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It’s Thursday! That means we’ve successfully made it past the week’s halfway mark. And thank goodness. I had quite the Tuesday this week. It was more like a second Monday, which I then learned is a whole meme and fell down the internet rabbit hole. I rewatched Gravity Falls this past week, too, and now am trying to decide what I will watch next, because it turns out while I am having a good reading streak these last several weeks, I have no patience for television shows that aren’t cartoons. Maybe I will just watch Gravity Falls again, lol.
Now, on to the newsletter! Like the last few weeks, I have a little bit of book news for you today, and a few links to some things that might make you smile during this time.
Remember, whatever you are doing or not doing this week, I am sending you virtual hugs. This is hard, but we are doing what is necessary, and I’m so proud of us! I hope you are safe, and please remember to be kind to yourself and others. Thanks for subscribing, and I’ll see you again on Monday! – xoxo, Liberty
Trivia question time! Who is the only writer to win Pulitzer Prizes for both poetry and fiction? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)
Deals, Reals, and Squeals!
Lestatus Update: Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles are headed to AMC.
And speaking of vampires, here’s the cover of the upcoming anthology Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker.
The film of the Broadway Hamilton production is headed to Disney+ in July, a year earlier than originally scheduled.
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde is getting the adaptation treatment.
Here’s the amazing cover of Fatal Fried Rice, the upcoming sixth book in Vivien Chien’s Noodle Shop Mystery series.
A reimagining of Little Women set in 1942 around Pearl Harbor is coming in 2022.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star Rachel Brosnahan will executive produce and star in an adaptation of The Switch by Beth O’Leary.
Here’s the first look at The Project by Courtney Summers.
Sandhya Menon is releasing her first romance novel for adults under the name Lily Menon.
Netflix is making an adaptation based on DC’s Sweet Tooth comic.
And Netflix is also adapting Elena Ferrante’s upcoming novel The Lying Life of Adults.
Haruki Murakami has plans to host a lockdown radio show in Japan.
Sofia Coppola is adapting Edith Wharton’s Custom of the Country.
Jennifer Lopez’s daughter Emme is releasing a children’s book.
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:
The City of Good Death by Priyanka Champaneri (Restless Books, February 23, 2021)
Yes, I am still thinking about books coming next year. Anything to take me out of 2020. This one is the winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing. Set in India, it’s about the manager of a death hostel who caters to dying people seeking a good death. Wow, it sounds so grim when you read that. But it’s supposed to be enchanting and wonderful and I am here for it.
What I’m reading this week.
Be Gay, Do Comics by Various Artists
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
What Is Color?: 50 Questions and Answers on the Science of Color by Arielle Eckstut and Joann Eckstut
The Groom Will Keep His Name: And Other Vows I’ve Made About Race, Resistance, and Romance by Matt Ortile
You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat
Song stuck in my head:
Two Weeks by Grizzly Bear
Happy things:
Here are a few things I enjoy that I thought you might like as well:
- Purrli: This website makes the relaxing sounds of a cat purring.
- Here are livestreams of animals. I particularly enjoy the bat one.
- And more cute animal pictures.
- Music Catch, one of my favorite desktop games. I also still play Lemonade Stand occasionally.
- Disney Emoji Blitz!
And times like these call for a bonus cat picture!
“It’s an illusion, Michael.”
Trivia answer: Robert Penn Warren.
You made it to the bottom! High five. Thanks for reading! – xo, L