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FROM: "Franz, Patty" <pfranz@pamunkeylibrary.org>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 8:43 AM

Folks -


For the last two years we have sponsored an adult summer reading
program. Some of our patrons have complained that they are too busy to read
5 books during the summer. I have decided to put together a list of short
books for our reluctant adult readers.
In June 1999, Cindy Lunghofer was nice enough to compile One Day
Reads for the Beach and I am using that as a start. I am now looking for
suggestions of new short books that you have enjoyed. I will be happy to
compile the list for everyone's use. Thanks, Patty

Patty Franz
Supervising Librarian
Pamunkey Regional Library
P. O. Box 119
Hanover, VA 23069

pfranz@pamunkeylibrary.org
www.pamunkeylibrary.org


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FROM: "Maureen OConnor" <moconnor@bramlib.on.ca>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 8:43 AM

Patty, I'll reply for Sharron Smith who's away this week. I know that she does a display called "One-day Wonders," and pulls authors like Emily Grayson, Richard Evans and Nicholas Sparks. She just goes along her fiction shelves and pulls out the small ones.

Another two authors of my own that I can add are The Diary of Mattie Spenser, and The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas, plus Quite a Year for Plums by Bailey White.

Maureen

"Never apologize for your reading tastes." Rosenberg
____________________________________________

Maureen O'Connor
Brampton Public Library
moconnor@bramlib.on.ca

All opinions expressed above are mine alone.

FROM: "Leser, Debra" <dleser@rolling-meadows.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 9:58 AM

These are some of my favorite short reads.

Sophie and the Rising Sun- Augusta Trobaugh
Alice At Heart- Deborah Smith
Thale's Folly- Dorothy Gilman
Blueback- Tim Winton
The Girls- Helen Iglesias
The Mammy- Brendan O'Carroll
Night Gardening- E. L. Swann
Dechronization of Sam Macgruder- George Gaylord Simpson
Letters From Yellowstone- Diane Smith
Peregrin's Rest- Jennifer Gostin

Debbie Leser
Rolling Meadows Library
Rolling Meadows, IL

FROM: Barbara Lundt <blundt@scls.lib.wi.us>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 10:08 AM

Hi Patty,

There is a terrific anthology that I have found very helpful when
pulling together short fiction displays. It is called 100 One-night
reads: a book lover''s guide by David C. and John S. Major. Ballantine,
c2001 isbn 0345439945. Really nice one or two page annotations, and the
selections range from light to literary fiction with a male-reader
emphasis, plus a smattering of non-fiction.

>Folks -
>
>
> For the last two years we have sponsored an adult summer reading
>program. Some of our patrons have complained that they are too busy to
read
>5 books during the summer. I have decided to put together a list of
short
>books for our reluctant adult readers.
> In June 1999, Cindy Lunghofer was nice enough to compile One Day
>Reads for the Beach and I am using that as a start. I am now looking for
>suggestions of new short books that you have enjoyed. I will be happy to
>compile the list for everyone's use. Thanks, Patty
*************
Barbara Lundt email: blundt@scls.lib.wi.us
Librarian II
Alicia Ashman Branch, Madison Public Library
733 North High Point Road
Madison, Wisconsin 53717
(608) 824-1780 fax: (608) 824-1790

FROM: "Nora M. Armstrong" <narmstro@clsn1269.cumberland.lib.nc.us>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 10:50 AM

On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Leser, Debra wrote:

> These are some of my favorite short reads.
>
> The Mammy- Brendan O'Carroll

Don't forget the other titles in this trilogy:
The Chisellers
The Granny

Laugh-out-loud funny (warning, though: STRONG language), and
grab-your-heart emotional.

Nora Armstrong, who found herself dabbing her eyes at the close of The
Granny

FROM: Ellen Olson <Ellen@rockford.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 11:22 AM

I have a bibliography that I named Good Things Come in Small Packages: Short
Novels That Received Great Reviews. (I followed the titles with one or two
sentences from a review and listed the source. I will be happy to list the
reviews that I chose if anyone out there is interested.)

