A patron has requested help in identifying a book that she read "during the springtime in Europe on the banks of a famous river." She can't remember which river, but says it comes up frequently in crossword puzzles. (I don't suspect this part matters much anyway.)
The book is the story of a young woman named something like Kate or Katherine or Karen whose normal life in the Midwest (or possibly West, but definitely not the eastern seaboard) is changed forever when her father goes missing overseas (the mother disappeared in K's childhood, although the patron cannot remember if this was because of death, or an affair, or something else). Following the lead in a mysterious note, K goes in search of her father, accompanied by her chaperone (who is a little person) and her cat. One of these companions talks, the other is mute. (The patron thinks it was the cat that talks but that would be odd wouldn't it?).
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That must be the longest romance novel in the history of romance novels!
Its pretty funny if its a joke. Its even funnier if its not.
The patron swore that the book was co- written by James Patterson. I told her this last bit was unlikely, and that regardless, this information would not help us limit the search.
That’s totally my favorite part!
i think its real lol
i’m 90% sure i read it
the zepplin ride, the pirate and vampire and the 3 weird sisters all sound familiar.
someone better come up with the title!!!
I became useless after the
love rhombus
.Love Quadragle FTW!!
The patron swore that the book was co- written by James Patterson. I told her this last bit was unlikely, and that regardless, this information would not help us limit the search.
As a librarian this is the funniest and truest part of the whole thing!
i wonder if the dad was a snake oil salesman or doctor..
seriously sounds familiar..i’m thinking back when my mom read barbra cartland and others of her ilk.
Didn’t Cassie Edwards write that one?
:-)
I’m pretty sure I saw the movie version. Anthony Adverse, it was called, and I think this book is the prologue of the movie.
Yeah, I’m kidding, but the movie is real, and the prologue is at least a half-hour long.
Sounds like a very interesting read, if you find out the name, I’d like to read it. But it doesn’t sound like anything that I’ve heard of before.
Whoa.
That is all.
I’m sure I read something like this in a Cassie Edwards book once…
If it wasn’t for the vampire, I’d swear this was a Bertrice Small book. One of the ones that covers the globe and inevitably includes a harem at some point…
I also love the “co-written by James Patterson” line…
“love rhombus” is my pet name for my dh. Have you been reading my toilet paper?
James Patterson was the icing on what was already a very funny cake.
Sounds like a book by Nicholas Christopher, of Veronica fame.
Speaking of April Fools Day, I totally borrowed the dogfood prank (don’t sue me please). My son is in High School, and his friends razzed him all day because they found it while raiding his lunch bag. Now he wants the details of how to TP moms in the bathroom.
ROFLMFAO @ Love Rhombus
I actually had to wiki that to make sure I knew what it was. Thanks for the laugh. I am down with the flu and a nasty case of the quickies. Thank God for Carmex.
Hey on the bright side I will have a nice 10 or 15 lb start on bikini season.
What the frak?
a nasty case of the quickies
I don’t recognize this illness… what are the symptoms? An uncontrollable need to run home for a nooner?
I also got the flu but no quickies…
That’s not fair!
this is going to sound crazy, but could it possibly be memoirs by gertude bell, the english woman who was in iraq in the 1920s and 1930s, she knew virgina woolf, her prose is lyrical, and she got laid alot…
HAHAHAHHAHAH
Who the hell uses Carmex with sex?
Eeeek!!
I’d be blowin on my cooty for days.
<....kicks dirt on Anthony for trying to sound smart instead of funny.
sorry, im just not that funny…
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This is so not cool. eBay needs to grow a backbone and do something.
And what does the person get from stealing the reviews? How does it profit them in any way?
Sweetie, what makes you think there will be any dragging involved? Bring it on! ;)
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Melissa, I admire your tenacity. Well, done, for getting one of the stolen reviews removed.
Your description of the runaround you got when trying to explain the problem is very similar to that which my writer friend (or…
I wonder if he has grandchildren now?
I expect so. He is 64, after all. He has an OBE after his name (a high honour, for those of you unfamiliar with such things - nowhere near a knighthood,…
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