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Hello, readers, it’s Monday again, which seems impossible. I’m going to jump right into the newsletter today. I have a bit of bookish news for you, and a cat picture, of course. Whatever you are doing or watching or reading this week, I am sending you virtual hugs. Please be safe, and remember to wear a mask and wash your hands. And please be mindful of others. I’ll see you again on Thursday. – xoxo, Liberty
Here’s Monday’s trivia question: What character from a 1838 novel was based on Ikey Solomon, a real-life British thief? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)
Deals, Reels, and Squeals!
Paul Feig is adapting The School For Good And Evil for Netflix.
Here are the winners of the 2020 Best Translated Book Awards.
And here are the 2019 Nebula Awards winners.
Gael Garcia Bernal and Nazanin Boniadi will star in an adaptation of People of the Book.
Michael Punke, the author of The Revenant, will release his first novel in almost 20 years.
Former Rioter Sarah Knight’s The Life-Changing Magic Of Not Giving A F*ck is being adapted into a series.
Jake Abel but has been announced as the audiobook narrator for Stephenie Meyer’s Midnight Sun.
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!
Excited to read:
The Low, Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado, Dani (Illustrator) (DC Comics, September 29)
I am a huge fan of Her Body and Other Parties and In the Dream House, so of course I was out of my mind with excitement when they announced that CMM was penning her first comic! It’s about an illness that causes people to forget in Shudder-to-Think, Pennsylvania.
What I’m reading this week:
Hench: A Novel by Natalie Zina Walschots
Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? Police Violence and Resistance in the United States edited by Joe Macaré, Maya Schenwar, and Alana Yu-lan Price (It’s being offered for free right now.)
Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Margaret Jull Costa (Translator), Robin Patterson (Translator)
The Professor and the Parson: A Story of Desire, Deceit, and Defrocking by Adam Sisman
The Mask Falling by Samantha Shannon
Pun of the week:
What did the duck say when she purchased new lipstick? Put it on my bill.
Here’s a cat picture:
This is what happens when you fold them while they’re still wet.
And this is funny.
Writers gonna write.
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!
Trivia answer: Fagin from Oliver Twist.
You made it to the bottom! Thanks for reading! – xo, L