On 14 Sep 96 dorothy reynolds said this about that to SAM WARING:
 dr> The other day, a bunch of donated books came into our building
 dr> library. Among them were 2 Badge of Honor series. We already have a
 dr> few of this series, written by Griffin. However, the two in question 
 dr> were written by John Kevin Dugan. The copyright on them were previous 
 dr> to Griffin's. 
 dr> In all other aspects, they bore the same covers, etc. Are these two
 dr> authors one and the same? 
     I can't say; I never paid much attention to this series--IMO, they 
were just another ground-out series.  Fairly well-written, according to 
some people, but not anything that I paid any mind.  Maybe Jan Murphy 
would know something about this.
 dr> Now to get on topic. Have you read any of James Patterson's books?
 dr> I picked up one titled Kiss the Girls. Wow! Can't put it down. His
 dr> style  is much different than any author I've ever read. Keeps his
 dr> chapters to about 2 and half pages, the writing snappy and keeps you 
 dr> on the edge of your seat. 
     I don't recognize the name.  What subgenre is he writing in?  I've 
been sampling a few recently, like the new Callahan Garrity MM by 
Wossername (Barbara?) Trocheck--HAPPY NEVER AFTER.  A Phil Spector-like 
record promoter winds up dead and it looks as though he was murdered by a 
member of a girl group he promoted (and then dumped) long ago.  I'm also 
reading A VINTAGE YEAR FOR DYING by ?? Orenstein.  I'm finding it slower 
going, which generally means that the author isn't engaging my interest 
all that well. 
 dr>  Guess my grandson never did get into your store. He's very busy these
 dr>  days, working and playing guitar with his band. I understand he's
 dr>  doing well with it too. Last message I got from him, they have
 dr> several  Gigs lined up to play in the night clubs around Austin.
     Probably as well; the owner and I rearranged my job description so 
I'm able to work the booksearches out of my house, and now I get to have 
my Saturdays back for the first time in twelve years!  I rarely go in, 
unless I've got stuff to receive or need to document POs that I've issued, 
and often when I do go in, it's after hours.  And I was some considerable 
amused (and pleased) when, last week, the local alternative weekly came 
out with their "Best of Austin" awards for 1996, and I was named as "Best 
Booksearch!"  I think it happened because I found two or three cooking-
related books in a row for one of their staff writers.  However it did, it 
made me happy, *particularly* since most of the "Best of" awards only 
identify the business or place, but my award named me specifically. 
... Espresso - just our little way of free-basing coffee.
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