Ellen Olson

Library Assistant

ellen@rockford.lib.il.us

Rockford Public Library

Rockford Illinois

Aiding and Abetting. Muriel Spark (166 pages)

Amsterdam. Ian McEwan (193 pages)

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. Dai Sijie (197 pages)

Being Dead. Jim Crace (192 pages)

The Body Artist. Don DeLillo (124 pages)

The Bookshop. Penelope Fitzgerald (123 pages)

The Cave. Tim Krabbe (152 pages)

The Clothes They Stood Up In. Alan Bennett (161 pages)

Hunts in Dreams. Tom Drury (200 pages)short stories

The Luneburg Variation. Paolo Maurensig (139 pages) -personal favorite

Lying Awake. Mark Salzman. (181 Pages)

The Name of the World. Denis Johnson. (120 pages)

Nice: A Novel. Jen Sacks (197 pages)

The Reef. Romesh Guesekera (190 pages)

The Stones Cry Out. Hikaru Okuizumi (138 pages)

Timbuktu. Paul Auster ( 181 pages)

Torturers Apprentice. John Biguenet(176 pages) short stories

The Train Now Departing: Two Novellas. Martha Grimes (185 pages)

Who will run the Frog Hospital? Lorrie Moore (147 pages)

-----Original Message-----
From: Franz, Patty [mailto:pfranz@pamunkeylibrary.org]
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 8:26 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Short books


Folks -

For the last two years we have sponsored an adult summer reading

program. Some of our patrons have complained that they are too busy to read

5 books during the summer. I have decided to put together a list of short

books for our reluctant adult readers.

In June 1999, Cindy Lunghofer was nice enough to compile One Day

Reads for the Beach and I am using that as a start. I am now looking for

suggestions of new short books that you have enjoyed. I will be happy to

compile the list for everyone's use. Thanks, Patty

Patty Franz

Supervising Librarian

Pamunkey Regional Library

P. O. Box 119

Hanover, VA 23069

pfranz@pamunkeylibrary.org

www.pamunkeylibrary.org

-----Original Message-----

From: Quillen, Christine [mailto:CQUILL@camden.lib.nj.us]

Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 4:32 PM

To: Fiction_L

Subject: Gardens/Gardeners/Gardening Romances Compiled List

Sorry for the delay, but here are the suggestions that I got -- C. L.

Arnow, Harriet Between the Flowers

Ashworth, Adele My Darling Caroline

Bail, Murray Eucalyptus

Brennan, Maeve Rose Garden: Short Stories, The

Brown, Carrie Rose's Garden: A Novel

Buchan, Elizabeth Consider the Lily

Burnett, Frances H. Secret Garden

Cannon, Julie Truelove & Homegrown Tomatoes

Coates, Lawrence Blossom Festival, The

Craig, Alisa The Grub-and-Stakers House A Haunt

Dallas, Sandra Alice's Tulips

Donoso, Jose Garden Next Door, The

Elze, Winifred Changeling Garden, The

Enright, Rosemary Walled Garden, The

Ewing, Jean Ross Flowers under ice

Fforde, Katie Second Thyme Around

Fforde, Katie Thyme out

Fforde, Katie Wild designs

Fobes, Tracy Forbidden garden

Frederiksson, Marianne Two Women

French, Linda Coffee to Die For

Gary, Charles Flower Fables

Goudge, Eileen Garden of lies

Granger, Ann Flowers for His Funeral

Gregory, Phillipa Virgin Earth

Guterson, David The Country Ahead of Us, The Country Behind:

