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Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher
4.0

I finished this short novel in a day, crying with laughter at first, and then, despite a few inevitable repetitive parts (it's an epistolary novel, all letters of reference--sort of), recognizing English Prof. Fitger as the basic stereotypical academic novel male protagonist: sexist, full of himself, witty, critical of administration, and, ultimately destined for administration.

I enjoyed the book immensely, though. In fact, I've tagged several pages to read at our first department meeting in a few weeks, particularly the parts about the quality of the English Department's office space.

Interestingly, I won a free copy of this book via Goodreads, but had already ordered a copy from the fabulous Deschutes Public Library, so am duly noting that I reviewed my library version of this book, and will welcome re-reading and sharing my free copy when it arrives in "4-6 weeks".