Book meme, sort of
brooksmoses reflects on page-of-book memes and asks, "What's the closest book to you right now? Why is it there?"

Well, the closest book to me right now is Jo's Lifelode which I ordered from NESFA Press and just came in the mail today. I'm terribly curious how Jo revised the ending from the draft I read, and I really can't allow myself to read it until I'm done with The Wizard Knight, because when you're reading Wolfe you have to pay attention and remember things -- and I'm still about 50 pages from the end of The Knight, let alone The Wizard.

Now, Lifelode might be sitting on my bed near me just because it still has novelty value, although I'd be more likely just to put it on my "to-read" shelf when I got it home. The real reason I want it close by is so that from time to time I can open it up to the dedication and acknowledgements page and read where it says

This one is for David Goldfarb.

(mjlayman posted about getting her copy last week, but she didn't mention that! Perhaps she didn't want to spoil the surprise.)

I am so chuffed that it makes me want to use phrases like "OMG".