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<p>I review Neil Gaiman's dark, Newbery Medal-winning raised-by-ghosts novel, The Graveyard Book.</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Gary Vaynerchuk Crush It! Book Signing At Wine Library</title><category term="book signings"/><id>http://kwech.squarespace.com/home/gary-vaynerchuk-crush-it-book-signing-at-wine-library.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kwech.squarespace.com/home/gary-vaynerchuk-crush-it-book-signing-at-wine-library.html"/><author><name>Kwech</name></author><published>2009-11-09T06:47:03Z</published><updated>2009-11-09T06:47:03Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><a type="box_count" name="fb_share" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php">Share</a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script></p>
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<p>I had a great time meeting <a href="http://garyvaynerchuk.com/">Gary Vaynerchuk</a> at his <a href="http://crushitbook.com/">Crush It!</a> book signing at <a href="http://winelibrarytv.com/">Wine Library</a> in Springfield, New Jersey.</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Episode 5: Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman</title><category term="aliens"/><category term="cyborgs"/><category term="mutants"/><category term="superheroes"/><category term="villain protagonist"/><id>http://kwech.squarespace.com/home/episode-5-soon-i-will-be-invincible-by-austin-grossman.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kwech.squarespace.com/home/episode-5-soon-i-will-be-invincible-by-austin-grossman.html"/><author><name>Kwech</name></author><published>2009-10-21T04:19:00Z</published><updated>2009-10-21T04:19:00Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><a type="box_count" name="fb_share" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php">Share</a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script></p>
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<div>I review Austin Grossman's 310-page love letter to comic book fans, Soon I Will Be Invincible.</div>
<div>And check out my much longer write-up on <a href="http://www.murmur.com/literature/book_review_soon_i_will_be_invincible.html"><span style="text-decoration: none;">murmur.com</span></a>!</div>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Episode 4: Youth In Revolt By C. D. Payne</title><category term="hopeless romanticism"/><category term="private diary"/><category term="teen angst"/><category term="villain protagonist"/><id>http://kwech.squarespace.com/home/episode-4-youth-in-revolt-by-c-d-payne.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kwech.squarespace.com/home/episode-4-youth-in-revolt-by-c-d-payne.html"/><author><name>Kwech</name></author><published>2009-10-14T18:52:14Z</published><updated>2009-10-14T18:52:14Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><a type="box_count" name="fb_share" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php">Share</a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script></p>
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<p>I review the private journal of a criminally insane 14 year-old lovesick bookworm, Youth In Revolt by C. D. Payne.</p>
<p>And check out my much longer write-up on <a href="http://www.murmur.com/literature/read_it_before_you_see_it_youth_in_revolt.html">murmur.com</a>!</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Episode 3: My Custom Van by Michael Ian Black</title><category term="collected writings"/><category term="cult heroes"/><category term="essays"/><category term="vampires"/><id>http://kwech.squarespace.com/home/episode-3-my-custom-van-by-michael-ian-black.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kwech.squarespace.com/home/episode-3-my-custom-van-by-michael-ian-black.html"/><author><name>Kwech</name></author><published>2009-10-07T19:27:00Z</published><updated>2009-10-07T19:27:00Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><a type="box_count" name="fb_share" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php">Share</a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script></p>
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<p>I review cult comedy icon Michael Ian Black's collection of humorous essays, My Custom Van.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/13bd611d25/elegant-readings-with-michael-ian-black-taco-party">Here's</a> a video of Michael Ian Black reading the essay "Taco Party" from the book.</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Episode 2: The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks</title><category term="alternate history"/><category term="horror"/><category term="how-to"/><category term="post-apocalyptic"/><category term="reference/manual"/><category term="zombies"/><id>http://kwech.squarespace.com/home/episode-2-the-zombie-survival-guide-by-max-brooks.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kwech.squarespace.com/home/episode-2-the-zombie-survival-guide-by-max-brooks.html"/><author><name>Kwech</name></author><published>2009-09-30T14:41:00Z</published><updated>2009-09-30T14:41:00Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><a type="box_count" name="fb_share" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php">Share</a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script></p>
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<p>I review Max Brooks' post-apocalyptic undead how-to manual, The Zombie Survival Guide.</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Episode 1: Neuromancer by William Gibson</title><category term="Hugo Award winners"/><category term="artificial intelligence"/><category term="cyberpunk"/><category term="cyborgs"/><category term="hackers"/><category term="ninjas"/><category term="outer space"/><category term="science fiction"/><category term="virtual reality"/><id>http://kwech.squarespace.com/home/episode-1-neuromancer-by-william-gibson.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kwech.squarespace.com/home/episode-1-neuromancer-by-william-gibson.html"/><author><name>Kwech</name></author><published>2009-09-23T15:00:00Z</published><updated>2009-09-23T15:00:00Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><a type="box_count" name="fb_share" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php">Share</a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script></p>
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<p>I review William Gibson's genre-defining 1984 cyberpunk epic, Neuromancer.</p>]]></content></entry></feed>