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Sunday Salon: literary excitement

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Happy Sunday! Despite the unseasonably hot weather (I am not a fan of having the air conditioning on in October!), I am starting to feel the anticipation of fall I adore so much. Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming in a few months, and I adore both holidays. But first, the next two weeks are filled  with literary excitement.  1. The Marriage Plot  comes out Tuesday, October 11. Since I read The Virgin Suicides  in high school, I've been a fan of Jeffrey Eugenides. Somehow I've never gotten around to reading Middlesex  (I know, I know), but I'm eagerly awaiting The Marriage Plot . I've pre-ordered it for my Kindle , and I'm planning to wake up early Tuesday and get a head start on it before work. I'm fascinated with stories of academia and marriage, so the plot of this book coupled with its author makes it one of the fall releases I'm most excited to read. I'm carefully planning my reading to coincide with its release, so I'll be spending thi...