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Only Our Destiny | ManyBooks

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Meg

I have a new book review over on ManyBooks: Only Our Destiny by A. G. Russo takes readers through the tragedies and setbacks of one Italian family from the small fishing village of Punto Roccioso. Although the family and the town … Continue reading →

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The Interestings

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Meg

I’m listening to Meg Wolitzer’s The Interestings in the car now, a great improvement over The One And Only. While I wouldn’t say the book is making me enjoy driving, it does make me dread driving less, so that’s something, … Continue reading →

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‘Rich Kids of Instagram’: Satyricon and the City

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Meg

Rich Kids of Instagram is a Tumblr of, well, rich kids posing with their expensive stuff. Whether it’s yachts, sports cars, resorts or dropping $10,000 on cosmetics, the Tumblr recalls late-Roman excesses. It’s hard to tear my eyes away, and … Continue reading →

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Editorial and Supernatural Adventures in ‘Ghost Train To New Orleans’

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Meg

My cousin Andrea got me The Shambling Guide to New York City for Christmas, and I just loved it. Then I received an ARC of Ghost Train to New Orleans, the second book of Zoe and her adventures.  I like … Continue reading →

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An Etiquette Guide To The End Times

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Meg

In Maia Sepp’s novella An Etiquette Guide to the End Times, Olive writes a blog answering etiquette questions for well-mannered survivalists in the semi-collapsed society. Just because the earth grows warmer every year, beachfront property is now underwater property, and … Continue reading →

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It Was 7 Minutes After Midnight

Posted on January 22, 2005 by Meg

I have just uncovered a vast conspiracy. Remember all those books we had to read in high school English classes? Sometimes they didn’t make sense and when we asked why, we’d be told that the novel was stream-of-consciousness writing and … Continue reading →

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