[Boomer]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac

I did not have to log on with my account number to see this:

"Twenty-two-year-old pop star Cherry Pye is attempting a comeback from her latest drug and alcohol disaster. Ann DeLusia is Cherry's "undercover stunt double," portraying Cherry whenever the singer is too wasted to go out in public. But, one night, Ann-as-Cherry is mistakenly kidnapped from a South Beach hotel by an obsessed paparazzo named Ban ... (to read more see "A Look Inside") "

"HoldingsHoldings Cooper Memorial Library Copies Material Location
Fic Hiaasen C. 1 Books Adult Fiction
Helen Lehmann Memorial Library Copies Material Location
FL Fic Hiaasen C. 1 Books Checked out
Leesburg Public Library Copies Material Location
FL F Hia 1 Books Checked out
W. T. Bland Public Library Copies Material Location
MCN FIC HIAA 1 Books Being transferred between libraries
Minneola Schoolhouse Library Copies Material Location
Fic Hiaasen C 1 Books Checked out
Tavares Public Library Copies Material Location
F Hiaasen 2 Books Checked out
Umatilla Public Library Copies Material Location
F Hiaasen C. 1 One.......week Item Being cataloged"

Oh my goodness, I see here in Tal's post that almost every copy of Star Island in the county library system is checked out. How wonderful for Carl.

But wait!

Uh Oh.....

I see that there is one copy listed as "being cataloged." Well! We just can't have that now can we. That copy must be hurried along. Carl's public awaits. This is Carl we are talking about here. Priorities please.

Ohdearohdearohdearohdearohdear.....Whatever shall I do???

Librarians are busy. Lots of things to do to keep those libraries running. I know! I will help them......

Star Island/ by Carl Hiaasen -- 1st ed.
ISBN 978-0-307-27258-4
1. Women singers--Fiction. 2. Paparazzi--Fiction.
3. Florida--Fiction. I. Title.
ps3558.1217573 2010
813'.54--dc22 20100022484

OK. There it is. All cataloged and ready to be checked out. Anything for Carl, you know......

Marian Boomer

[uujudy]

Thanks for the link BK and Tal. I was at a completely different website: http://www.mylakelibrary.org/

And I'm sure the librarians are grateful to have Marian Boomer catalog the book for them.

And I'm looking forward to the day Tony posts his manuscript.

[Boomer]

Here we are on the morning of September 2. Carl appeared last night at a book signing at Borders in Orlando. Judy said earlier in this thread that there was a small possibility that she might be able to rearrange her calender so that she could stalk.....er, I mean see Carl there. (Anybody who has read this thread knows how Judy and I react to Carl.)

My plan was to attend vicariously from a distance. (Cincinnati) Carl never comes to Cincinnati. (sigh) Well.....I guess he could show up in Cincinnati.....Yeah, right......maybe in 20 years.

Mark Twain supposedly said, "If the world is coming to an end, I want to be in Cincinnati because Cincinnati is always 20 years behind the times."

And besides, in 20 years, there probably will be no such thing as a book signing. We will have to have book chips implanted into our brains. (I hope we get to pick which books.) There might even be a Chip of the Month Club. So Carl will have no reason to come to Cincinnati, not even in 20 years. (I digress.) But.........

Why couldn't Carl, at least, have waited for my return to Florida? So near and yet so far.

Now, here I am, still in Cincinnati, the morning after, at my computer, eating Cheerios with walnuts on them, drinking coffee, and wondering if Judy got there, to Orlando last night. Did Judy get to see Carl in person? Do I need to arrange for bail?

Boomer

[uujudy]

Boomer,
No need to arrange bail Wish it were so.
I wasn't able to go see Carl in person.
So sorry I missed him.
Sad Judy

[Boomer]

Originally Posted by uujudy

Boomer,
No need to arrange bail Wish it were so.
I wasn't able to go see Carl in person.
So sorry I missed him.
Sad Judy

Oh well, Sad Judy,

It is probably for the best. Who knows where it could have led.

(sigh)

Boomer

[uujudy]

Originally Posted by Boomer

Oh well, Sad Judy,

It is probably for the best. Who knows where it could have led.

(sigh)

Boomer

Yes, it probably was for the best.
But not really. sigh.

[Boomer]

Last July I started this thread when I was thrilled into a tizzy because Carl Hiaasen had published his newest book, Star Island. I have loved Carl since I took up with him long ago when I read Stormy Weather. And this thread is not the first time I have gone on and on about him here on TOTV. (blush)

We were in TV fairly recently and could have been there still, but we had to return to the dreary northern climes sooner than planned. (sigh) And besides all that, I just learned that once again I am missing the chance to see Carl in person, just like I missed him last fall when he was in the general area of TV, but I was not there yet. (sigh again)

But anyway, enough about me -- now about Carl -- more news......

Carl Hiaasen is going to be in Ocala on April 16. And I thought maybe some of his fans in The Villages might want to know about it.

According to the link I am including here, he will make two appearances. The afternoon is for students and is free. He has written 3 books for kids. Hoot and Flush and Scat.

That evening there will be a ticketed event for adults.

The Friends of the Ocala Public Library and the Marion County Public Library System are sponsoring having Carl Hiaasen in Ocala. Here is a link to the details..........

http://www.friendsoftheocalalibrary.org/

And, btw, try not to get too wild when you are celebrating National Library Week which is April 10-16.

Love your libraries.

Boomer