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DREAMING EAGLES tells the story of the first African-American fighter pilots to join the United States Army Air Force in WWII and whose humble beginnings in Tuskegee, Alabama propelled them into the deadly skies above Hitler’s Third Reich. Not only were they instrumental against the Nazi war machine, but also braved an equally great challenge, overcoming everyday bigotry amongst their fellow American soldiers, as well as civilians at home. High in the heavens, they fought a battle that would change their country for all time.
Happy Thursday, star bits! Is anyone else basically just waiting for Sunday to arrive so we can watch the final episode of Mare of Easttown??? I know I am. My husband and I watched the latest episode and I must have said, “It’s them, they’re the killer! Wait, no, it’s them!” half a dozen times. At this point, I still think it could be pretty much anyone, except maybe Jean Smart. Also, can we pass a law that says Jean Smart has to be in every television show? She is legend.
Moving on to today’s newsletter and book talk: It was a slower news week, but I still have some exciting book news for you about adaptations, book covers, and a new book from Tochi Onyebuchi. Plus I’ve included a picture of my melted orange tabby, some trivia, and more! I love writing these newsletters and I appreciate your support so much. Whatever you are doing or watching or reading this week, I hope you good bob and we same place again very now. I’ll see you again on Thursday (because of the holiday). – xoxo, Liberty, Your Friendly Neighborhood Velocireader™
Trivia question time! In The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, where do the Vignes twins grow up? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)
Deals, Reals, and Squeals!
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Here’s the first look at the official Schitt’s Creek tie-in book from Dan and Eugene Levy.
We’ve got a giveaway for a chance to win an iPad Mini! Enter here.
Ji-young Yoo has joined the cast of the adaptation of Janice Y.K. Lee’s novel The Expatriates.
Who had “John Steinbeck wrote a werewolf novel” on their bingo card? No one?
Timothée Chalamet to play a young Willy Wonka.
Elizabeth Banks will direct and co-star in an adaptation of Victoria Aveyard’s Red Queen.
Here’s the first look at the first chapter of Malibu Rising, the new book from Taylor Jenkins Reid.
Here’s the cover reveal of Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz.
The Game of Thrones prequel 10,000 Ships has found its writer.
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:
Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi (Tordotcom, January 25, 2022)
Tochi Onyebuchi has his first adult novel coming at the beginning of next year and I could not be more excited if I swallowed a cat and broke out in kittens!!! I am such a huge fan of his novella Riot Baby, and his War Girls YA series. It’s always confusing to me when books are listed as “first _____” after an author has been publishing for a while. I had to think about it for a minute, but this is indeed going to be his first full-length book for adults.
According to the publisher description, it’s being compared to Station Eleven and is about Earth in 2050. People have started leaving the planet for space colonies, if they can afford it. The people left behind must deal with the cannibalization of their neighborhoods, as supplies are shipped off to the colonies. In the midst of this are the narratives of a space dweller seeking his former love, a marshal looking to solve a kidnapping, a journalist writing about the world of those left behind, and a group of laborers trying to salvage the great cities of the Earth. GIVE IT TO ME NOW, PLEASE.
What I’m reading this week.
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The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris
Never Say You Can’t Survive by Charlie Jane Anders
The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation’s Neglect of a Deadly Disease by Daisy Hernández
Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
The Pariah by Anthony Ryan
Song stuck in my head:
We Are Between by Modest Mouse. Yessssssssssss new Modest Mouse. (Also, I’m still really into listening to songs I loved when I was young. You can listen to a lot of them in this playlist I made!)
And this is funny:
I am endlessly delighted by the imagination of other people.
Happy things:
Here are a few things I enjoy that I thought you might like as well:
- Bob’s Burgers: It turns out, the eleventh season was not ten episodes long, but was twenty-two. What I took to mean the end of the season was actually a ten-week break between episodes and I had no idea! So imagine my delight when I learned I had twelve more episodes to watch. ::heart eyes::
- Purrli: This website makes the relaxing sounds of a cat purring.
And here’s a cat picture!
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The temperature in Maine has been in the low 80s the last few days and Farrokh is over it.
Trivia answer: Mallard, Louisiana.
You made it to the bottom! High five. Thanks for reading! – xo, L