What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading, listening and viewing

This week, Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo won titles in Nathan's hot dog eating contest. Gentleminions took over movie theaters.

And we said a sad goodbye to James Caan.

Here's what the NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour crew was paying attention to — and what you should check out this weekend.

Getting Over Max Cooper

I love a good beach read during summertime, so I want to recommend a book by Marcelle Karp called , which came out recently. (Full disclosure, Marcelle is someone that I know. She was a co-founder of .) This is her first novel and it's set on Fire Island, and the details of the island are so fun