The last Anita book I read made it seem like she was so very tired of all the actual plot she had to make up *cough* and that she wanted to just sit around and enjoy Anita and her merry men doing normal stuff.

Which, if it was anything like your examples, would actually have been a fun short story that I'd actually read.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to continue to die at the thought of everyone fighting over the last hair elastic.