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đ This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub: This breezy read was the perfect thing to bring to a wedding this weekend. Like a âThirteen Going on Thirtyâ in reverse, Alice wakes up the morning after her 40th birthday back in 1996 as a sixteen-year-old. The do-over gives her the opportunity to repair her relationship with her dad, with plenty of â90s nostalgia. New York plays such a pivotal role in the novel that reading it transported me straight back to Cobble Hill and the Upper West Side. (P.S., If youâre looking for more, Elif Batumanâs new novel, Either/Or is a followup to The Idiot and takes place the same year, though I have yet to read it!)
đ§ âListening Inâ Podcast: This narrative podcast stars Rachel Brosnahan (of âMarvelous Mrs. Maiselâ fame) as a lonely New York transplant who begins listening in on her neighbors conversations through a glitch in her Alexa-like sound system. Part thriller, I found myself immediately engrossed in the gossip and dramaâalready looking forward to next weekâs episode!