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Lauren 
What’s in the trunk of your car? Softball equipment, a coat I’ve had since grade school, and a sparkly
blue stocking cap that I don’t think I’ve ever worn.

What’s your favorite memory? Two among many: Spending hours in the tree in my grandma’s
backyard with my cousins making up games when we were kids; looking out the plane window as I flew
into New Zealand.

Who would play you in a movie? I don’t care who plays me, as long as Robert Downey, Jr. is in the
movie somewhere.

Author you love to hate: Is Stephanie Meyer too easy? I kind of hate Dickens too, but in a very different,
leftover English major resentment kind of way.

What's your favorite smell? That thick, wet smell the air gets in the spring right before it’s about to start
raining.

If you had a super power, what would it be? Teleportation.

Favorite pair of shoes (past or present): The pair of grey and pink Vans I had all throughout high
school. They are yellowing and have holes in them and I still can’t bring myself to throw them away.

What’s your sign? Gemini.

Stick or Automatic? I bet I’m the only Southern Illinois girl who can’t drive a stick.

Model Home (Paperback)

By Eric Puchner
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780743270496
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Published: Scribner, 9/2010
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Though this novel is set in the 1980s, the family in Model Home acts as a pitch-perfect representation of our time. After reading this novel, I felt like I knew this family, felt like I had lived with these characters in their abandoned housing development. Puchner has a talent, not only for character development, but for making his story equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking. This is one of the funniest dark comedies I've read in a while, one of the truest, and will stay with me long after I've turned the last page.

The Tiger's Wife (Paperback)

By Tea Obreht
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780385343848
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 11/2011
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At 27, Tea Obrecht has a bestselling debut that landed her on the New Yorker's "20 Under 40" list. Should you believe the hype? Absolutely.

The Tiger's Wife weaves the modern story of a young doctor and the mystery of her grandfather's death with spellbinding Balkan folklore about a tiger's wife, a deathless man, and other strange figures from the grandfather's past.

For fans of immersive storytelling, it is equally so.

"I think I've heard this story before," the grandfather says. "Not like this, you haven't," the deathless man says. "This time, I am telling it."

The Family Fang (Paperback)

By Kevin Wilson
$13.99
ISBN-13: 9780061579059
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Published: Ecco Press, 4/2012
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Kevin Wilson is one of the most creative and entertaining storytellers in literature today. this is probably the funniest book I've read in a long time, but its humor is smart, and it doesn't detract from the dimensionality of its characters, and the significance of its story. This book has something for everyone, and tackles everything from the nature of art to the effects of parents on their grown children. also check out Wilson's brilliant story collection, "Tunneling to the Center of the Earth."

Like Life (Paperback)

By Lorrie Moore
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780375719165
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Published: Vintage, 9/2002
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What’s great about this short story collection is that it works together, as a whole. These are stories about people at different points in their life with different dilemmas, united by a similar sense of enduring hope for something more, misplaced or otherwise. Moore’s stories are simultaneously funny and heartbreaking. They deal with the normal, the everyday lives of ordinary people, and they hit so close to home that they took my breath away. Favorites: “Joy” and “Places to Look for Your Mind.”

American Gods (Paperback)

By Neil Gaiman
$15.99
ISBN-13: 9780060558123
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks, 9/2003
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I could not put this book down. The idea itself is gripping enough: What happened to the gods who followed immigrants to North America? Who are the American gods? And with a battle between them on the horizon, what role does an ex-convict have to play? Although it occasionally borders on ridiculous, American Gods is relentless, balancing large-scale mythology with quiet moments of human relationship and small-town life. It’s engrossing, fun, and makes an interesting statement about American culture through the eyes of its non-native author.
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