Sponsored by Pumpkinheads, by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks with First Second Books
Every autumn all through high school, Deja and Josiah have worked together at the best pumpkin patch in the whole wide world. This Halloween is different—Josiah and Deja are finally seniors, and this is their last season at the pumpkin patch.
What if their last shift was an adventure? In Pumpkinheads, beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell and Eisner Award–winning artist Faith Erin Hicks have teamed up to create this tender and hilarious story about two irresistible teens discovering what it means to leave behind a place—and a person—with no regrets.
Above The Clouds Bookstore!
On the 52nd floor of Shanghai Tower–Shanghai’s tallest building!–is Duoyun Books’ flagship store called Books Above Clouds. Because literally it is. And this bookstore is ridiculously amazing and gorgeous and who do I speak to so I can live inside it?! Check out the photos, and fantasize about living there with me, here.
Heartbreaking
The National Immigration Detention Hotline–“free and confidential resource offering legal assistance to people who are in immigration detention since 2013”–was featured on this final season of the Netflix show Orange Is The New Black and then ICE shut it down. “It is concerning that ICE’s response to criticism is to block avenues of free and safe communication.” You can read the full story here.
Well This Is Violent
Netflix’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry The IV and Henry V has a trailer. And heads will roll. Literally. The King, starring Timothée Chalamet as the I-don’t-want-to-be-King, will hit theaters and stream on Netflix starting September 2nd.