theme might be the
> books you secretly read. I always tell people don't
> apologize for what you read but there are some genres
> that I think some of my friends would roll their eyes
> at if they knew I read them. For instance, (ok,
> confession time), I love Laurel Hamilton and can't
> wait for the next Anita Blake book, "Obsidian
> Butterfly." And Time Travel Romance is a weakness
> also. But when someone asks me what was the last good
> book I read, I have a hard time telling them
> "Reflections on the Nile" by J. Suzanne Frank. So
> there, now you know. Of course in a way reading all
> over the map surely helps me with reader advisory. Not
> too many of the librarians here read Sharon Shinn or
> J.D. Robb but I do.
>
> Jeanne Heuer
> Brown County Library
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place.
> Yahoo! Shopping: <A HREF="http://shopping.yahoo.com">http://shopping.yahoo.com</A>
>
>

FROM: "Jeanne Linn" <jlinn@libby.org>
REC'D: 12/13/99, 4:58 PM

Other than some nonfiction, there are not really any books that I don't want
people to know I am reading, like someone said, it's all in the name of
readers advisory (me who doesn't read many genres!). But... I went to
church yesterday and was introduced to the pastor, who when hearing his name
I replied, "oh, you're the one who gets all the Louis L'Amour books (I have
been ordering at least 3 a month for his requests for some time now). " He
scurried off after mumbling something and the person that introduced me
said, "Huh?" I said, "Louis L'Amour". He said, "Wow, you should see his
library, it is full of very deep books." I said, "Well everyone needs some
light reading some of the time." Now his secret is out- oops! Jeanne Linn

FROM: <PogR@aol.com>
REC'D: 12/13/99, 5:58 PM

I did think that what people take out of the library is absolutely
confidential information.

FROM: "Raap" <raapc@sls.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 12/13/99, 6:11 PM

Okay, my secret passions are Nora Roberts (including the Robb books),
Jayne Ann Krentz, Ann McCaffrey, Dara Joy and so on. I find them all
great fun.

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On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, Fiction_L wrote:

> Another good thread on the topic of our own reading to
> go along with the "books I hate" theme might be the
> books you secretly read. I always tell people don't
> apologize for what you read but there are some genres
> that I think some of my friends would roll their eyes
> at if they knew I read them. For instance, (ok,
> confession time), I love Laurel Hamilton and can't
> wait for the next Anita Blake book, "Obsidian
> Butterfly." And Time Travel Romance is a weakness
> also. But when someone asks me what was the last good
> book I read, I have a hard time telling them
> "Reflections on the Nile" by J. Suzanne Frank. So
> there, now you know. Of course in a way reading all
> over the map surely helps me with reader advisory. Not
> too many of the librarians here read Sharon Shinn or
> J.D. Robb but I do.
>
> Jeanne Heuer
> Brown County Library
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place.
> Yahoo! Shopping: <A HREF="http://shopping.yahoo.com">http://shopping.yahoo.com</A>
>
>
>
>

FROM: <rook@mail.creativeonline.com>
REC'D: 12/13/99, 6:13 PM

I like this thread! I confess to Laurell Hamilton also, and add
Johanna Lindsay (everybody loves a Lindsay! *cough*) no matter
how sappy. I also miss the old-fashioned paperback "gothics" complete
with sinister tower (regulation light in the window) and fleeing damsel
(over the moors, for preference). I have a stash of those paperbacks
that I still read now and then: Jill Tattersall, Nicole St. John, old-old
Victoria Holts, etc.

One of my colleagues just admitted to a shameful addiction to Aunt Dimity
mysteries but pointed out they have to be read under _exactly_ the right
circumstances: on a rainy day, curled up in a chair, with a cup of tea and a
plate of cookies. Oh, and her husband can't be at home.

Maureen Shields
New City Library

FROM: "Jeanne Linn" <jlinn@libby.org>
REC'D: 12/13/99, 6:46 PM

And I would have never told anyone else- I was talking to him at the time
and never thought it might embarrass him, or I would not have said it in
front of someone else. So I guess I learned a lesson as well. Jeanne

FROM: <ahendon@dorsai.org>
REC'D: 12/13/99, 7:09 PM

Who said "Never apologize for what you read" or words to that
effect? I know so many librarians who do not read. It seems odd
to me but there it is. I hardly read any nonfiction at all but did
enjoy "The Parrot's Lament". I read almost exclusively mystery
and fantasy. I have added some writers like Joanna Trollope, Mary
Sheepshanks (heard about her from a patron!) etc. But for pure
relaxation I re-read books from the 30's, 40's, 50's.

