A Sense of Humor Helps

Standing in the shadow of Dan Brown's highly anticipated The Lost Symbol is first-time novelist Ivy Pochoda's The Art of Disappearing.

Pochoda wrote in the Huffington Post,

"I'm willing to bet that no two books released on the same day for the rest of the year will top our combined total sales. Dan Brown and I are going to make publishing history."

That alone makes me want to buy her book.