What to Read: I was lucky enough to read an advance copy of We Run the Tides by my friend Vendela Vida. And I’ve been anxiously waiting for the presale to start so I could tell you about this flat out great novel about friendship and betrayal set in Sea Cliff, where the nostalgia for pre-tech San Francisco is as thick as the fog. You can and should order an autographed copy from San Francisco’s beloved Green Apple Books.

+ What to Doc: I really dig the new HBO doc on the BeeGees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart. Their hit-writing skill was supernatural and the bizarre backlash against them, and their genre, has several overlaps with today’s political environment. Bonus points for having other members of brother-powered groups comment on their benefits and downsides. Second bonus for Justin Timberlake looking into the camera and saying, “I’m not high,” which only confirmed that he was (which, as is often the case, needed no confirmation…)

+ What to Watch: Bryan Cranston’s latest series, Your Honor, is an engrossing look at a judge whose son gets himself into a legal mess, and then some.