OT: Janet Evanovich book

Oh my goodness, Heidi. How I do love Evanovich. It will be quite a while before I can wallow in a special book since we are well underway in emptying half the house to put in floors - but that will the the First happy treat for me if I live through this. Please tell me - is her grandmother up to some more 'no good' ? Polly

Actually, Grandma had only put in a small cameo so far in this one, but it is in one of those great family dinner scenes. I am about half way through, so Grandma could be back.

Heidi in Mass.

oh the floors, that is gonna take 3 months?? eeeeeeeeek. j.

"Polly Esther" wrote... Oh my goodness, Heidi. How I do love Evanovich. It will be quite a while before I can wallow in a special book since we are well underway in emptying half the house to put in floors - but that will the the First happy treat for me if I live through this. Please tell me - is her grandmother up to some more 'no good' ? Polly

"Heidi" wrote...

Not to whine about it, Jeanne, - but to replace the floors - first you have got to find the @#$! things. Tomorrow's Challenge (should I choose to accept it) is to find the floor in the pantry. I'm not even sure there's one in there. Polly

wine and oh dam, oops i mean edam. i lost my floors years ago too. i have given up hope of ever finding them again. doesnt matter as i no longer sit on floors, too hard to get up again. so as long as the chairs dont also disappear i'm ok. good luck with the pantry. j.

"Polly Esther" wrote... Not to whine about it, Jeanne, - but to replace the floors - first you have got to find the @#$! things. Tomorrow's Challenge (should I choose to accept it) is to find the floor in the pantry. I'm not even sure there's one in there. Polly

"jeanne-nzlstar*" wrote ...

I am not familiar with Janet Evanovich's books but sounds like someone I need to start reading. Should her books be read in a special order?

Susan

Start with "One for the Money"...then "Two for the Dough"....etc. I haven't read "Plum Spooky" yet. I haven't been out much in the last couple months. And I've tried to keep my credit card away from the computer! But I'm weakening. Fabric and books are calling to me.

This brings back one of the horror stories of buying a house. we KNEW she hadn't cleaned in years..when we moved the fridge there were Kindergarten pixs from her DD that had just graduated from HS under it. when we moved the rugs from in front of the stove, the tile was pretty broken up. DS stepped on it and luckily his Dad was right behind him, his Dad caught him as he fell thru both the floor AND the sub-floor. What a mess! Best thing about living there? We lived at that address almost as long as we did at the B'splat one. AND we had wonderful neighbors.

One wore: LIBRARY!! PAT

Susan As Kathyl indicated, read the books in the numbered order. You can follow the order because each book has a number in the title. Those are the Stephanie Plum books. Lively and humorous books. Some of the numbered books are in combined volumes now. Would that be an omnibus?

Now Janet has a few Stephanie Plum books that are not in the numbered series. Those she calls 'between the numbers;' shorter books, but just as much fun.

Janet has some other books that do not include Stephanie; those are some reissued books she co-authored years ago. They are lively romance type novels.

Check out the selection at your County Library. Enjoy,

PAT in Virginia

I'm not really getting out of the house right now. So the library isn't an option unless they deliver.

Kathyl, there are probably lots of others but I especially enjoy shopping at

I find lots of used books I'd like to have there and have them sorted at lowest price which usually is $ 1.00. My quilting books, recipe books and just for fun - the latest on how to travel by cargo ship. Go look. That should keep you entertained and under budget for days and days. Polly

We can go online and put books on hold. Then they put them in a special place in the library to be picked up. Maybe you could do something like that and a friend who might be going to the library would pick them up for you? If the online option isn't possible, you might try calling the library and telling them your situation - it's possible they have someone who could pull the books you want from the stacks and set them aside for someone to pick up.

Ahhhhhh....sounds like a good idea. I have several friends who would do this if asked. I guess this is as good a time as any for a confessional.......I've not much of a library patron. Whew...there! ....I said it. I used to be....but I found I often didn't get the books finished before the due date. And being the procrastinator that I am.....I would neglect to do the easy renewals by phone or online. We have a newly remodeled local library that I'm told is lovely....and I still haven't been there. I also like to reread some of my favorites....like the Plum novels. They don't take full concentration to enjoy.

On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:48:29 -0600, KJ wrote (in article ):

Could you reserve/check out the books online and send someone to pick them up for you?

I'll have to look into it. Right now I'm trying to read some of the books that have been languishing on my shelves. I do have a few waiting in the wings without a trip to the library. I'm beginning to focus better than I have for a while.