I know it’s geeky but I like to stop in bookstores to check for the book. If I’m in a new city I’ll check in stores I pass on the street, and in my own city I’ll check in stores I know carry it just to see it on the shelf. It’s still a huge thrill almost a year later. One time my brother was with me and he yelled out, “This is my sister’s book!”

Here I am in the Chapters in Ottawa:

Here it is in a store window:

And taken with a really bad camera phone: