Topping off the hotel is The Fleur Room, a glass-enclosed rooftop lounge with panoramic, 360° views. The second floor Lobby Bar features a modern twist on bar bites and playful cocktails. Guests enter through the overgrown Starbright Floral Design Residency, which doubles as the hotel’s entrance alongside the Café d’Avignon Pop-up. The building’s architecture honors the neighborhood with its industrial facade and soaring, greenhouse-style atrium. Cozy bedrooms, designed with intelligence-and a touch of wit-are flooded with light thanks to floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall windows. I'm not sure how that would fit in virtually, but since this is a dream library, there would be gourmet coffee.Rising 35 stories high, Moxy Chelsea packs in all the amenities with none of the price tag. My dream virtual library would never have holds on any of the books I want! Also, there would be coffee. If you could imagine your dream virtual library, what would it be like? You can buy online or over the phone, and many indies will ship to you or offer curbside pickup. One way book lovers can help is to support local indie bookstores, many of which are struggling to stay afloat. People still need books and can still purchase them. That said, books are still being acquired and released by publishers. Like many industries, publishing has been affected by the pandemic, and is constantly taking steps to evolve with the situation. Should book lovers worry about the future of publishing during the pandemic? If so, how can they help? I hope Little Creeping Things provides a fast-paced, twisty mystery, that readers will enjoy trying to solve alongside the main character, Cassidy. What do you hope your book gives to readers? There's nothing wrong with diversion during times of crisis in fact, it can be healthy and necessary. Things are very different now, and very difficult for many, but reading can still provide this enjoyment. Why are you disappointed? Because you were enjoying the experience (even when the adventure had you terrified or deeply moved). You feel it in the disappointment when a series or a book ends. I see the excitement when my kids get completely absorbed in a series and keep coming back to me, asking for the next book. There's nothing like the feeling of joining a character on an adventure in a book. Why should people read for pleasure? Is that any different now? It has to be something that truly feels like a break and a reward from everything. I've found that the right book really makes a difference for me now, more than ever. In addition to my writing, I have three kids to homeschool, and sometimes I'm too worn out at the end of the day to keep my eyes open. In the beginning, I had trouble focusing with the kids being home all day and with the constant influx of information regarding the virus. I've struggled to read during the pandemic. What has your reading life been like since the pandemic? Usually, I would read a bit at the end of the day and a lot on weekends. I love thrillers (adult and young adult), YA fantasy, horror (adult and YA), and middle grade in all genres. I read a lot and widely before the pandemic. What was your reading life like before the pandemic? I guess it depends on what reality you're facing, but The Girl With All the Gifts by Mike Carey is a haunting read if you're looking for a book about a pandemic. What book should readers go to when they want to face reality? Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo is my favorite fantasy, and one I return to when I want to be swept up into a completely different world. What book should readers go to for an escape from reality? Natalie McCall (Head of Youth Services) What's the title of your upcoming book? Curl up in your favorite reading spot and have at it! It's got accidental (?) murder, town bullies, fire, suspense, and creepy messages from a stranger. Even the title is evocative-you can feel the scares crawling up your neck. I've been excited for Little Creeping Things for months. Today there are shelves of teen horror for readers who crave a little thrill and a little escape. YA fiction wasn't really a thing at all yet. While the teen horror genre popped on screen back in the day (Scream! The Craft! I Still Know What You Did Last Summer!), it wasn't much of a thing in books. My friends and I packed into opening-night movie theater crowds (that would be today's horror, right?) to find out what you did last summer or what was wrong with the faculty. There was the cozy thrill of Buffy on Tuesday nights, The X-Files on Sundays (before streaming when we had to watch things week-to-week and record shows on VHS if we ever wanted to watch them again). I blame it on being a young teen in the late nineties. Some might think it odd (worrying?!?) that horror is one of my go-to comfort genres.
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