A pattern

Not the usual Patterson, Baldacci or Steel books, but a predictable set of requests from a patron familiar to all who is not a nice person: petulant when she thinks it necessary, often she calls from home and in the background the sound of running water and a television make it difficult to hear her requests (spoken with a cranky sigh):

Naturally thin : unleash your skinnygirl and free yourself from a lifetime of dieting.
Cook yourself thin : skinny meals you can make in minutes
Hungry girl : 200 under 200 : 200 recipes under 200 calories
The end of overeating : controlling the insatiable American appetite
The sweet life in Paris : delicious adventures in the world's most glorious -- and perplexing -- city