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Thank you to everyone for entering my contest to give away a signed copy of Waiting for Columbus by Thomas Trofimuk. After counting the entries and turning to the random number generator, the winner is…
Jeanne from Necromancy Never Pays!
Congrats Jeanne, and the book is on the way 
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Last year and I read and loved Waiting For Columbus by Thomas Trofimuk. About a month ago, the author contacted me and offered to send a signed copy that I could give away here on the blog.
That’s right, I get to have a contest for a hardcover, signed copy of Waiting For Columbus! How exciting is that?
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I’ve been on my Christmas Break for 14 days now, which means I should have read 1400 pages to be on track to meet my goal of reading 3000 pages in 30 days. As of Saturday night I was at 1327 pages. Just a little short, but nothing that can’t be made up.
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One of my goals for the end of the year is to have reviews written for all the books I read in 2009. I’m not quite there yet, but close. When I started listing the unfinished reviews I realized there were a bunch of books I read that I just didn’t have that much to say about. Rather than making them all their own posts, I just decided to group them together into one post. Enjoy!
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Title: Waiting for Columbus
Author: Thomas Trofimuk
Genre: Fiction
Year: 2009
Acquired: Library
Rating:
One Sentence Summary: When a man washes up on a beach claiming to be the famed explorer Christopher Columbus, he’s transferred to an insane asylum where his nurse, Consuela, tries to help him find his way back to reality.
One Sentence Review: Trofimuk’s twisting narrative explores struggle [...]
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I’m behind with this, but it was too funny not to post. Last week SNL did a digital short mocking something I dislike, Twilight, using something I do like, Frankenstein. Hilarious!
My only quibble is that the big green guy isn’t actually Frankenstein; Frankenstein is the scientist, the green guy is The Monster. Can we try [...]
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Title: Her Fearful Symmetry
Author: Audrey Niffenegger
Genre: Fiction
Two Sentence Summary: When their estranged Aunt Elspeth dies and leaves them her apartment, twins Julia and Valentina move to London. Too bad Elspeth might not actually be gone!
One Sentence Review: Although Her Fearful Symmetry isn’t as emotionally intense as The Time Traveler’s Wife, Niffenegger’s second novel still serves [...]
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Title: Love Walked In
Author: Marisa de Los Santos
Genre: Fiction
One Sentence Summary: Cornelia Brown doesn’t know what to do with her life until a real-life version of Carey Grant walks through the door and changes everything in an unexpected way.
One Sentence Review: You will enjoy this book as much as I did if you’re a reader [...]
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Title: The Weight of Silence
Author: Heather Gudenkauf
Genre: Fiction
One Sentence Summary: Best friends Callie and Petra go missing one morning, and the search for the girls brings out a host of secrets a small town was trying to avoid.
One Sentence Review: Gudenkauf’s debut novel has a compelling plot and unique structure, but lacks some depth when [...]
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I finished Infinite Jest this morning, all 981 pages plus all 98 pages of footnotes.
I’m not sure how I feel. Excited. Tired. Accomplished. Confused.
As soon as I got to the last page, I turned to the beginning and read the entire first section (17 pages) over again because those scenes are actually set after the [...]
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