Alison

> I absolutely agree. I have read everything by Laurell Hamilton and really
> enjoyed them all, but was embarrassed to recommend them to a friend. I also
> read all of Nora Roberts and J.D. Robb, Elizabeth Lowell (Ann Maxwell, A.E.
> Maxwell, too), Mary Jo Putney, and Jayne Ann Krentz in all her incarnations
> (Amanda Quick and Jayne Castle). Many librarians I know are aghast that I
> read this "trash" but I do most of the readers' advisory work and these
> authors are popular. And at least they're much better writers than Danielle
> Steel.
> P.S. I liked "Reflections on the Nile," but had trouble with the second one
> and didn't try the third. If you like reading about ancient Egypt, read the
> Linda Robinson mystery series about Lord Meren, too.
> This is a fun discussion topic.
> Viccy Kemp
> The opinions are my own; the library wouldn't want 'em!
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Fiction_L [SMTP:fictionl@nslsilus.ORG]
> > Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 3:12 PM
> > To: fiction_l@maillist.nslsilus.org
> > Subject: secret reading (fwd)
> >
> > Another good thread on the topic of our own reading to
> > go along with the "books I hate" theme might be the
> > books you secretly read. I always tell people don't
> > apologize for what you read but there are some genres
> > that I think some of my friends would roll their eyes
> > at if they knew I read them. For instance, (ok,
> > confession time), I love Laurel Hamilton and can't
> > wait for the next Anita Blake book, "Obsidian
> > Butterfly." And Time Travel Romance is a weakness
> > also. But when someone asks me what was the last good
> > book I read, I have a hard time telling them
> > "Reflections on the Nile" by J. Suzanne Frank. So
> > there, now you know. Of course in a way reading all
> > over the map surely helps me with reader advisory. Not
> > too many of the librarians here read Sharon Shinn or
> > J.D. Robb but I do.
> >
> > Jeanne Heuer
> > Brown County Library
> > __________________________________________________
> > Do You Yahoo!?
> > Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place.
> > Yahoo! Shopping: <A HREF="http://shopping.yahoo.com">http://shopping.yahoo.com</A>
> >
> >
>


Alison Hendon
ahendon@amanda.dorsai.org

"Though my soul may set in darkness,
It will rise in perfect light,
I have loved the stars too fondly
To be fearful of the night...."
- Sarah Williams, "The Old Astronomer to His Pupil"

FROM: "Carol Elmore" <celmore@westga.edu>
REC'D: 12/13/99, 7:25 PM

I love Nora Roberts! I start on of her books knowing I will be sitting in
one place until it is finished and I went to one of her book signing and
discovered that she is a very nice, down to earth person.
I don't force myself to finish books I don't like after I have given them
a fair chance. Life and reading time is too limited to not get enjoyment
from a book!
Carole Elmore
Newnan-Coweta Public Library

FROM: "Pam Bosben" <pbosben@scls.lib.wi.us>
REC'D: 12/14/99, 6:34 AM

I confess I have a taste for the macabre and thus enjoy reading horror
novels including Dean Koontz and Stephen King, though King's last few books
weren't as psychologically riveting as his earlier works. I haven't
ventured into "Bag of Bones" though I'm told it's reminiscent of his
earlier efforts.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pamela A. Bosben, Director
Rosemary Garfoot Public Library
2107 Julius St.
Cross Plains, WI 53528
Phone: 608-798-3881
Fax: 608-798-0196

"When I enter a Library . . . I still have a reassuring sense that it is
going to tell me all I need to know." Susan Allen Toth

FROM: <MARLA@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org>
REC'D: 12/14/99, 8:07 AM

I must admit I'm abit nonplused by "admitted to a secret book" theme. Am
I *too brazen* or *have no pride* or somesuch? I've never felt a need to
hide or apologize for anything I've read. I've been teased about some of
the material I've read. But my standard answer for that is "it's for
research." ;-) I picked out the sappiest looking Harlequin novel at
Woolworth's once (this was back in the 70's when they were still pretty
tame) to read so I could understand what a "Harlequin romance" was all
about. Never heard the end of that one. Did the same with a bodice buster.
(And isn't it fun to analyze those covers? The one I read had a hunky man
leaning over on a plunging horse whilst plucking up a languidly drooping
wench with hair and clothing in disarray. I'd like to know how he stayed
on the horse, for one thing.)

