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Vacationland A Novel

Meg Mitchell Moore

A Sarah Selects Book Club Pick! Louisa has come to her parents’ house in Maine this summer with her three kids, a barely written book that has a looming deadline, and a trunkful of resentment. Louisa is hoping the crisp breeze will blow away her irritation for her life choices and replace it with e...

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It was mentioned in passing as the title of one of John Hodgman's books, while discussing the long-running 'Vacationland' slogan on Maine's license plates since 1936.

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It started in 1936 in the great state of Maine, vacation land. Also the title of our friend John Hodgman's book, one of them.

— Episode: How License Plates Work

Episode: How License Plates Work

It was mentioned in passing as the title of one of John Hodgman's books, while discussing the long-running 'Vacationland' slogan on Maine's license plates since 1936.

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It started in 1936 in the great state of Maine, vacation land. Also the title of our friend John Hodgman's book, one of them.

Episode: How License Plates Work

It was mentioned as the title of one of John Hodgman's books, related to the long-standing 'Vacationland' slogan on Maine's license plates since 1936.

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It started in 1936 in the great state of Maine, vacation land. Also the title of our friend John Hodgman's book, one of them.

Episode: Guardian Angels: Behind the Red Beret

It was mentioned as a previous book, with a humorous tone, where the author was making up facts or jokes. The author said he wanted to move on from that type of writing.

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Did you not read Vacationland my previous book?

Yeah, this is my fifth book, but the first three obviously, or perhaps not so obviously, were compendiums, were compendiums of fake trivia of fake facts.

Episode: Guardian Angels: Behind the Red Beret

It was mentioned as a previous book, and it was said that the book, 'Medallion Status' is different from his previous three, which were compendiums of fake facts and trivia.

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did you not read Vacationland my previous book

the first three obviously or perhaps not so obviously were compendiums were compendiums of fake trivia of fake facts and loved it yeah I loved I loved making them although by the third when I was like I cannot come up with a Zeppelin joke anymore like this is not what I want to be doing anymore

Episode: Guardian Angels: Behind the Red Beret

It was mentioned as a previous book of his, which dealt with his life in Maine, in a humorous and anecdotal way, contrasting with his other fact-based books.

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did you not read Vacationland my previous book

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