The Cast of the GOSSIP GIRL Reboot and More Book Radar!

Sponsored by Carina Press and No Questions Asked by Julie Moffett.

Julie Moffett’s beloved Lexi Carmichael mystery series returns! One last fling (with danger) before the ring? Before they can say I do, Lexi and Slash are flying off to the Brazilian rain forest. Their mission: stop hackers from stealing a vaccine that could save millions of lives. She thought it’d be easy, but from the moment they step off the plane, Lexi’s up to her neck in trouble. Lexi will have to use all her geek skills to stop the bad guys if she’s going to make it home in time to tie the knot.

Hello, readers. It is a stressful time, I know, but I hope everything is going as well as it can for you out there. It’s okay to be a little freaked out about it, because we’re all a little freaked out, so remember that you’re not alone.

Whether you’re reading a book or watching a movie or learning a new language, I hope you’re well. Please enjoy the rest of your week as best you can, and remember to stay inside and wash your hands. We’re going to be okay. I’ll see you again on Thursday. – xoxo, Liberty

Here’s Monday’s trivia question: What author believed he could improve his writing if he slept facing north? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)

Deals, Reels, and Squeals!

Everything Inside: Stories by Edwidge Danticat won the National Book Critics Circle award for fiction.

Here’s the cast of the HBO Max reboot of Gossip Girl.

And here’s the new cast of The Baby-Sitter’s Club.

Here’s the shortlist for The Kitschies.

Here’s the cover reveal for The Loop by Jeremy Robert Johnson.

Leslie Marmon Silko won a $100,000 arts academy prize.

The Library of America will publish the works of Octavia Butler.

Here’s the trailer for True History of the Kelley Gang, based on the novel by Peter Carey.

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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!

Excited to read:

Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur Avon, November 10)

This is an #ownvoices queer rom-com about a social media astrologer who agrees to fake a relationship with an actuary until New Year’s Eve. I love a fake romance! To stop her well-meaning brother from setting her up on another blind date, Darcy asks her brother’s business partner, Elle, to pretend that they have hit it off. Elle says she agrees, if Darcy agrees to come with her to her family’s house for the holidays. You can guess what happens next..

What I’m reading this week:

This Is Major: Notes on Diana Ross, Dark Girls, and Being Dope by Shayla Lawson