Anyway, read on! Never look back! Don't take prisoners! Never call it
retreat, just attacking from another direction! BYE!

Marla/Great Falls Public Library/Acquisitions
301 2nd Ave N
Great Falls, MT 59401-2593
marla@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org

FROM: <APL_AMANDAB@hlc.actx.edu>
REC'D: 12/14/99, 9:14 AM

I agree with Marla. The people who believe that librarians should only
read "edifying" material probably still picture us as pinched-faced spinsters
with the obligatory buns in our hair (which would look pretty silly on you
guys out there). My high school English teacher referred to popular novels
as "popcorn reading." Then she would sniff disapprovingly. Like I'm sure
she didn't sneak in a bodice ripper or two from time to time. Anyway, I
say indulge yourself in as much popcorn as you want!!!

Amanda Barrera
Amarillo Public Library
Amarillo, TX

FROM: "Lisa Price" <lprice@MtLaurel.Lib.NJ.US>
REC'D: 12/14/99, 9:27 AM

OK, I guess this is where I admit to my secret enjoyment of Clive
Cussler's Dirk Pitt novels. I know they're not great literature, but
they are a lot of fun! And every now and then, when I want something
really "trashy" I'll even read a "bodice ripper."
Lisa Price

Fiction_L wrote:

> Another good thread on the topic of our own reading to
> go along with the "books I hate" theme might be the
> books you secretly read. I always tell people don't
> apologize for what you read but there are some genres
> that I think some of my friends would roll their eyes
> at if they knew I read them. For instance, (ok,
> confession time), I love Laurel Hamilton and can't
> wait for the next Anita Blake book, "Obsidian
> Butterfly." And Time Travel Romance is a weakness
> also. But when someone asks me what was the last good
> book I read, I have a hard time telling them
> "Reflections on the Nile" by J. Suzanne Frank. So
> there, now you know. Of course in a way reading all
> over the map surely helps me with reader advisory. Not
> too many of the librarians here read Sharon Shinn or
> J.D. Robb but I do.
>
> Jeanne Heuer
> Brown County Library
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place.
> Yahoo! Shopping: <A HREF="http://shopping.yahoo.com">http://shopping.yahoo.com</A>

FROM: "Lisa Price" <lprice@MtLaurel.Lib.NJ.US>
REC'D: 12/14/99, 9:33 AM

FROM: "Jeanne Linn" <jlinn@libby.org>
REC'D: 12/14/99, 10:31 AM

(Here's hoping I won't get myself in trouble again);

Speaking of high school English teachers, we have one who retired and now
reads lots of mysteries. Said she is tired of the other stuff (classics
etc.). Like she has to apologize for it. I read nonfiction for a lot of
years, but now only read to escape or to try different authors etc for
readers advisory. And I loved One for the Money- but haven't had time to
read any more of them, too many books and authors, so little time is right!
Jeanne

P.S. Am reading "Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing" since it was hailed so
much and I do like it- woke up in the middle of the night and read for a
couple hours and finally forced myself to go back to sleep.

FROM: "Nancy Huntley" <nancyh@alpha1.rpls.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 12/14/99, 11:17 AM

I have to confess to reading Elswyth Thane's Williamsburg series. I read them all in high school and whenever I want a comfort book I find myself drifting toward Thane or Alcott. Thane's books are horribly politically incorrect, but sometimes they fit the mood.

Nancy Huntley
Lincoln Library

FROM: "Ridgefield Library Fiction Room" <rdgnovel@biblio.org>
REC'D: 12/14/99, 4:51 PM

I know this is a completely frivolous response, but thinking of some of the
so-called trashy romances I have read over the years (I, too, am a sucker
for time travel love stories) and reading Marla's comments, I am driven to
wonder whether there is a difference bewteen the "bodice busters" she refers
to and the "bodice rippers" we often hear about.

