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No fooling here! Check out what we have been or will be reading (or listening to). #CRPreads

I’m listening to Mindy Kaling narrate her audiobook Why Not Me? I’m finding it to be smartly written, uplifting, and entertaining. It has quickly become my tonic of choice lately at the end of the day. —Caitlin Eck, publicity manager

I’m extremely excited to check out David Bordwell’s new book The Rhapsodes when it’s released next week. It’s an examination of film critics Otis Ferguson, James Agee, Manny Farber, and Parker Tyler. Most of the book originated as long blog posts, and I remember reading the piece on Agee a couple years ago in, of all places, a hotel lobby in Phoenix, and being completely transfixed. So, I’m definitely looking forward to seeing how he’s expanded the material for print publication. —Allison Felus, production manager

I’m still on a geek high from the recent Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) and catching up with the trades of some favorite comics series. On the surface, Lumberjanes, vol. 2: Friendship to the Max (Volume 3 hits stores next week!) and The Sixth Gun, vol 8: Hell and High Water (the final arc starts in April…I’m torn between excited to have new issues to read and dreading having to say goodbye to the series) don’t look like they’d have much in common. One is about a group of friends at a summer camp for hardcore lady-types while the other covers an epic battle of good versus evil set after the Civil War. But both have supernatural elements and powerful messages about friendship, found families, and loyalty. —Mary Kravenas, marketing manager

I’ve been into short stories, most recently the Lucia Berlin collection A Manual for Cleaning Women and Sara Majka’s Cities I’ve Never Lived In, which I just started and was sold on by page seven. —Meaghan Miller, senior publicist

I’m reading Stik, about the London street artist of the same name. I met him five years ago, just by chance, and bought a very small painting he had done. Nice guy! He then drew a portrait of me on the back of a business card, which didn’t take long since every human he draws contains just six lines and two dots, for eyes. I asked to take his photo, so he put on a pair of big sunglasses to mask his identity. —Jerome Pohlen, senior editor