Jenna's Picks

The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction (Paperback)

By Neil Gaiman

$17.99

ISBN: 9780062262271

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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - May 16th, 2017

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I would read Neil Gaiman’s grocery lists. That’s not what this book is, I’m just establishing a baseline. No, this book is a collection of Gaiman writing about things he loves from books to music to libraries to art itself. His empathy, interest, and insight shine and honestly inspire in this collection--I’ve picked up many of the books whose forwards are in this collection, my play hours of Tori Amos went way up, as do my serotonin levels whenever I read from this collection. Truly great. 

The Hollow Places: A Novel (Paperback)

By T. Kingfisher

$17.99

ISBN: 9781534451124

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Published: Gallery / Saga Press - October 6th, 2020

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Is this a horror novel? Yes. Is it scary? Yes! But is it also immensely witty with one of the funniest narrative voices I’ve read in a while? Also, yes! The oddball protagonists of this chilling tale had me rooting for them from the jump all the way to a finale I adored and am not likely to forget soon.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Paperback)

By Tom Stoppard

$16.00

ISBN: 9780802126214

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Published: Grove Press - April 11th, 2017

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“We have not been picked out simply to be abandoned… we are entitled to some direction I would have thought!” 

A brilliant exercise in putting tertiary characters from Shakespeare’s Hamlet center stage!

This is what I read whenever I’m overwhelmed with existential dread--so I’ve read it quite a few times. It’s an all time favorite. Humor and profundity hold hands throughout in a way I so distinctly remember blew my mind the first time I encountered it. Let this play make you laugh and make you think.

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Paperback)

By Elizabeth Gilbert

$17.00

ISBN: 9781594634727

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Published: Riverhead Books - September 27th, 2016

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This book was a revelation, especially to someone who usually keeps anything vaguely "self help"-y away from me with a ten foot pole. I used some of Gilbert's points from here in my creative pursuits and in my everyday life: being open to new ideas, debunking the link between depression and art, being kind to your fear. This is a joyful, insightful read that I recommend to any and everyone.

Patricia Wants to Cuddle (Hardcover)

By Samantha Allen

$27.00

ISBN: 9781638930044

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Published: Zando - June 28th, 2022

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Looking for a queer creature feature satirizing The Bachelor? You should be and here it is!

When We Lost Our Heads: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Heather O'Neill

$26.00

ISBN: 9780593422908

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Published: Riverhead Books - February 8th, 2022

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The Gilded Age but make it socio-economic gender politic.  It’s fabulous and sapphic and full of female rage, desire, and ambition. In turns about opulence and squalor and striving, the writing is lush and the characters are so compelling! A favorite for sure.

Planet Funny: How Comedy Ruined Everything (Paperback)

By Ken Jennings

$17.00

ISBN: 9781501100604

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Published: Scribner - July 9th, 2019

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Two of my great loves: comedy and jeopardy collide in this fascinating read about how humor has infiltrated every part of our lives and culture. Ken Jennings' wit and intellect are a delight! If you've ever exhaled through your nose at a tweet or wondered why adverts are more and more often striving for comedy, this is the book for you.
 

Foul is Fair: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Hannah Capin

$18.99

ISBN: 9781250239549

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Published: Wednesday Books - February 18th, 2020

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This Macbeth retelling is equal parts furious and lyrical. A revenge fever dream full of murderous melodrama, it was the stylized "good for her" genre piece I needed.