Guest Thingies from Emma Straub—what a treat! If you haven't read her many charming novels, start with her latest, This Time Tomorrow, and if you haven't patronized her beloved Brooklyn bookstore Books Are Magic, we know you're aching to remedy that. First up: business/money advice we've gotten that's as quippy as it is useful.

Emma's Thingies: skincare, tea, allergy meds, and big underpants—starring facials from Rescue Spa, Biologique Recherche Lotion P50 toner, and Peter Thomas Roth 24K Gold Pure Luxury Lift & Firm Hydra-Gel Eye Patches. Her tea-drinking routine includes Helen Levi mugs and Twinings English Breakfast hot or iced (and she might have to give Claire's tea rec Nunshen a shot, too). Emma also shares her love for Flonase and ARQ's hugely cute underpants.

When you've got the author of This Time Tomorrow and the co-owner of Books Are Magic on the Zoom, you have to talk reads. Emma's recent favorite is Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, especially for fans of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon and The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer.

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