A great friend of mine, Andy, gave me a challenge to read “For One More Day” by Mitch Albom. I’m very exited to read it as I loved “The Five People You Meet In Heaven,” which is also written by Mitch Albom. Also, I gave “For One More Day” to Andy for his birthday, so I thought I should read the book I gave as a gift.
I’m currently in Washington, DC, traveling with my family. I was over in the Georgetown area, and I spotted a Barnes and Noble so I stopped in to pick up the book. After looking around for a bit, and finally finding fiction on the third floor (what book stores have three floors? Never been in one with more than two floors in Tennessee but anyway…) I just grabbed the last copy of “For One More Day” and bought it. I never opened it.
Cut to 24 hours later: I’d just finished my current book (”Sun Kissed” by Melissa De La Cruz, for those interested), and thought I’d read a few pages of my new book before going to sleep. Much to my surprise and with immense pleasure did I find that I’d unknowingly stumbled upon a signed copy of “For One More Day.”
I let out the biggest squee, and promptly got on my phone. I would have called Andy, but he lives in England and didn’t want to wake him. I called numerous people, all just so I could squee. Cause this has NEVER happened to me before. I didn’t know this happened. I’ve emailed Mitch Albom’s people to see what they say about the book. Let’s hope it comes back authetic. I really think it is “real” as the signature is on a book plate, not just the book. I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed.
Thanks DC for being so amazing so far! Keep it up! 
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That’s awesome! I love stumbling across signed books at bookstores! Sometimes when authors come to town they sign an extra 10 or so books for the stores in the area. That’s what happens with the Borders I work at. Congrats! I hope it’s authentic. ^_^
~Sasha
Congrats, Lizzie! I hope it’s real, too – the one time that happened to me it was! (of course, it wasn’t an author who ever made it and it was accidentally stolen by a student, but it was a cool experience nonetheless!)
Interesting to know.