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> <channel><title>Mark Forscher &#187; books</title> <atom:link href="http://markforscher.com/category/blog/books/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://markforscher.com</link> <description>Mark Forscher is a designer and musician living in Brooklyn, NY.</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:35:36 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>&quot;i am neurotic: (and so are you)&quot;</title><link>http://markforscher.com/notes/books/2009/10/i-am-neurotic-and-so-are-you/</link> <comments>http://markforscher.com/notes/books/2009/10/i-am-neurotic-and-so-are-you/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:37:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>mark</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[books]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://markforscher.com/?p=2101</guid> <description><![CDATA[Congrats to Lianna on the release of her new book, i am neurotic: (and so are you). Based on her web project iamneurotic.com, the book &#8220;is a smorgasbord of anonymous confessions that reveal people&#8217;s deepest, strangest, and funniest compulsions—quirks that are triggered in the boardroom, the bedroom, and everywhere in between.&#8221; If you want to [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img
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href="http://www.amazon.com/i-neurotic-are-Lianna-Kong/dp/0061791474/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;s=books&#038;qid=1255486150&#038;sr=8-1-spell" target="_blank">i am neurotic: (and so are you)</a>. Based on her web project <a
href="http://iamneurotic.com/" target="_blank">iamneurotic.com</a>, the book &#8220;is a smorgasbord of anonymous confessions that reveal people&#8217;s deepest, strangest, and funniest compulsions—quirks that are triggered in the boardroom, the bedroom, and everywhere in between.&#8221;</p><p>If you want to see a picture of me opening and sniffing a bag of potato chips or <a
href="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/harpercollins-ems/i-am-neurotic-3-large.jpg" target="_blank">my brother trying to solve a Rubrik&#8217;s cube</a>, you should probably check this book out. (Note: my neuroses have nothing to do with potato chips in real life.)</p><p><a
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href="http://www.veryawesomeworld.com/" target="_blank">&#8220;An Awesome Book!&#8221;</a> The story is universally appealing and brilliantly illustrated. The way Dallas has promoted the book is also incredibly inspiring:</p><p><object
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