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 | From Megan Romer, your About Books & Literature Editor The theme of this week's newsletter? Books with remarkably long titles, which seem to be rolling out across multiple genres this week. | |
'Before You Suffocate your own Fool Self' - Danielle Evans
This book, with a hilarious title that clocks in at seven words, is a fun new collection of short stories that focus on the experience of young women of color in the modern world. Funny, poignant, and often shocking, it's a bold debut from Evans.
| 'Super Sad True Love Story' by Gary Shteyngart
Only five words in this title, but the heavy book (which is indeed super sad, in a depressing and bleak kind of way, not a box-of-tissues kind of way) makes up for it. It's a dystopian novel, and if you're not a fan of those, you probably won't like this.
| 'My Monkey's Name is Jennifer Volume 2' by Ken Knudtsen
Another long and funny title (five words if you don't count "Volume" and "2," seven if you do), this one as quirky as the graphic novel contained within its cover. This book contains "a crazy girl, a monkey in a dress, a mad scientist, a laser-shooting T-Rex, and time traveling cough syrup." Intrigued? Read on.
| 'Hanako and the Terror of Allegory Vol. 1&2' by Sakae Es
These two volumes of horror manga are long on title and short on actual scariness, according to our reviewer. If you're looking for something super-scary, perhaps a different horror manga might suit your needs better. And yes, we have some suggestions...
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