Towels are surprisingly hard to draw. (Or at least, to draw well.)
(Aside from H2G2, of course.)
- Emily: Lydia Davis just won the International Booker, right?
- Molly: Yes. Or at least, she got some kind of Booker.
- Jenn: There's more than one kind of Booker?
The afternoon shift is also sometimes known as the IT IS TIME FOR TREATS shift.
e-Staff Picks: The Water Castle, Megan Frazer Blakemore
Jenny says: “A middle grade novel with elements of mystery, fantasy, and sci-fi, The Water Castle has it all: the fountain of youth, fitting in at a new school, secret diaries, making friends, hidden passageways, underground laboratories, genetic mutations, and more.”
And for our next trick, we will help you find the perfect Father’s Day card!
It’s a gabillion degrees outside, but IT’S OK — we have Coolhaus now. (Big thanks to Alexandra and Siobhan of New York a la Cart for making it happen!)
e-Staff Picks: Minotaur by Benjamin Tammuz
Chad says: “Originally released in 1981 to praise from a certain Graham Greene, Minotaur, through a series of different narrative perspectives, depicts a haunting kind of love—one shared between a young woman and a notably older, (notably obsessive) secret agent. Let me be clear: there is a Lamborghini in this novel, and it’s kind of awesome. Minotaur also renders the political climate of Tel Aviv in the early 20th century, adolescence, love, violence, so much more—and it all comes together remarkably well through Tammuz’s immensely readable writing style.”
Little Marty has graced these pages before, but he’s just so sweet we couldn’t resist!
