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.