books

If you enjoy reading "blogs," you may also enjoy "books."

A copy of Colm Tóibín's "Long Island" on a desk along with an Air Mail letter.

Day Soda

A depressing surprise in your mailbox

Plus: the Brooklyn to Long Island pipeline

Close-up of the author wearing a SoundDec DualTone clip-on radio.

Day Soda

Day Soda #18: The naked truth about the SoundDec DualTone radio

Plus: Raw Dog

A chain link gate with two "Caution: Radioactive Material" signs attached.

Day Soda

Day Soda #16: Surfing the K-Wave

Plus: Good Reads

YouTube-style cover card featuring Grover in angst, with the caption "The Real Monster At The End Of This Book"

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The Monster at The End of This Book ending explained

Five decades later, the ending of The Monster at The End of This Book continues to vex readers

Let's judge some books by their covers

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Let's judge some books by their covers

Thomas Baldwin joins Night Water to dream up some summaries of books based solely on the information on their covers