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The Smash-Up
In her fantastic adult debut, YA and middle grade author Benjamin (The Next Great Paulie Fink) skewers her subjects but still preserves their humanity. New York expats, middle-aged Gen-Xers, disaffected millennials, conniving school moms, exasperating children with improbable names--all get the gimlet eye in this timely, witty novel.
The Essentials Vol. 2: 52 More Must-See Movies and Why They Matter
Arnold’s knowledge is vast, and the joyful tone of his sprightly writing is infectious. With a foreword by current TCM host Ben Mankiewicz, an index and an extensive bibliography, and a list of all the films screened on The Essentials, this book will please film buffs of all ages and levels of cinema knowledge.
Best Pop Fiction of 2020
A girl with a louding voice, a bawdy observer, a woman making her own happy ending. The best pop fiction novels published in 2020.
Best Crime Fiction of 2020
A wheelman-turned-family man, four crafty retirees, a newly made vigilante. The best crime fiction published in 2020.
The Sentinel
Basketball Superstars, Hungarian Schoolgirls, Tidy Bears, Gilded Volumes, Mafia Turncoats, Venomous Puppet Masters | What We’re Reading & Watching
The "What We're Reading & Watching" staffers are watching Michael Jordan and Gene Kelly dance; reading about the lack of honor among mafiosi; experiencing displacement and alienation in wartime Hungary; mingling with British couples; and discovering the humor in Balzac.
Whipping, Migrating, Mythologizing, Wording, Bingeing | What We're Reading & Watching
“What We're Reading & Watching" contributors experience the Great American Migration; the British countryside and Brooklyn in the 1970s; mafiosi's self-mythologizing; the wit and wisdom of Mark Forsyth; and the satisfaction of smashing peach pits and whipping aquafaba.
The Book of Lamps and Banners
Quarantine Developments | What We're Reading, Watching, & Reassessing
The “What We’re Reading & Watching” crew looks anew at old favorites, rewatches forgotten series, handles horror, carefully discusses politics, blatantly fangirls Iris Murdoch, tries to love the Babysitters Club, and noshes homemade cheesecake.
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