Category Archives: North Carolina

Traffic Control Algebra

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Meg

Edupup’s Traffic Control Algebra asks players to review their algebra skills, while keeping crazy drivers from crashing into each other. I was assigned to review any educational game on eduXtive, and I was really happy to find this one, and … Continue reading →

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I Like Boats: ‘The Girls at the Kingfisher Club’

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Meg

Genevieve Valentine’s The Girls At The Kingfisher Club is out today! I wrote about it over at Yahoo, where, unfortunately, my original title “I like boats” was not as funny to others as it was for me, and I had … Continue reading →

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Hey, You Guys, Sleep Is Pretty Great

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Meg

So I’ve had a bit of a problem that’s made it hard to sleep, but now that problem is sorted, and I’m sleeping properly, and, you guys, sleep is the best! Did you know it’s completely amazing? And makes you … Continue reading →

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Morning

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Meg

Different work desk. Different MMO. Different Hello Kitty. Pretty happy about the way things are going.

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The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Meg

It has been almost six months since I last reviewed a Pride and Prejudice spinoff, so this weekend I read The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet by Bernie Su and Kate Rorick. This is a novelization of the TV series, … Continue reading →

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Seed 4

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Meg

Seed 4 is a new fantasy MMORPG, available for Android from Gameberry.  The game is free to play, and monetizes on in-game purchases. Players can choose a fantasy hero — or heroine, there are plenty of playable females — and … Continue reading →

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The Girl With All The Gifts

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Meg

Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don’t like her. … Continue reading →

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Specific

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Meg

Every morning, I put on pretty earrings for work, and then take them off almost immediately when I launch the game and put my headphones on. #blog

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5 out of 5

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Meg

When I moved to Chapel Hill, I went to career therapy. Career therapy is when you are so deeply depressed that you start going to counseling to deal with it. In counseling, you answer the therapist’s questions and establish that … Continue reading →

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Black Bear Lake by Leslie Liautaud

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Meg

Black Bear Lake by Leslie Liautaud is almost a 1980s period piece, full off cassettes and feathered hair, told in an extended flashback to a family vacation when he was growing up.  Adult Adam is looking back on the summer … Continue reading →

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