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I picked this up so I'd have some short stories to round out my 2008 reading list. It is adorable and dear in that This American Life sort of way (from WBEZ Chicago) and annoying and irrelevant in the same sort of way. There are moments I laughed & cheered - stories that overuse exclamation points, a woman turned into a zombie at the Jo-Anns Fabric Store, many reality tv show and internet references - including Livejournal's prominent role in one story. There were some drippy, dull, extra-earnes
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I don't remember how I found this book! But I'm sure glad I did! Otherwise, I wouldn't know about the marital difficulties of a man and Betty his reality-TV loving wife, who happens to be also a zombie! I wouldn't know the stranger than life story of BLUE GIRL, who was afflicted/blessed by having random words appear on her forehead! In short, I wouldn't know about the bizarre stories that appear not on Elizabeth Crane's head, but from it! Now I'm grateful to have read about Donovan's Closet, but
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Feb 05, 2008
A.J.
marked it as to-read
Apr 14, 2008
Agathafrye
marked it as to-read
