Happy Thursday, book fans! It’s another rain-filled week here in Maine. It’s getting exhausting, and I don’t even like to go outside, lol. At least there are books! (And Netflix: marathoned Dead to Me. Loved it.) I hope whatever you’re doing, you have a great rest of your week, and remember to be kind to yourself and others. I’ll see you again on Monday. – xoxo, Liberty
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Sujata Massey returns with a new Perveen Mistry historical mystery set in India following 2018’s award-winning The Widows of Malabar Hill. India, 1922: What begins as a trip to mediate a dispute between maharanis in the distant mountain province of Satapur quickly turns sinister when Perveen Mistry, Bombay’s first female lawyer, finds herself caught in a viper’s nest of cold-blooded power players settling ancient scores.
Trivia question time! In the original TV mini-series of IT, what famous rock legend was in the running to play Pennywise, the role that ending up going to Tim Curry? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)
Deals, Reals, and Squeals!
Issa Rae has optioned Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones!
Annette Bening and Michelle Pfeiffer have joined the adaptation of Alice LaPlante’s Turn of Mind.
Emilia Clarke will play poet Elizabeth Barrett in Let Me Count the Ways.
Snowpiercer, with Daveed Diggs and Jennifer Connelly, is moving to TNT ahead of its debut.
Richard Thomas will star as Atticus Finch in the national tour of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Stephen King’s new novel featuring Holly from the Mr. Mercedes trilogy, If You Bleed, will hit shelves in 2020.
Nora Roberts is writing her 50th J.D. Robb book.
FSG will publish Chelsea Manning’s memoir.
Cover Reveals
Here’s the cover for Nic Stone’s Jackpot! (Crown Books for Young Readers, October 15)
Tor.com revealed the cover for Docile by K.M. Szpara. (Tor.com, March 3, 2020)
And here’s the first look at Marie Lu’s Rebel: Legend 4. (Roaring Brook Press, October 1)
And the first look at the cover of the companion book to Rebel Seoul: Rogue Heart by Axie Oh (Tu Books, October 8)
Sneak Peeks
Here’s the new trailer for Where’d You Go, Bernadette?
And here’s the trailer for Saving Zoë.
Book Riot Recommends
At Book Riot, I work on the New Books! email, the All the Books! podcast about new releases, and the Book Riot Insiders New Release Index. I am very fortunate to get to read a lot of upcoming titles, and learn about a lot of upcoming titles, and I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week so you can add them to your TBR! (It will now be books I loved on Mondays and books I’m excited to read on Thursdays. YAY, BOOKS!)
Excited to read:
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty
THAT TITLE. Do I even need to explain why I want to read it? Well, if I must: Doughty is the amazing human behind Ask a Mortician, and the fabulous books Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and From Here to Eternity. She is hilarious and smart, and I cannot wait to get my paws on this! And it’s ILLUSTRATED.
What I’m reading this week.
Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky
The Toll by Cherie Priest
Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D Jackson
Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips
And this is funny.
I laughed because I am eight. (Mildly NSFW. Or bears.)
Trivia answer: Alice Cooper.
You made it to the bottom! High five. Thanks for reading! – xo, L