Tag Archives: Books

Amity & Sorrow

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Meg

New piece over on thalo about Peggy Riley’s amazing new novel, Amity & Sorrow. I don’t love every book I end up reviewing (AHEM), but I’d really recommend this one for lovely prose revealing a thoughtful and sometimes dark story.  Peggy … Continue reading →

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The Facebook Diet

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Meg

New piece on Geek Magazine, in which I am thoroughly confused by a “Facebook humor” book: The Facebook Diet by Gemini Adams promises to highlight all the hilarious and strange things in the world of Facebook. I was excited to read this … Continue reading →

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The Love of My (Other) Life

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Meg

The Love of My (Other) Life, by Traci L. Slatton, is a cute sci-fi romance. Brian chases Tessa all around Manhattan, telling her she’s his wife in an alternate universe, and making really terrible physics jokes. When Tessa isn’t trying … Continue reading →

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Because Science!

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Meg

We are not wired to control our emotions. We now know that the amygdala can send signals to the prefrontal region of the brain, where the orbitofrontal cortex is located, but the prefrontal region cannot send signals directly to the … Continue reading →

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The Blogger Abides: A Practical Guide to Writing Well and Not Starving

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Meg

The Blogger Abides: A Practical Guide to Writing Well and Not Starving is Chris Higgins’ new book on freelancing. (Disclosure: Chris is one of my favorite things about Mental Floss and he sent me an advance copy of the book … Continue reading →

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Bohemian Throwdown

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Meg

Harold has written a new story for the comics collection Country Ass-Whupping, called Insights Into My Fiance’s Anger Issues, sorry, I mean, the story’s called Bohemian Throwdown. The other thing is just what I call it. This book is a one-shot fundraiser for … Continue reading →

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Author, Publisher, Entrepeneur

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Meg

APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur-How to Publish a Book is  Guy Kawasaki’s new self-published ebook on, well, self-publishing and ebooks. The book opens with a short narrative about Kawasaki requesting 500 ebook copies of Enchantment from a traditional publisher, who was unable to … Continue reading →

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Paperback

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Meg

  I was tempted to spray my Kindle.

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Magic Library

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Meg

I’ve been reading a lot on my Kindle, and just as I was about to run out of money buying books, Roy told me I could check NYPL e-books out on my Kindle. This is pretty much the greatest thing … Continue reading →

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On Turning 30

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Meg

I cannot wait these days to turn 30! Then I may put away all pretense of being marriageable and concentrate on my interests. — Letter from the mid- 1800’s, quoted by Betsy Israel in Bachelor Girl

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