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FROM: "Sandra Iosue" <[removed]@lansing.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 5/2/02, 5:02 PM

Hi
I have a patron that has read Deborah Raffin also liked Dating Big Bird. She
would like to read more slightly wierd british authors as she put it. Any
suggestions?
TIA
Sandra

FROM: "Fitzgerald, Mary" <[removed]@lincc.lib.or.us>
REC'D: 5/2/02, 5:23 PM

Kathy Lette

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Sandra Iosue
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 3:00 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: British Authors

Hi
I have a patron that has read Deborah Raffin also liked Dating Big Bird. She
would like to read more slightly wierd british authors as she put it. Any
suggestions?
TIA
Sandra

FROM: "Nanette E. Wargo" <[removed]@uiuc.edu>
REC'D: 5/2/02, 5:23 PM

Anna Maxted is a good one. She's got two novels out: Getting Over It and
Running in Heels.

-Nanette

> Hi
> I have a patron that has read Deborah Raffin also liked Dating Big Bird. She
> would like to read more slightly wierd british authors as she put it. Any
> suggestions?
> TIA
> Sandra
>
>
> ......................................................................
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FROM: "Quillen, Christine" <[removed]@camden.lib.nj.us>
REC'D: 5/2/02, 5:23 PM

Come together By Josie Lloyd

-C.L.

-----Original Message-----
From: Nanette E. Wargo [[removed]@uiuc.edu]
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 6:19 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: British Authors

Anna Maxted is a good one. She's got two novels out: Getting Over It and
Running in Heels.

-Nanette

> Hi
> I have a patron that has read Deborah Raffin also liked Dating Big Bird.
She
> would like to read more slightly wierd british authors as she put it. Any
> suggestions?
> TIA
> Sandra
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
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FROM: "Roberta Johnson" <[removed]@dppl.org>
REC'D: 5/2/02, 5:34 PM

I'm a big fan of Marian Keyes, who wrote Rachel's Holiday -- sort of
Bridget Jones goes to rehab. She's very funny, but there's a bite to
her that I really like.

Roberta S. Johnson, Readers' Services Librarian
Des Plaines Public Library
1501 Ellinwood, Des Plaines, IL 60016
847-376-2816
[removed]@dppl.org www.dppl.org
Opinions my own.

-----Original Message-----
From: Nanette E. Wargo [[removed]@uiuc.edu]
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 5:19 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: British Authors

Anna Maxted is a good one. She's got two novels out: Getting Over It and
Running in Heels.

-Nanette

> Hi
> I have a patron that has read Deborah Raffin also liked Dating Big
Bird. She
> would like to read more slightly wierd british authors as she put it.
Any
> suggestions?
> TIA
> Sandra
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: "Trish Klein" <[removed]@rdpl.org>
REC'D: 5/2/02, 6:07 PM

I loved Jemima J by Jane Green. You just need to suspend your disbelief a bit...or perhaps she just loses weight faster than I do!

Also, Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella. Bridget Jones with a shopping problem. There is a sequel to this as well, Shopaholic Takes Manhattan.

And My Life on a Plate by India Knight.

Trish Klein
[removed]@rdpl.org
Readers' Services Coordinator
Red Deer Public Library
4818-49 St. Red Deer, AB T4N 1T9
403-342-9110 Fax: 403-341-3110

FROM: "Jennifer Loeffel" <[removed]@mcfls.org>
REC'D: 5/2/02, 6:18 PM

She should try these two books by Jane Green:

Jemima J
Mr. Maybe

Jennifer

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Sandra Iosue
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 5:00 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: British Authors

Hi
I have a patron that has read Deborah Raffin also liked Dating Big Bird. She
would like to read more slightly wierd british authors as she put it. Any
suggestions?
TIA
Sandra

FROM: "Sandra Iosue" <[removed]@lansing.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 5/2/02, 6:40 PM

Hi,
I have a patron that has read Deborah Raffin and also enjoyed Dating Big
Bird. She would like to read more british authors that are funny and
slightly on the wierd so to speak she also liked Bridget Jones Diary.
TIA
Sandra

FROM: "Jeffrey, Denise B" <[removed]@education.tas.gov.au>
REC'D: 5/2/02, 7:56 PM

Victoria Clayton, and possibly Katie Fforde might work for your reader,

Denise

Denise Jeffrey,
Senior Librarian (Selection),
State Library of Tasmania,
91 Murray St.,
Hobart 7000

Phone 61 3 6233 7049
Fax 61 3 6233 7506
Email [removed]@education.tas.gov.au
http://www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/services/goodread.htm

-----Original Message-----
From: Sandra Iosue [[removed]@lansing.lib.il.us]
Sent: Friday, 3 May 2002 9:37 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: British Authors?

Hi,
I have a patron that has read Deborah Raffin and also enjoyed Dating Big
Bird. She would like to read more british authors that are funny and
slightly on the wierd so to speak she also liked Bridget Jones Diary.
TIA
Sandra

FROM: "Maureen A. Socha" <[removed]@tcpl.lib.in.us>
REC'D: 5/3/02, 8:53 AM

My favorite British author right now is Sophie Kinsella - "Confessions of a
Shopaholic" and "Shopaholic Takes Manhattan". I cannot wait for the next
book...She is witty and funny...I find her books much better than Bridget
Jones...Have the patron give her a try!

