It’s that time again!
I have other book-related jobs aside from Smart Bitches, all of which have some sort of recommendation aspect to them. It’s an interesting assortment this time and as the weeks get busier with holiday shoppers, I think the selections will only get broader.
Take a look at what I’ve recommend lately! Have you recommended any books to a friend? Or had some recommended to you?
Crochet Cafe
I’m cheating a little here, but this one was recommended to me! I bought it on a word of mouth recommendation from a friend after looking around for some sort of new craft to try. I’m struggling a little, but still having fun.
Crochet Cafe features over 30 adorable and appetizing food-inspired amigurumi patterns. Lauren Espy, author of 2019’s No. 1 best-selling amigurumi book in the United States, Whimsical Stitches, gives you the ingredients and recipes you need to crochet your favorite meals and treats. Easy-to-follow patterns, detailed photographs, and helpful tips make this book perfect for novice and experienced crocheters alike.
Enjoy:
• Brunch with eggs benedict or avocado toast
• Lunch on the go with a bento box or burrito
• A traditional Italian spaghetti dinner, complete with meatballs, red wine, and cannoliThese simple and darling patterns are sure to bring a smile to your face. So, pick up a hook and have fun playing with your food!
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold
At the store, I overheard a man telling his partner that Earthlings by Sayaka Murata was one of the weirdest books he’s ever read. He wasn’t sure if he liked it, but he wanted more surrealist fiction. This was one book I suggested, especially since he wanted to explore more works in translation.
What would you change if you could travel back in time?
Down a small alleyway in the heart of Tokyo, there’s an underground café that’s been serving carefully brewed coffee for over a hundred years. Local legend says that this shop offers its customers something else besides coffee—the chance to travel back in time.
The rules, however, are far from simple: you must sit in one particular seat, and you can’t venture outside the café, nor can you change the present. And, most important, you only have the time it takes to drink a hot cup of coffee—or risk getting stuck forever.
Over the course of one summer, four customers visit the café in the hopes of traveling to another time: a heartbroken lover looking for closure, a nurse with a mysterious letter from her husband, a waitress hoping to say one last goodbye and a mother whose child she may never get the chance to know.
Heartwarming, wistful and delightfully quirky, Before the Coffee Gets Cold explores the intersecting lives of four women who come together in one extraordinary café, where the service may not be quick, but the opportunities are endless.
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Several People Are Typing
This is the second book I recommended! He bought both! This one is a satirical, dark comedy told through Slack messages about a man’s consciousness that gets trapped in the program.
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick! • A work-from-home comedy where WFH meets WTF.
“An absurd, hilarious romp through the haunted house of late-stage capitalism.”—Carmen Maria Machado, author of In the Dream House
Told entirely through clever and captivating Slack messages, this irresistible, relatable satire of both virtual work and contemporary life is The Office for a new world.
Gerald, a mid-level employee of a New York–based public relations firm has been uploaded into the company’s internal Slack channels—at least his consciousness has. His colleagues assume it’s an elaborate gag to exploit the new work-from home policy, but now that Gerald’s productivity is through the roof, his bosses are only too happy to let him work from . . . wherever he says he is.
Faced with the looming abyss of a disembodied life online, Gerald enlists his co-worker Pradeep to help him escape, and to find out what happened to his body. But the longer Gerald stays in the void, the more alluring and absurd his reality becomes.
Meanwhile, Gerald’s colleagues have PR catastrophes of their own to handle in the real world. Their biggest client, a high-end dog food company, is in the midst of recalling a bad batch of food that’s allegedly poisoning Pomeranians nationwide. And their CEO suspects someone is sabotaging his office furniture. And if Gerald gets to work from home all the time, why can’t everyone? Is true love possible between two people, when one is just a line of text in an app? And what in the hell does the :dusty-stick: emoji mean?
In a time when office paranoia and politics have followed us home, Calvin Kasulke is here to capture the surprising, absurd, and fully-relatable factors attacking our collective sanity…and give us hope that we can still find a human connection.
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Marshmallow & Jordan
Lastly, for something completely adorable, I suggested this super cute graphic novel to a mom and her kid. The reader loves comics and graphic novels, but prefers more contemporary settings.
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I’ve been looking for something a little different, and her you are with two. Thanks for the reds.