Stories

Haig, Kathryn Apple Blossom Time

Hager, Jean Blooming Murder

Harrison, Janis Lilies that Fester

Harrison, Janis Murder Sets Seed

Harrison, Janis Roots of Murder

Hearon, Shelby In Bloom

Hedrickson, Emily Lord Ware's widow

Howard, Maureen Big as Life: Three Tales for Spring

Kretser, Michelle Rose Grower: A Novel, The

Lawrence, D.H. Prussian Officer and Other Stories, The

Lennox, Judith Italian Garden, The

Macdonald, Shari Forget-me-not

Mappson, Jo-Ann Bad Girl Creek: A Novel

Martin, Lee Quakertown

Massey, Sujata Flower Master, The

Medlicott, Joan Gardens of Covington: A Novel, The

Michaels, Barbara Dancing Floor, The

Michaels, Barbara Vanish with the rose

Min, Anchee Red Azalea

Moggach, Deborah Tulip Fever

Noble, Diane Blossom and the Nettle

Noble, Diane When the Far Hills Bloom

Pilcher, Robin An Ocean Apart: A Novel

Pim, Sheila Common or Garden Crime: An Irish Gardening

Mystery

Plaidy, Jean It Began in Vauxhall Gardens

Ray, Jeanne Julie and Romeo

Ripley, Ann Death of a Garden Pest

Ripley, Ann Death of a Political Plant

Ripley, Ann Garden Tour Affair, The

Ripley, Ann Harvest of Murder: A Gardening Mystery

Ripley, Ann Mulch

Ripley, Ann Perennial Killer, The

Roberts, Karen Flower Boy, The

Rothenberg, Rebecca Shy Tulip Murders, The

Saville, Diana Marriage Bed, The

Searcy, David Ordinary Horror

Shatner, William Avenger

Sherwood, John Bones Gather No Moss

Sherwood, John Creeping Jenny

Sherwood, John Hanging Garden, The

Silko, Leslie Gardens in the Dunes: A Novel

Swann, E.L. Night Gardening

Tepper, Sheri Family Tree, The

Thayer, Nancy Everlasting

Trobaugh, Augusta Sophie and the Rising Sun

Walbert, Kate Gardens of Kyoto: A Novel

Wiley, Richard Ahmed's Revenge: A Novel

Wind, Ruth In the midnight rain

Yorke, Christy The Wishing Garden

--- Garden Tales: Classic Stories from Favorite

Writers

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FROM: Vicki Novak - LIBRARYX <vickinovak@MAIL.MARICOPA.GOV>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 11:33 AM

These are not new, but they are short:

The Holy Man by Susan Trott (173 pp.)
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (192 pp.)
Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman (179 pp.)
Lying Awake by Mark Salzman (181 pp.)
How to Make an American Quilt by Whitney Otto (179 pp.)


Vicki Novak
vickinovak@mail.maricopa.gov

Adult Services
North Central Regional Library
Maricopa County Library District
17811 N. 32nd St.
Phoenix, AZ 85032-1201

http://mcld.maricopa.gov

-----Original Message-----
From: Franz, Patty [mailto:pfranz@pamunkeylibrary.org]
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 6:26 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Short books


Folks -


For the last two years we have sponsored an adult summer reading
program. Some of our patrons have complained that they are too busy to read
5 books during the summer. I have decided to put together a list of short
books for our reluctant adult readers.
In June 1999, Cindy Lunghofer was nice enough to compile One Day
Reads for the Beach and I am using that as a start. I am now looking for
suggestions of new short books that you have enjoyed. I will be happy to
compile the list for everyone's use. Thanks, Patty

Patty Franz
Supervising Librarian
Pamunkey Regional Library
P. O. Box 119
Hanover, VA 23069

pfranz@pamunkeylibrary.org
www.pamunkeylibrary.org

FROM: Kathy Mitchum <kdm@ckls.org>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 11:44 AM

One of the titleswe have here is:

Bodart, Joni Richards. The world's best thin books : what to read when your
book report is due tomorrow.

Although it is geared toward the young adult crowd, some of the titles can be
good reads for adults.


Kathy Mitchum
ILL/Ref/Rural Serv/Tech Serv, Dept. Head
Central Kansas Library System
1409 Williams
Great Bend, KS 67530

(620-792-4865) phone
(620-792-5495) fax

kdm@ckls.org

FROM: Susan <silverymoon@uia.net>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 12:49 PM

New -- Eva Moves The Furniture by Margot Livesey (230 p)

Not new -- Medicine River by Thomas King (260p)

Both are very good books.

Susan

FROM: "Jeanne Etling" <jetling@nsls.info>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 1:33 PM

Patty,

Two cat books:

The autobiography of Foudini M Cat by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
and
No one noticed the cat by Anne McCaffrey

Jeanne Etling
Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District

FROM: "Quillen, Christine" <CQUILL@camden.lib.nj.us>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 3:21 PM

The promise remains by Travis Thrasher
Shopgirl by Steve Martin

C. L.

FROM: "Franz, Patty" <pfranz@pamunkeylibrary.org>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 3:42 PM

I am enjoying everyone's answers and am looking forward to more. However, I
wanted to apologize for attaching my question to another post. I was trying
to send a short message - not a long one! Patty

Patty Franz
Supervising Librarian
Pamunkey Regional Library
P. O. Box 119
Hanover, VA 23069

pfranz@pamunkeylibrary.org
www.pamunkeylibrary.org

FROM: Susan Creed <screed@spokanelibrary.org>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 3:52 PM

One of my favorite recent short novels :

