- 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!
The Weekly WORD
- On Tuesday, May 21st, at 7 p.m., Alexandra Penfold and Siobhan Wallace will cruise into Greenpoint for a celebration of New York á la Cart. Stop in for a look inside some of the best street food in the city — and for treats from Coolhaus NYC!
- Wednesday, May 22, at 7 p.m., the witty Dave Roman swings by the store for the release of his latest graphic novel, Astronaut Academy: Re-Entry. Get thirsty, ‘cause there will be party refreshments. Oh, and there will be drawing, so bring a pen.
- Thursday, May 23rd, might mark our zombie-est, literature-iest in-store event yet. Get here by 7 p.m. for a reading from A Questionable Shape, the debut novel from Bennett Sims. Following that, Sims will be in conversation with Electric Literature’s Halimah Marcus. Lastly, test your knowledge of the undead with some Zombie Trivia. Winner gets a free book! Don’t miss this!
- On Sunday, May 26th, at 2 p.m., screenwriter and prose writer Pete Jensen will be hosting a Gotham Writers Workshop in fiction. Join the group to share some of your works-in-progress, hear those of others, get some tips, and generate some new ideas.
That’s it for May, everyone. May was cool! Next up, as you know is JUNE. We kick things off with the WORD Book Group, the Romance Book Group, a launch party for The Lullaby of Polish Girls, a night devoted to HER KIND, a literary community dedicated to women in the arts, and David Samuel Levinson. And that’s just the beginning.
OH in the kids section: “Honey, not all books are about building robots.” Well, NOT YET!!! BWAH HA HA HA HA HAAAHH.
