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FROM: "Colcord, Lisa" <[removed]@GLENDALEAZ.com>
REC'D: 1/12/05, 1:01 PM

Lisa

Lisa Colcord
Outreach Librarian
Glendale Public Library
Glendale, Az

Petulia liked animals, especially pigs, because they had wobbly noses.
Tiffany quite liked animals too, but no one except other animals liked
animals as much as Petulia.

Terry Pratchett
A Hat Full of Sky
page 102

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Jeannine D. Cook
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 11:30 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: What is your mystery group reading?

These are what we discussed the last 2 years. We would often choose a
series or sub-genre instead of a single title. I'm embarrassed to admit
we have the most fun when we really rip a title apart.

#1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
Failure to appear - J.A. Jance
Skeleton dance - Aaron Elkins
Mallory's oracle - Carol O'Connell
The eagle catcher - Margaret Coel
Rosemary remembered - Susan Wittig Albert
Culinary mysteries
Free-for-all (any book, any topic)
Orchid Beach - Stuart Woods
Pet mysteries
The Eyre affair - Jasper Fforde
Sister Fidelma series - Peter Tremayne
Classic hard-boiled detectives
Summer beach reading
Joanna Brady series - J.A. Jance
Where are the children? - Mary Higgins Clark
Colour scheme - Ngaio Marsh
Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax - Dorothy Gilman
Culinary books - any
Face of deception - Iris Johansen
Agatha Raisin series - M.C. Beaton
Maisie Dobbs - Jacqueline Winspear

Jeannine Cook
Adult Services Librarian
Douglas County Library System
1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd.
Roseburg, OR 97470
(541)440-6013
(541)440-6011 fax
[removed]@co.douglas.or.us

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Gary Niebuhr
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 9:42 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: What is your mystery group reading?

FROM: "Jeannine D. Cook" <[removed]@co.douglas.or.us>
REC'D: 1/12/05, 2:17 PM

Oddly enough, we really got carried away with Stuart Woods' Orchid
Beach. Very loud, very opinionated, then we discovered he was the
favorite author of a few members, and we put a sock in it.

We had a mix for The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde)- half the members loved
it, the other half hated it. That made for an interesting discussion.

And when we discussed "pet mysteries," here's how I minced words in our
Book Club summary:

And our final disaster (lucky me) - Chutes and adders by Barbara Block.
I was unfamiliar with this series, saw it was about Robin Light, a pet
store owner, and this particular title featured snakes, oh yes, clever
me, I win a candy bar (I was passing out candy bars to anyone who found
a non-cat or dog pet mystery). But what an awful book. This was
definitely not a cozy. I hated every single human character in the book
including Robin Light. She really wasn't that stupid, so there was no
excuse for all the stupid things she kept doing to keep the story moving
along, and the bodies piling up. We had santeria and sacrificing
animals, endangered species smuggling, crooked cops, well, crooked
everybody. A man is murdered in her pet store, and Robin doesn't get
around to asking the police if she can go in to feed the animals until 2
days later. She asks pointed questions of just about every suspect and
should have been murdered herself a dozen times. She breaks into a
suspect's apartment, steals evidence, and then, realizing the police may
find the evidence on her, throws it in the storm drain. Yeah, that was
productive. And after I have put up with all of this, the abused dog
she rescued is killed to keep him from barking, and her pet store with
all the animals in it is burned to the ground. I am ready to torch the
book.

You can see now how we can get a little carried away. And have fun
doing it.

Jeannine Cook
Adult Services Librarian
Douglas County Library System
1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd.
Roseburg, OR 97470
(541)440-6013
(541)440-6011 fax
[removed]@co.douglas.or.us

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Colcord, Lisa
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 10:44 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Ripping titles apart

Curious: which titles have you had the most fun ripping apart in your
book discussions?

Lisa

Lisa Colcord
Outreach Librarian
Glendale Public Library
Glendale, Az

Petulia liked animals, especially pigs, because they had wobbly noses.
Tiffany quite liked animals too, but no one except other animals liked
animals as much as Petulia.

Terry Pratchett
A Hat Full of Sky
page 102

These are what we discussed the last 2 years. We would often choose a
series or sub-genre instead of a single title. I'm embarrassed to admit
we have the most fun when we really rip a title apart.

Jeannine Cook
Adult Services Librarian
Douglas County Library System
1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd.
Roseburg, OR 97470
(541)440-6013
(541)440-6011 fax
[removed]@co.douglas.or.us

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FROM: "Gary Branson" <[removed]@oplin.org>
REC'D: 1/12/05, 4:31 PM

Gary Branson
Director
London Public Library
20 E First St
London, OH 43140
740-852-9543

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Colcord, Lisa
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 1:44 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Ripping titles apart

Curious: which titles have you had the most fun ripping apart in your
book discussions?

Lisa

Lisa Colcord
Outreach Librarian
Glendale Public Library
Glendale, Az

Petulia liked animals, especially pigs, because they had wobbly noses.
Tiffany quite liked animals too, but no one except other animals liked
animals as much as Petulia.

