You’re probably thinking “hmmm” interesting title. Who could she have had contact with who is famous out there in Iraq. Oh yeah– the VP was just in Iraq… could that have been it???
Well– it could have been, except I was happily left at home while the big event was going on. Although from what I’ve heard a few people who were supposed to remain in Baghdad managed to sneak their way on the transport up here. If I had really wanted to maybe I could have hitched a ride in the back of one of the suburbans.
The closest I got was walking past the line of 30 SUVs as they waited to caravan over to the airport to start the show.
But the real brush with fame happened just this morning.
I was looking for books to download to my Kindle as I’ve pretty much read everything that I’ve bought so far. As I was looking the title of a book caught my eye “A Bad Day For Sorry.” That sounds interesting I thought.
Looking at the reviews– it has an average of 5 stars. Good sign.
I started reading the first review– which seemed like it was just copied from what is on the back of the book.
Then I saw the name of the reviewer.
Harriet Klausner
The HARRIET KLAUSNER.
It was bound to happen– but I’ve never noticed her before.
She is Amazon’s controversial #1 reviewer, with 108,439 contributions at this point. She says that she reads two books a day– but reviews more than 6. Who is this mild mannered ex-librarian? Who is this woman who reviews books faster than a speeding bullet, is more prolific than a lithographer, and is able to read stacks of books in a single day?
Many have speculated on this very subject. Some say that she is the figment of a corporate conspiracy– coined up to convince innocents to buy books that they will likely never read. Others say that she is a in fact a borg-like group of toadies nestled into an up-scale house in a mid-western city, looking normal with only the truck loads of Fed-Ex deliveries to hint at something amiss. Then there are those who think that “Harriet Klausner” is an evil undercover trafficking ring that promises the literate of the world easy money but then imprisons then in a dingy sweat-shop environment forcing them to turn out one stellar review after another.
As for myself. I bought the book.
