New Release Tuesday snuck up on us again — in the best way. Everything Happens So Much by Andrew Hunter Murray hit our shelves November 10th, and we've been cackling in the aisles about it ever since. Grab your corner of the shop, because this week's Weekly Pour is a weird, wonderful one.
About the Book
Esme Good has an unremarkable life and an even more unremarkable job — the kind of life you'd fast-forward through, if you could. Lucky for her, she basically can: her only real escape is “the Elsewheres,” tiny potions that let her slip into alternate versions of herself scattered across the multiverse. It's an excellent way to avoid your actual problems, until one very bad (or very good, depending who you ask) afternoon, when Esme accidentally becomes the single most important person in the entire universe — and, true to form, does not handle it gracefully. Reviewers have called it Catch-22 for a very different kind of war, and if you squint, there's a little Douglas Adams in there too. We just call it a very good time.
Genre: Science Fiction (the kind that's funnier than it has any right to be).
Perfect for fans of: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, The Last Day by Andrew Hunter Murray, and The Sanctuary by Andrew Hunter Murray.
This Week’s Pour
Here's the thing about a book where the main character keeps meeting alternate versions of herself: you kind of want a drink that comes with its own built-in double. Enter the Two Chicks Vodka Elderflower & Pear Cocktail — a canned, ready-to-pour sipper that's light, a little floral, and frankly built for a book this breezy and strange. (Two Chicks. One multiverse. We regret nothing about this pun and we will not be taking questions.)
Keeping it alcohol-free tonight? We're sending you straight to Athletic Brewing Upside Dawn IPA — because when your main character is bouncing between timelines trying not to break the universe, “Upside Dawn IPA” felt like the only correct choice. Hoppy, fizzy, and exactly on theme.
Come Sit With Us
Everything Happens So Much is on our shelves now, sitting pretty next to this week's other new arrivals. Swing by 33 E. Idaho Ave, grab your copy, and settle in with your drink of choice — we promise the only alternate universe you need to worry about is the one where you didn't buy it today. If multiverse-hopping, laugh-out-loud sci-fi is your thing, our book clubs are always looking for a new regular, and we're open late most nights for exactly this kind of browsing. Tag us @thebookloungeid when you pick up your copy — we love seeing what's in your stack.
Happy Reading (and Sipping!),
The Book Lounge Crew