Terry Pratchett
A Hat Full of Sky
page 102

These are what we discussed the last 2 years. We would often choose a
series or sub-genre instead of a single title. I'm embarrassed to admit
we have the most fun when we really rip a title apart.

Jeannine Cook
Adult Services Librarian
Douglas County Library System
1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd.
Roseburg, OR 97470
(541)440-6013
(541)440-6011 fax
[removed]@co.douglas.or.us

FROM: Kaite Mediatore <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 1/13/05, 9:53 AM

She broke one of my cardinal rules in books--you may
do whatever you like to the people, but the dogs and
cats live happily ever after.

I am just so steamed...grrrr. I need a copy of Lad: A
dog right now and my kitty, Ashbaby.

kaite
--- "Jeannine D. Cook" <[removed]@co.douglas.or.us>
wrote:

> Whenever we discuss culinary mysteries, one of Tamar
> Myers' Pennsylvania
> Dutch mysteries comes up to the sound of universal
> gagging. The list of
> things wrong with this series goes on and on, and we
> bring each one up
> with great glee.
>
> Oddly enough, we really got carried away with Stuart
> Woods' Orchid
> Beach. Very loud, very opinionated, then we
> discovered he was the
> favorite author of a few members, and we put a sock
> in it.
>
> We had a mix for The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde)-
> half the members loved
> it, the other half hated it. That made for an
> interesting discussion.
>
> And when we discussed "pet mysteries," here's how I
> minced words in our
> Book Club summary:
>
> And our final disaster (lucky me) - Chutes and
> adders by Barbara Block.
> I was unfamiliar with this series, saw it was about
> Robin Light, a pet
> store owner, and this particular title featured
> snakes, oh yes, clever
> me, I win a candy bar (I was passing out candy bars
> to anyone who found
> a non-cat or dog pet mystery). But what an awful
> book. This was
> definitely not a cozy. I hated every single human
> character in the book
> including Robin Light. She really wasn't that
> stupid, so there was no
> excuse for all the stupid things she kept doing to
> keep the story moving
> along, and the bodies piling up. We had santeria
> and sacrificing
> animals, endangered species smuggling, crooked cops,
> well, crooked
> everybody. A man is murdered in her pet store, and
> Robin doesn't get
> around to asking the police if she can go in to feed
> the animals until 2
> days later. She asks pointed questions of just
> about every suspect and
> should have been murdered herself a dozen times.
> She breaks into a
> suspect's apartment, steals evidence, and then,
> realizing the police may
> find the evidence on her, throws it in the storm
> drain. Yeah, that was
> productive. And after I have put up with all of
> this, the abused dog
> she rescued is killed to keep him from barking, and
> her pet store with
> all the animals in it is burned to the ground. I am
> ready to torch the
> book.
>
> You can see now how we can get a little carried
> away. And have fun
> doing it.
>
> Jeannine Cook
> Adult Services Librarian
> Douglas County Library System
> 1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd.
> Roseburg, OR 97470
> (541)440-6013
> (541)440-6011 fax
> [removed]@co.douglas.or.us
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
> [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of
> Colcord, Lisa
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 10:44 AM
> To: Fiction_L
> Subject: Ripping titles apart
>
> Curious: which titles have you had the most fun
> ripping apart in your
> book discussions?
>
> Lisa
>
> Lisa Colcord
> Outreach Librarian
> Glendale Public Library
> Glendale, Az
>
> Petulia liked animals, especially pigs, because they
> had wobbly noses.
> Tiffany quite liked animals too, but no one except
> other animals liked
> animals as much as Petulia.
>
> Terry Pratchett
> A Hat Full of Sky
> page 102
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
> [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of
> Jeannine D. Cook
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 11:30 AM
> To: Fiction_L
> Subject: RE: What is your mystery group reading?
>
>
> These are what we discussed the last 2 years. We
> would often choose a
> series or sub-genre instead of a single title. I'm
> embarrassed to admit
> we have the most fun when we really rip a title
> apart.
>
> #1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
> Failure to appear - J.A. Jance
> Skeleton dance - Aaron Elkins
> Mallory's oracle - Carol O'Connell
> The eagle catcher - Margaret Coel
> Rosemary remembered - Susan Wittig Albert
> Culinary mysteries
> Free-for-all (any book, any topic)
> Orchid Beach - Stuart Woods
> Pet mysteries
> The Eyre affair - Jasper Fforde
> Sister Fidelma series - Peter Tremayne
> Classic hard-boiled detectives
> Summer beach reading
> Joanna Brady series - J.A. Jance
> Where are the children? - Mary Higgins Clark
> Colour scheme - Ngaio Marsh
> Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax - Dorothy Gilman
> Culinary books - any
> Face of deception - Iris Johansen
> Agatha Raisin series - M.C. Beaton
> Maisie Dobbs - Jacqueline Winspear
>
>
> Jeannine Cook
> Adult Services Librarian
> Douglas County Library System
> 1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd.
> Roseburg, OR 97470
> (541)440-6013
> (541)440-6011 fax
> [removed]@co.douglas.or.us
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
> [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of
> Gary Niebuhr
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 9:42 AM
> To: Fiction_L
> Subject: RE: What is your mystery group reading?
>
>
>
>
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