The mind boggles at the possibilities....

At 07:09 AM 12/14/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>
>I must admit I'm abit nonplused by "admitted to a secret book" theme. Am
>I *too brazen* or *have no pride* or somesuch? I've never felt a need to
>hide or apologize for anything I've read. I've been teased about some of
>the material I've read. But my standard answer for that is "it's for
>research." ;-) I picked out the sappiest looking Harlequin novel at
>Woolworth's once (this was back in the 70's when they were still pretty
>tame) to read so I could understand what a "Harlequin romance" was all
>about. Never heard the end of that one. Did the same with a bodice buster.
>(And isn't it fun to analyze those covers? The one I read had a hunky man
>leaning over on a plunging horse whilst plucking up a languidly drooping
>wench with hair and clothing in disarray. I'd like to know how he stayed
>on the horse, for one thing.)
>
>Anyway, read on! Never look back! Don't take prisoners! Never call it
>retreat, just attacking from another direction! BYE!
>
>Marla/Great Falls Public Library/Acquisitions
>301 2nd Ave N
>Great Falls, MT 59401-2593
>marla@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org
>
Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Reader's Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
Ridgefield, CT
rdgnovel@biblio.org

FROM: "Sheri Alexander" <sherianna@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 12/15/99, 10:30 AM

This year I started reading the Kate Jasper mysteries
by Jaqueline Girdner. Has anyone else enjoyed (or
hated!) these? They're about an amateur detective who
knows tai chi and is a vegetarian. (I first found out
about her books in an issue of Vegetarian Times.)
They are quite humorous. The main character has a
friend who's psychic and always seems to know when
Kate has stumbled upon another murder. Her sleuthing
is just a hobby; she owns a gag gift shop (they make
things like shark earrings for lawyers, tooth-shaped
mugs for dentists, etc.). I found these mysteries to
be entertaining, light reading, which is just what I
was looking for after needing a break from authors
like Robert Ludlum, Dean Koontz, etc.

Sheri Alexander
Lockport Public Library

--- Fiction_L <fictionl@nslsilus.ORG> wrote:
> Another good thread on the topic of our own reading
> to
> go along with the "books I hate" theme might be the
> books you secretly read. I always tell people don't
> apologize for what you read but there are some
> genres
> that I think some of my friends would roll their
> eyes
> at if they knew I read them. For instance, (ok,
> confession time), I love Laurel Hamilton and can't
> wait for the next Anita Blake book, "Obsidian
> Butterfly." And Time Travel Romance is a weakness
> also. But when someone asks me what was the last
> good
> book I read, I have a hard time telling them
> "Reflections on the Nile" by J. Suzanne Frank. So
> there, now you know. Of course in a way reading all
> over the map surely helps me with reader advisory.
> Not
> too many of the librarians here read Sharon Shinn or
> J.D. Robb but I do.
>
> Jeanne Heuer
> Brown County Library
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in
> one place.
> Yahoo! Shopping: <A HREF="http://shopping.yahoo.com">http://shopping.yahoo.com</A>
>
>
>
>

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FROM: "Susan Coombe" <scoombe@jefferson.lib.co.us>
REC'D: 12/15/99, 1:13 PM

This theme is too good to pass up - a group of eight friends, all librarians
in a busy public library system, got together recently to eat junk food and
read and discuss the tabloid newspapers. We felt it was "research" - you
never know what questions the patrons will come up with! Now I have a hard
time passing up those papers in the grocery store check out line...

FROM: "Fiction_L" <fictionl@nslsilus.ORG>
REC'D: 12/15/99, 1:44 PM

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From: Judy Moorhead <judynoskii1@yahoo.com>
Subject: secret reads
Date: Mon, Dec 13, 1999, 8:30 PM

My secret reads are books by Virginia Henley.
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FROM: "Miller" <cmiller@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
REC'D: 12/15/99, 1:47 PM

I agree Clive Cussler is the greatest for escapism reading. Dirk Pitt is
the ideal man. Cindy

FROM: "Fiction_L" <fictionl@nslsilus.ORG>
REC'D: 12/15/99, 1:47 PM

Ah, but Marla, I don't mean picking it up for research
or "to find out what a harlequin is really like",
that's kind of like making an excuse for reading (even
if it is true). I mean books you read because you want
to, you genuinely like them and if they help with your
job, so be it. It's like my picking up another
regency romance when I've already read one for
"research". Whoops, there I go again.

