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Theresa Phung works at Yu & Me Books in Manhattan’s Chinatown. She recommends “Blob: A Love Story” by Maggie Su. Su tells of ...

In Maggie Su’s novel “Blob,” a young woman transforms a gelatinous splotch into an object of affection, with mixed results.

Eventually she names the blob Bob, and eventually Bob the blob turns into Bob the human, with “muscular tree-trunk legs, washboard abs, hips,” great equipment, blue eyes and movie-star good ...

The blob has moved from where she first saw it ... Eventually, Bob leaves blobhood behind, developing not just human appearance but curiosity and desire. “For a while, he seemed happy enough ...