This book began as a Twitter feed about the two girls the author could hear in the apartment above him. Near the end, I would allow myself only one page a day, because I did not want to leave that world.ĭear Girls Above Me by Charlie McDowell (Three Rivers, $14). I reread Winnie-the-Pooh while I was writing the script for The Muppets to put myself in a childlike head space. An entertaining read that also raises thought-provoking questions about the nature of institutions of all kinds. The story unfolds in a mental institution that may be haunted by the devil - or at least its patients think so. The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle (Spiegel & Grau, $15). Charlie and the Chocolate Factory caught me at an age when I felt like magic existed, and I could find a golden ticket. Dahl's books provide wish fulfillment: You discover that you've been chosen for something more than your mundane life. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (Puffin, $7).
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