Okay,
Peculiar just got its 21st review on Amazon, its seventh 5-star review , just this morning, and then shortly afterwards I received this posting in the Amazon forum:
"Peculiar, MO, the best $1.29 I've spent. It's possible I'm the last one around here to read this book. :-) So many good things said about it that I finally got and read it. I really enjoyed the story. If you haven't read it give it a try."
So I'm having a very good day.