Sort of weird things that happened to me recently that sound made up and AREN'T! Pt.1

Okay, as you may or may not know, the lovely ladies of Book Binge are having SHOMI Spotlight month (go enter to win a ton of Shomi books!).  

Anyway, I was so flattered when they asked me to do a review of a Shomi. I went out to my B & N to pick one up.  I wanted to do one that everybody else wasn't reading, but I could only find the three that everybody is reading right now, and I figured surely there would be more. I thought, okay, maybe I'm not seeing the others, or they're shelved somewhere else.  

Me to the clerk: I'm looking for Shomi books.  You have three out there, but I was wondering if you have any more.

Clerk: [Blank look.]

Me: Published by Dorchester? 

Clerk:  Oh! Dorchester, okay. What's the author?

Me: I'm not sure.  But there are only a few.  I just want to know what you have in stock of Dorchester's Shomi. 

Clerk: [Weird look at me.]

Me: The line is [pause - I'm stressing the word now]  Shomi.

Clerk: Nervously turns the computer monitor to face me.  Dorchester has a lot of books.

Me: But within Dorchester, can you just search for, you know,  Shomi? 

Clerk: [Nervously gestures to screen.]  These are all the Dorchester books right here.  You can see them right here.

At this point I realize she thinks I'm actually saying Show me?  Like I'm this total bitch freak. No wonder I was making her nervous.  I felt like I was trapped in a Laurel and Hardy routine.  I doubt this is a really unique story. I've mentioned Shomi to a few other people, and if they're not hip to what it is, they really do think I'm saying SHOW ME in some freak out of context way.

Anyway, once I spelled it, she got with the program. And indeed, they only had the three.  

Then she asks me what Shomi books are like, and I tell her it's sort of in the vortex of sci fi, action adventure and romance. She suggested I try the Sookie Stackhouse series instead. Which I found a bit odd, frankly.  Though I do like those books, but they more live at the vortex of mystery and romance. I might've gone more with Linnea Sinclair. 

Anyway, the Book Binge gals hooked me up. I'm reading Liz Maverick's WIRED.  I know, it's not exactly obscure as Shomis go. But cripes!  I can't believe how much I like it!  So I'll be reviewing it over at Book Binge soon. Glowingly. Fawningly. I honestly didn't think I'd actually be finding a new author to really like with this little Shomi thing, but wow.