"The Clothes they Stood up in" by Alan Bennett


Susan Creed
Youth Services Librarian,
Shadle Library
Spokane Public Library
2111 W. Wellesley
Spokane, WA 99205
screed@spokanelibrary.org

FROM: MarxC@jcl.lib.ks.us
REC'D: 4/23/02, 4:03 PM

A fantastic short read by Twain, The Diaries of Adam and Eve, is a selection
anyone would enjoy.
Another super-short selection is Drought: and Say what you like, by Debra Di
Blasi. She is a Kansas City author who taught for a time at the KC Art
Institute, so I don't know if this is just a regional fave or if it would be
available everywhere.
A previously mentioned, but still deserving of another, is Shopgirl by Steve
Martin. (This is being made into a film!)
I would also recommend Sherman Alexie's Toughest Indian in the World, which
is a collection of short stories that are a quick collective read.
-Charleen Marx


-----Original Message-----
From: Franz, Patty
To: Fiction_L
Sent: 4/23/02 3:27 PM
Subject: Short reads

I am enjoying everyone's answers and am looking forward to more.
However, I
wanted to apologize for attaching my question to another post. I was
trying
to send a short message - not a long one! Patty

Patty Franz
Supervising Librarian
Pamunkey Regional Library
P. O. Box 119
Hanover, VA 23069

pfranz@pamunkeylibrary.org
www.pamunkeylibrary.org

FROM: Marika Zemke <tmzemke@comcast.net>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 6:21 PM

Hi all. I too am preparing for my library's summer reading program. I would
be interested in getting my hands on Cindy Lunghofer's "One Day Reads For
The Beach." Does anyone have it and can either send it to me or direct me in
the right direction. By the way, I JUST graduated from Wayne State's Library
Information Science Program, (LISP) here in Detroit and have so much to
learn. I feel like I'm learning way more from your postings here than I ever
did in class.

Cheers, Marika Zemke

"Some books are to be tasted,
others swallowed and some
to be chewed and digested."
Sir Francis Bacon

FROM: "Sarah Herlache" <SHerlache@ci.glendale.az.us>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 7:27 PM

I tried sending these before, but I don't think they went through. I apologize if you've received then twice!

MONTANA 1948 by Larry Watson is one of my favorite "short books." I also enjoyed A PLACE WHERE THE SEA REMEMBERS by Sandra Benitez.

Sarah Herlache
Foothills Branch Library
Glendale, Arizona

FROM: "Kathie Wright" <kwright@geneva.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 8:10 PM

Short book suggestions:

The Reader by Schlink
Mr. Summers Story by Suskind
The Stranger Next Door by Nothomb
Einstein's Dreams by Lightman
Ellen Foster and Virtuous Woman by Gibbons


Kathie Wright
Geneva Public Library
127 James Street
Geneva

FROM: "christine jeffords" <sevenstars39@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 9:25 PM

>From: "Jeanne Etling" <jetling@nsls.info>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <fiction_l@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Re: Short books
>Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 13:22:22 -0500
>
>Patty,
>
>Two cat books:
>
>The autobiography of Foudini M Cat by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
>and
>No one noticed the cat by Anne McCaffrey
>


Also "Mr. Cat" and "More Mr. Cat," by, I think, George Freedley. (My copies
are packed--I'm moving.)

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FROM: "Roberts, Julie" <roberju@rolling-meadows.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 9:56 AM

-----Original Message-----
From: christine jeffords [SMTP:sevenstars39@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 9:12 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Short books


>From: "Jeanne Etling" <jetling@nsls.info>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <fiction_l@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Re: Short books
>Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 13:22:22 -0500
>
>Patty,
>
>Two cat books:
>
>The autobiography of Foudini M Cat by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
>and
>No one noticed the cat by Anne McCaffrey
>


Also "Mr. Cat" and "More Mr. Cat," by, I think, George Freedley. (My copies
are packed--I'm moving.)

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FROM: "Roberts, Julie" <roberju@rolling-meadows.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 10:06 AM

OOPs, sorry. I was going to write a reply to Christine, and my computer fizzled out on me, and I didn't know this has gone out. Julie (:-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Roberts, Julie [SMTP:roberju@rolling-meadows.lib.il.us]
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 9:57 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: Short books

-----Original Message-----
From: christine jeffords [SMTP:sevenstars39@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 9:12 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Short books


>From: "Jeanne Etling" <jetling@nsls.info>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <fiction_l@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Re: Short books
>Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 13:22:22 -0500
>
>Patty,
>
>Two cat books:
>
>The autobiography of Foudini M Cat by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
>and
>No one noticed the cat by Anne McCaffrey
>


Also "Mr. Cat" and "More Mr. Cat," by, I think, George Freedley. (My copies
are packed--I'm moving.)

