February
24, 2003
Had
Just Way Too Much Winter? Beat the Winter Blahs
With a Good Laugh!
Big
Trouble by Dave Barry
This
funny novel set in southern Florida recounts a
series of life-changing events that rumble through
a odd-ball family after two hit men pull up to
their door.
Stephanie
Plum Series by Janet Evanovich
Stephanie
Plum is a bounty hunter with attitude who, along
with a hilarious cast of characters, has been
catching bad guys and solving crime in the last
eight books of this ongoing series.
Black
Rubber Dress by Lauren Henderson
Wearing
an impossible-to-ignore, black rubber dress, artist-turned-sleuth
Sam Jones manages to attract both trouble and
men. When she catches the eye of a successful
young banker, she finds herself in a world of
drugs, blackmail and murder.
The
Bear Went Over the Mountain by William Kotzwinkle
Hungry
and hoping to find his next meal, a black bear
finds a briefcase in the forest, He takes the
case home but is disappointed to find not food,
but a novel. He reads the book, decides that it
is not bad and heads off to New York to see if
he can get the thing published. However, in the
frenzy of publicity that follows the publication
of this new bestseller, nobody seems to notice
or care that the author is actually a real live
bear.
Second
Hand by Michael Zadoorian
Richard
happily trolls Detroit's thrift stores, estate
and garage sales to find stock for his store,
Satori Junk; but his complacency is shattered
when his mother dies and he meets and falls in
love with "junk goddess" Theresa Zulinski.
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