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328C: Where Did My Disappearing Woman Go?
- Probably read it in the 80s. Maybe early 90s
- Female author.
- Likely bought the book because I recognized author’s name, so probably not a rookie.
- She was a story teller who used humor sometimes.
- The basic theme was about a woman (age uncertain) who felt as though she was disappearing, bit by bit. Disappearing as in not being noticed/relevant/whatever.
- My fuzzy recollection is that others couldn’t see that this was happening to her.
- Vague recollection of book cover art: a woman was portrayed mostly as a real person. But some of her picture was composed of dotted lines indicating graphically that part of her had disappeared/was disappearing.
- I’ve Googled my brains out. Lists of female authors writing in the 1970-1990 era. Also lists of best sellers. Maybe my book was a flop.
- I’ve consulted librarians.
- I’ve posted this weird quest on Facebook, since I have many friends there who are voracious readers.
How vague is that?!
328B: Learning How Different Animals Sleep
328A: The Little Girl Who Wouldn’t Go To Bed
I’m looking for a book that I loved when I was little. I was born in 1981 and had the book when I was around 3 or 4 years old. It was called “The Little Girl Who Wouldn’t Go To Bed” or “The Little Girl That Didn’t Want To Go To Bed” maybe? Not sure on the title. But I remember a lot about the book …
327Y: Giant Cat Saves The Day (Solved!)
It's a collection of children's stories. Possibly bedtime stories? The only one I can remember is about a baker's cat. The town find him annoying. One day he drinks yeasty water that the Baker left out then sleeps in the sun and grows huge. The town has a dike and it springs a leak but the giant cat lays down in front of it until they can fix it so he's a hero?? They bring him food and scratch under his chin with pitchforks to keep him in place.
327X: A Witch named Delores and a Cat named Footstool
327W: House Built With Haunted Objects
Looking for a book with the following plot. Husband and wife purchase a home. It’s haunted (obviously). The hauntings replay themselves. There is a 1920s or 30s woman who haunts the room under the stairs. 1920ish music every night. A haunted study and the attic. It turns out the home was built with haunted objects. I remember the attic using a beam from a barn where a tragic murder took place. The lady under the stairs was murdered in the type of bed or something similar. I can’t remember who haunts the study. They are also fixing up the home during this process I think. I read the book on the oyster app years ago.
The book also mentioned a door opening and footsteps every night at midnight.
327V: Restaurant Owner Takes Away Medical Student Employee’s Pride
My computer crashed and I lost all the books on my e reader-so i have several I am looking for…here is the first one.
327U: Unplugged to Kidnapped
A while back I read a book about a group of kids that were sent to a tech addiction camp for rich kids. The book takes a turn though, the counselors are actually con-men who set up the camp to abduct rich kids and demand a ransom. The kids are taken to an island and eventually outsmart their captors and kill them. The rest of the book is about the kids surviving on the island and using the skills they got online to survive.
327T: A Horse Named Bologna, A Beaver Who Builds Dog House, And More
We are looking for a soft cover children's book of short stories. One of the stories was about a horse named Bologna/Baloney. Another one of the stories was about a beaver who built a dog house for his dog, and built it out of odd shapes. My children read it when they were little, so around the early 2000's. Thank you so much!!!