_________________________________________________________________
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FROM: "Warner, Deb" <dwarner@co.durham.nc.us>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 10:37 AM

as has been noted, Thomas Pynchon's Crying Of Lot 49
also: Chessman, Harriet Scott Lydia Cassatt Reading The Morning
Paper
this is also very nice because each of the five portraits discussed is
reproduced in full color

FROM: "Lisa Colcord" <LColcord@ci.glendale.az.us>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 10:58 AM

Also, someone mentioned the Griffin and Sabine books for the unusual fiction, but they definitely belong in the short books list, also.

Lisa


Lisa Colcord
Librarian
Glendale Public library
Glendale, AZ

....my views are my own....

-The secret to life is enjoying the passage of time- James Taylor

>>> SHerlache@ci.glendale.az.us 04/23/02 05:19PM >>>
I tried sending these before, but I don't think they went through. I apologize if you've received then twice!

MONTANA 1948 by Larry Watson is one of my favorite "short books." I also enjoyed A PLACE WHERE THE SEA REMEMBERS by Sandra Benitez.

Sarah Herlache
Foothills Branch Library
Glendale, Arizona

FROM: "Sarah Herlache" <sherlache@ci.glendale.az.us>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 12:35 PM

Another good "short book" is GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING.

Sarah Herlache
Foothills Library
Glendale, Arizona

FROM: Theresa <ttheveno@pelican.state.lib.la.us>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 2:31 PM

The Ladies of Missalonghi, by Colleen McCullough
Fup, Jim Dodge
Abbess of Crewe, Muriel Spark

The McCullough book would be especially good for the reluctant reader.
Fup's a little off the wall, but it is a short quick read.

Theresa Thevenote 318-253-7559
Avoyelles Parish Library http://www.avoyelles.lib.la.us
104 N Washington
Marksville LA 71351

>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Subject: Short books
>From: "Franz, Patty" <pfranz@pamunkeylibrary.org>
>Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 09:26:29 -0400
>
>Folks -
>
>
> For the last two years we have sponsored an adult summer reading
>program. Some of our patrons have complained that they are too busy to read
>5 books during the summer. I have decided to put together a list of short
>books for our reluctant adult readers.
> In June 1999, Cindy Lunghofer was nice enough to compile One Day
>Reads for the Beach and I am using that as a start. I am now looking for
>suggestions of new short books that you have enjoyed. I will be happy to
>compile the list for everyone's use. Thanks, Patty
>
>Patty Franz
>Supervising Librarian
>Pamunkey Regional Library
>P. O. Box 119
>Hanover, VA 23069
>
>pfranz@pamunkeylibrary.org
>www.pamunkeylibrary.org
>

FROM: Kathleen Martin <kmartin@gvpl.ca>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 4:49 PM

Icefields by Thomas Wharton
and
Halo by John Loveday

both short and exquisite

Kathleen Martin
Co-ordinator of Community Services
Greater Victoria Public Library
Victoria, B.C.


On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Sarah Herlache wrote:

> I tried sending these before, but I don't think they went through. I apologize if you've received then twice!
>
> MONTANA 1948 by Larry Watson is one of my favorite "short books." I also enjoyed A PLACE WHERE THE SEA REMEMBERS by Sandra Benitez.
>
> Sarah Herlache
> Foothills Branch Library
> Glendale, Arizona
>
>
> ......................................................................
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>

FROM: "Sarah Herlache" <sherlache@ci.glendale.az.us>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 6:44 PM

Another short book:

I WAS AMELIA EARHART by Jane Mendelsohn

Sarah Herlache
Foothills Branch Library
Glendale, Arizona

FROM: "Quillen, Christine" <CQUILL@camden.lib.nj.us>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 7:27 PM

Maria

It's available from the Fiction-L booklists:
http://www.webrary.org/rs/flbklists/OneDay.html

C. L.

-----Original Message-----
From: Marika Zemke [mailto:tmzemke@comcast.net]
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 7:13 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: short books


Hi all. I too am preparing for my library's summer reading program. I would
be interested in getting my hands on Cindy Lunghofer's "One Day Reads For
The Beach." Does anyone have it and can either send it to me or direct me in
the right direction. By the way, I JUST graduated from Wayne State's Library
Information Science Program, (LISP) here in Detroit and have so much to
learn. I feel like I'm learning way more from your postings here than I ever
did in class.