Maureen

At 06:37 PM 5/2/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi,
>I have a patron that has read Deborah Raffin and also enjoyed Dating Big
>Bird. She would like to read more british authors that are funny and
>slightly on the wierd so to speak she also liked Bridget Jones Diary.
>TIA
>Sandra
>
>
>......................................................................
>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
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"The opinions expressed here are my own and
do not necessarily reflect TCPL policy."

Maureen A. Socha
Reference Librarian
Tippecanoe County Public Library
627 South Street
Lafayette, IN 47901-1470
voice mail: 756-429-0240
email: [removed]@tcpl.lib.in.us
http://www.tcpl.lib.in.us

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FROM: "Mitchell, Melissa" <[removed]@mail.ppld.org>
REC'D: 5/3/02, 12:37 PM

Here are some British authors that write similar to Helen Fielding:
Kathy Lette - titles include Foetal Attraction, Mad Cows, and
Altar Ego
Lauren Henderson - Sam Jones mystery series
Isabel Wolf - titles include The Trials of Tiffany Trott and The
Making of Minty Malone
Louise Rennison(Bridget Jones for Young Adults)- Angus, Thongs,
and Full Frontal Snogging and On the the Bright Side, I'm now the
Girlfriend of a Sex God

Melissa Mitchell
East Library and Information Center

-----Original Message-----
From: Trish Klein [[removed]@rdpl.org]
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 4:59 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: re: British authors

I loved Jemima J by Jane Green. You just need to suspend your disbelief a
bit...or perhaps she just loses weight faster than I do!

Also, Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella. Bridget Jones with a
shopping problem. There is a sequel to this as well, Shopaholic Takes
Manhattan.

And My Life on a Plate by India Knight.

Trish Klein
[removed]@rdpl.org
Readers' Services Coordinator
Red Deer Public Library
4818-49 St. Red Deer, AB T4N 1T9
403-342-9110 Fax: 403-341-3110

FROM: "Thelma Stone" <[removed]@fortworthlibrary.org>
REC'D: 5/3/02, 2:56 PM

Crescent Blues (www.crescentblues.com) recently had an article "A Yankee
Girl's Guide to Brit Chick Lit". The authors mentioned were Raffaella
Barker, Claire Calman, Victoria Clayton, Jenny Colgan, Jilly Cooper, Emma
Davison, Rosemary Enright, Katie Fforde, Jane Green, Wendy Holden, Erica
James, Lisa Jewell, Christina Jones,
Marian Keyes, India Knight, Chris Manby, Jill Mansell, Anna Maxted, Melissa
Nathan, Georgina Newbery, Freya North, Linda Taylor, Fiona Walker, and
Isabel Wolff.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandra Iosue" <[removed]@lansing.lib.il.us>
To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 5:00 PM
Subject: British Authors

> Hi
> I have a patron that has read Deborah Raffin also liked Dating Big Bird.
She
> would like to read more slightly wierd british authors as she put it. Any
> suggestions?
> TIA
> Sandra
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html

FROM: <[removed]@itol.com>
REC'D: 5/3/02, 3:07 PM

I am just reading one "Talking to Addison" by Jenny Colgan. It is hysterical. Add it to your list!

Jeanne Heuer
Brown County Library

FROM: "Maureen A. Socha" <[removed]@tcpl.lib.in.us>
REC'D: 5/3/02, 4:00 PM

This just reminded of the other book by Jenny Colgan titled "Amanda's
Wedding"...Great weekend read! Funny book! The patron will love it..

Maureen

On Fri, 3 May 2002 [removed]@itol.com wrote:

> I am just reading one "Talking to Addison" by Jenny Colgan. It is hysterical. Add it to your list!
>
> Jeanne Heuer
> Brown County Library
>
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FROM: Sarah Nagle <[removed]@co.carver.mn.us>
REC'D: 5/6/02, 2:16 PM

I just finished MRS. FYTTON'S COUNTRY LIFE by Mavis Cheek - she has written
several others, but this is the first to be published Stateside.
Just-dumped Mrs. Fytton moves to what she thinks is the bucolic English
countryside. Hysterical!

FROM: "Gayle Richardson" <[removed]@spl.org>
REC'D: 5/6/02, 11:39 PM

Hello,
I heartily concur with the recommendation for MRS. FYTTON'S COUNTRY
LIFE, but, luckily, it's not so hard to find her others. They have been
published
in the US in the late 80's and early 90's by Simon and Schuster: PAUSE
BETWEEN ACTS, PARLOR GAMES and DOG DAYS. Another author to try, if you
like Cheek, is the Elizabeth Palmer (there are LOTS in my system's
catalog!)
who wrote SCARLET ANGEL, PLUCKING THE APPLE, OLD MONEY, FLOWERING JUDAS
and GOLDEN RULE. Her work falls, like Cheek's, somewhere between
Bridget Jones and Fay Weldon Enjoy! \
Gayle Richardson

>>> [removed]@co.carver.mn.us 05/06/02 12:10PM >>>
I just finished MRS. FYTTON'S COUNTRY LIFE by Mavis Cheek - she has
written
several others, but this is the first to be published Stateside.
Just-dumped Mrs. Fytton moves to what she thinks is the bucolic
English
countryside. Hysterical!

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