spotted in the wild

You guys are awesome, you know that?  Here we go, the book out in the world.  My baby's all grown up!

In an extremely well-curated literary home in Iowa City. (Thanks, Amy!)




In the Union Square Barnes and Noble in NYC.  I included a zoom-out photo of this one (the reader actually very kindly sent three pictures) so you can see that it is shelved to hit that very key demographic, which is pathalogically short NCLEX-prep patrons.  (Thanks, Betty!)





Here, upstate, at a Pittsford, NY Barnes and Noble--at least it's on eye level here!  Or possibly the people in Pittsford are just taller. (Thanks Emily!)




This one's from a Powell's in Portland, OR.  Very handsome wood bookshelves there.  Our first sighting on the West Coast!  (Thanks, Stephanie!)




And this one from Worcester (yes yes, "Woostuh"), MA, which arrived in an e-mail with the subject "book sighting AND purchase!"  You can see the book looks quite happy in its new home, where some smart people clearly live. (Thanks to www.thedoctorsrheum.wordpress.com!)





Oh, and finally, this one.  Did you know that the book is exactly the right size to fit snugly in your white coat pocket?  THAT WAS ON PURPOSE GUYS.  (Not really on purpose.  Still, pretty neat.  Thanks to Caroline for this one!)




Very cool, guys!  Keep the submissions coming, or post on Twitter, Facebook, what have you. (Friendster? Remember when that was a thing?)  There's lot's more fun to be had.  I have yet to see one in the front pocket of a kangaroo for example--I know my Australian readers just have kangaroos just roaming all over their front yards.  Australia, right?  Boomerangs?  Dingos?  Uh..."The Wiggles"? Yes, take a picture of the book with Jeff Fatt from "The Wiggles," world's most famous Chinese man!  And let's not forget that dogs, babies and old people love to have their pictures taken with books.  It's in their DNA.  Not to mention local celebrities!  In fact, let me go find CNN's Sanjay Gupta, accost him, and force him to point at the book while giving a wink/thumbs-up right now.  The possibilities are endless!

(Oh, and to those people who read the book and reviewed it already, either on the retailer site or on Goodreads, thank you! It's that extra touch that means so much, and I cannot thank you guys enough for all the support and good humor.  Best readers on the internet!)