Cheers, Marika Zemke

"Some books are to be tasted,
others swallowed and some
to be chewed and digested."
Sir Francis Bacon

FROM: "christine jeffords" <sevenstars39@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 9:13 PM

"I, Pearl Hart," by Jane Candia Coleman, is rather skinny in paperback.

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FROM: Kathy Mitchum <kdm@ckls.org>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 10:19 PM

The Matchmakers, by Janette Oke is a cute, short read.

Kathy Mitchum
ILL/Ref/Rural Serv/Tech Serv, Dept. Head
Central Kansas Library System
1409 Williams
Great Bend, KS 67530

(620-792-4865) phone
(620-792-5495) fax

kdm@ckls.org

FROM: JANE BAIRD <lijhb@library.ci.anchorage.ak.us>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 10:51 PM

I just finished Beasts by Joyce Carol Oates--a short (and grim) story of
students in a small women's college in the mid-1970s who are abused by
a much-admired professor and his artist wife.

Jane Baird
Young Adult Librarian
Anchorage Municipal Libraries

FROM: ccbreland@juno.com
REC'D: 4/24/02, 11:45 PM

What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day, by Pearl Cleage.


"Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will
get you
through times of no libraries."
- Anne Herbert, The Whole Earth Catalog

FROM: DELPHIBKS@aol.com
REC'D: 4/26/02, 7:29 AM

Coming in late on this one, but Cat Tracks by Gordon Aalborg (ISBN
0966339762) is a delightful novel about a feral cat that runs 192 pages. It's
hardcover, $14.95, and is beautifully formatted, too.

Fran Baker
Novelist/Elem. Librarian (volunteer)/Army Times

FROM: ILefkowitz@aol.com
REC'D: 4/25/02, 6:16 PM

Another short book is:
Edward, John. What is God Were the Sun. (145 pages)

--
Ilene Lefkowitz
Reference Department Head
Kinnelon Public Library
ILefkowitz@aol.com

FROM: janice@nwlink.com (Janice Burwash, Burlington Public Library)
REC'D: 4/26/02, 11:35 AM

Can't remember if this has been suggested yet, but Last Days of Summer by
Steve Kluger would fit. It's not short (353 Pages) but its a small book, and
a quick read. And most important a very enjoyable book.

Janice Burwash, Resource Coordinator

Burlington Public Library
900 East Fairhaven Ave
Burlington, WA 98233
Phone (360) 755-0760 Fax (360) 755-0717
janice@nwlink.com

FROM: Jean Langlais <jlanglai@linc.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 4/26/02, 12:19 PM

two more short reads:

The Story of My Disappearance by Paul Watkins - adventure, love, intrigue,
213 pages. Also some reference to Soviet occupation of Afghanistan

Another Oates, Zombie, at 181 pages very quick read but also pretty
gruesome. Based on Jeffrey Dahmer, but fiction.

Tracy Chevalier's Falling Angels has 300+ pages but it is a very quick
read, and very entertaining.

FROM: Karla Bowman <Karla.Bowman@euclidlibrary.org>
REC'D: 4/26/02, 12:52 PM

No one's mentioned Wild Ginger by Anchee Min (217p). It was just
published.

Karla Bowman
Euclid Public Library
Euclid, OH


----- Original Message -----
From: "Franz, Patty" <pfranz@pamunkeylibrary.org>
Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 9:26 am
Subject: Short books

