Got some good stuff at this year's BEA.  My summer is fully booked. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Apparently Marcel the Shell is a Thing, and I had no idea when I saw this book in my library. I picked it up because it looked odd and fun, and indeed it was.

This is the kind of book that will appeal to kids, hipsters (yeah), and people like me who enjoy weird, sometimes uncomfortable humor. Fans of non sequitirs. 

Marcel shows off his digs in someone's bedroom, and his own bedroom is a "breadroom", basically two pieces of bread in a pot that he snuggles into when he wants to sleep. I guess Marcel's owner changes the bread so it doesn't get all moldy, but such details are not explored in this book.

The weirdness factor won me over, hence my high number of stars. Example:

Plus there's the fun sense of wonder:

But mostly it's fun weirdness: