I scared you all away with asking you to recommend a book to me, didn't I? Almost no one entered this contest! Really, folks, I'm relatively well-read, but not nearly as well-read as I should be or want to be.

A copy of Brian Evenson's Last Days goes to Marion of Sebastopol, California. She recommended that I read Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle , and even went so far as to loan me a copy. I'm about halfway through with it, and I'm enjoying it very much. (Readers should also think about reading Marion's blog, Deeds and Words, which is very entertaining. Go, comment, give her something besides disgusting spam to read!)

A copy of Jeff VanderMeer's Finch goes to Chad in Atlanta, Georgia. He recommended that I read Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian (I have a signed copy, but it's been languishing unread on the shelf) and Tim Robbins' Villa Incognito, which I've truly never heard of; in fact, I've never read any Robbins. Thanks, Chad! (Chad has an interesting blog, too: Fiction is so overrated. I don't think he really means the title of the blog literally.)

Happy reading, Marion and Chad!