> Folks -
>
>
> For the last two years we have sponsored an adult summer reading
> program. Some of our patrons have complained that they are too
> busy to read
> 5 books during the summer. I have decided to put together a list
> of short
> books for our reluctant adult readers.
> In June 1999, Cindy Lunghofer was nice enough to compile One Day
> Reads for the Beach and I am using that as a start. I am now
> looking for
> suggestions of new short books that you have enjoyed. I will be
> happy to
> compile the list for everyone's use. Thanks, Patty
>
> Patty Franz
> Supervising Librarian
> Pamunkey Regional Library
> P. O. Box 119
> Hanover, VA 23069
>
> pfranz@pamunkeylibrary.org
> www.pamunkeylibrary.org
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Quillen, Christine [mailto:CQUILL@camden.lib.nj.us]
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 4:32 PM
> To: Fiction_L
> Subject: Gardens/Gardeners/Gardening Romances Compiled List
>
>
> Sorry for the delay, but here are the suggestions that I got -- C. L.
>
> Arnow, Harriet Between the Flowers
> Ashworth, Adele My Darling Caroline
> Bail, Murray Eucalyptus
> Brennan, Maeve Rose Garden: Short Stories, The
> Brown, Carrie Rose's Garden: A Novel
> Buchan, Elizabeth Consider the Lily
> Burnett, Frances H. Secret Garden
> Cannon, Julie Truelove & Homegrown Tomatoes
> Coates, Lawrence Blossom Festival, The
> Craig, Alisa The Grub-and-Stakers House A Haunt
> Dallas, Sandra Alice's Tulips
> Donoso, Jose Garden Next Door, The
> Elze, Winifred Changeling Garden, The
> Enright, Rosemary Walled Garden, The
> Ewing, Jean Ross Flowers under ice
> Fforde, Katie Second Thyme Around
> Fforde, Katie Thyme out
> Fforde, Katie Wild designs
> Fobes, Tracy Forbidden garden
> Frederiksson, Marianne Two Women
> French, Linda Coffee to Die For
> Gary, Charles Flower Fables
> Goudge, Eileen Garden of lies
> Granger, Ann Flowers for His Funeral
> Gregory, Phillipa Virgin Earth
> Guterson, David The Country Ahead of Us, The Country
Behind:
> Stories
> Haig, Kathryn Apple Blossom Time
> Hager, Jean Blooming Murder
> Harrison, Janis Lilies that Fester
> Harrison, Janis Murder Sets Seed
> Harrison, Janis Roots of Murder
> Hearon, Shelby In Bloom
> Hedrickson, Emily Lord Ware's widow
> Howard, Maureen Big as Life: Three Tales for Spring
> Kretser, Michelle Rose Grower: A Novel, The
> Lawrence, D.H. Prussian Officer and Other Stories, The
> Lennox, Judith Italian Garden, The
> Macdonald, Shari Forget-me-not
> Mappson, Jo-Ann Bad Girl Creek: A Novel
> Martin, Lee Quakertown
> Massey, Sujata Flower Master, The
> Medlicott, Joan Gardens of Covington: A Novel, The
> Michaels, Barbara Dancing Floor, The
> Michaels, Barbara Vanish with the rose
> Min, Anchee Red Azalea
> Moggach, Deborah Tulip Fever
> Noble, Diane Blossom and the Nettle
> Noble, Diane When the Far Hills Bloom
> Pilcher, Robin An Ocean Apart: A Novel
> Pim, Sheila Common or Garden Crime: An Irish
Gardening
> Mystery
> Plaidy, Jean It Began in Vauxhall Gardens
> Ray, Jeanne Julie and Romeo
> Ripley, Ann Death of a Garden Pest
> Ripley, Ann Death of a Political Plant
> Ripley, Ann Garden Tour Affair, The
> Ripley, Ann Harvest of Murder: A Gardening Mystery
> Ripley, Ann Mulch
> Ripley, Ann Perennial Killer, The
> Roberts, Karen Flower Boy, The
> Rothenberg, Rebecca Shy Tulip Murders, The
> Saville, Diana Marriage Bed, The
> Searcy, David Ordinary Horror
> Shatner, William Avenger
> Sherwood, John Bones Gather No Moss
> Sherwood, John Creeping Jenny
> Sherwood, John Hanging Garden, The
> Silko, Leslie Gardens in the Dunes: A Novel
> Swann, E.L. Night Gardening
> Tepper, Sheri Family Tree, The
> Thayer, Nancy Everlasting
> Trobaugh, Augusta Sophie and the Rising Sun
> Walbert, Kate Gardens of Kyoto: A Novel
> Wiley, Richard Ahmed's Revenge: A Novel
> Wind, Ruth In the midnight rain
> Yorke, Christy The Wishing Garden
> --- Garden Tales: Classic Stories from
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> Writers
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FROM: "Margaret N. Waznis" <mwaznis@cts.com>
REC'D: 4/26/02, 7:36 PM

Another short but harrowing title: Black Water, by Joyce Carol Oates. Based on
the Mary Jo Kopechne/Kennedy accident. If you want to know what it feels like to
drown in a slowly sinking car, this is the book for you.

Betty Waznis
San Diego County Library

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