And I agree on covers. I attended an interesting
presentation given by Mary Chelton at PLA last March
on romance. She briefly spoke about how the colors and
the attitude of the couple on the front give you hints
on how racy or tame the book will be. That is helpful
when you are picking out some books for a customer.
I'm sure that doesn't always hold true but its a hlep.


Jeanne Heuer
Brown County Library
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FROM: "Fiction_L" <fictionl@nslsilus.ORG>
REC'D: 12/15/99, 1:49 PM

Well, most people who know me, know that I'm an in-your-face romance
reader, so that's hardly a secret, (and quite a delight to mention at
new student orientations), but I confess to reading mysteries
involving dogs--Berenson, Lanier, Conant, and my new angst-ridden
amateur detective who's a veterinarian by Lilllian Roberts. All
recommendations welcome except for any prissy British ones. Despite
my very late arrival as a Dick Francis fan, I am not an Anglophile at
all. Prefer the colonies, I guess.

Mary K.

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REC'D: 12/15/99, 2:34 PM

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Ok, Jeanne, I see your point. But I guess I was still trying convey that
I will read almost anything I want and don't feel I need to apologize for
it. If a person is giving me a hard time (and I mean this all in fun) but
I let myself feel alittle "badgered," I'll say it's "for research." I did
read a Grace Livingston Hill book once "for research" and kept reading quite
a few just because I enjoyed the simple nice stories. Yes, it was for
research, but I enjoyed it, too.

I guess I still feel one should be able to read just about anything without
defending it. I even read cereal boxes in the morning if the paper hasn't
come yet. It might even be "for research." ;-)!

This has been a very interesting discussion on all sides. And I'm not
even reading the responses just "for research." BYE!

Marla/Great Falls Public Library/Acquisitions
301 2nd Ave N
Great Falls, MT 59401-2593
marla@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org

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FROM: "Pam Bosben" <pbosben@scls.lib.wi.us>
REC'D: 12/16/99, 6:50 AM

My mother is addicted to tabloid newspapers and those crazy true confession
magazines. If they happen to be sitting on her kitchen table, I'm drawn to
them. Of course I claim the confession magazines only hold my interest
because I'm searching for short story fodder. I too state I'm perusing the
tabloids for research purposes. Somehow I don't think she believes me.

At 12:20 PM 12/15/99 -0700, you wrote:
>This theme is too good to pass up - a group of eight friends, all librarians
>in a busy public library system, got together recently to eat junk food and
>read and discuss the tabloid newspapers. We felt it was "research" - you
>never know what questions the patrons will come up with! Now I have a hard
>time passing up those papers in the grocery store check out line...
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FROM: "Karen R White" <p002449b@pb.seflin.org>
REC'D: 12/16/99, 11:28 AM

soap opera digest---but only in supermarket lines.


Karen R. White
p002449b@pb.seflin.org

FROM: "Jean Meadors" <jmeadors@ccpl.ci.corpus-christi.tx.us>
REC'D: 12/18/99, 9:42 AM

I just have one big pet peeve with the Dirk Pitt novels, I'm getting very
tired of Dirk Pitt meeting Clive Cussler in the adventures. I guess I
want my escapism to not have real people in it at all.
Jean


On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Miller wrote:

> I agree Clive Cussler is the greatest for escapism reading. Dirk Pitt is
> the ideal man. Cindy
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FROM: "Nancy Eggert" <neggert@chipublib.org>
REC'D: 12/20/99, 10:22 AM

After years of "quality reading," I suddenly became addicted to thrillers
(John Sandford, Evan Hunter, Joseph Garber, and most recently, Jeffrey
Deaver). Although I never hide anything I read, I do sometimes feel I
should be reading more literary works. But life is short, so read your
"dessert books" first!

Nancy Eggert
Northtown Branch
Chicago Public Library

FROM: "Nancy Eggert" <neggert@chipublib.org>
REC'D: 12/20/99, 10:32 AM

Something else I love: exposes about the British royal family. Kitty
Kelley's The Royals is about the best junk reading around!

Nancy Eggert
Northtown Branch
Chicago Public Library

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