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Happy Thursday, my bookish friends! I hope you have had a great week so far. I have been reading lots of books, a couple of which are rereads, and watching the Stanley Cup finals and the NBA finals, and also watching a lot of cartoons. Why no, I don’t really sleep, why do you ask? 😂

Moving on to today’s newsletter and book talk: I have a lot of fun news, including adaptation deals, a LOT of book cover reveals, and a look at a darkly comedic upcoming indie press novel. Plus I’ve included a picture of my sticker-stealing orange monster, 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 goodbob and we same place again very now. – xoxo, Liberty, Your Friendly Neighborhood Velocireaderâ„¢

Trivia question time! What novel set during the Reconstruction period of the southern states after the Civil War is the latest Oprah Book Club pick? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

Get your first look at Fevered Star, the sequel to Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse.

Michelle Yeoh has been cast in the six-episode Witcher prequel, Blood Origin.

Here’s the cover reveal of Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore.

A new Jennifer Egan book, the sequel to A Visit from the Goon Squad, is coming in 2022.

Lovecraft Country will not get a second season.

Here’s the first peek at Kamila Knows Best by Farah Heron.

Here are the Good Sex Awards winners and runners up.

Here’s the cover reveal to the sequel to Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano: Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead.

Read an excerpt from Sword Stone Table, the upcoming new anthology of Arthurian retellings.

Here’s the cover reveal of Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence by Sonja Thomas.

More cast additions to the Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon.

Here’s the cover reveal of The Turning Pointe by Vanessa L. Torres.

Check out the first look at Kiss & Tell by Adib Khorram.

Here’s the cover reveal of Secret Identity by Alex Segura.

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: 

cover of New Animal by Ella Baxter

New Animal by Ella Baxter (Two Dollar Radio, February 15, 2022)

I am a huge fan of small press Two Dollar Radio, and I’m not going to lie, I get excited about pretty much everything they put out. But this darkly comedic novel sounds like something I am really going to enjoy and I can’t wait to get my hands on it!

It’s about a young woman named Amelia who is trying to find her place in the world. She works at the family mortuary business as a cosmetic mortician, and is shocked by her mother’s sudden passing. So she turns to her birth-father in Tasmania for comfort and ends up stumbling into the local BDSM community, where she learns a lot about herself and who she wants to be. This one has ‘will make an amazing indie film’ written all over it. GIVE IT TO ME NOW.

What I’m reading this week.

cover of I came all this way to meet you by jami attenberg

I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home by Jami Attenberg 

A Song Everlasting by Ha Jin

Wish It Lasted Forever: Life With the Larry Bird Celtics by Dan Shaughnessy

Afterparties: Stories by Anthony Veasna So

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Song stuck in my head:

Song 2 by Blur. This song is never not fun. And you can listen to it almost 30 times in an hour. (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:

OH NO.

Happy things:

Here are a few things I enjoy that I thought you might like as well:

  • Phineas and Ferb: I am finally getting around to watching this! I like Perry the Platypus the best, although I also enjoy Ferb’s Silent Bob vibes.
  • The Owl House: This is scratching a lot of my Gravity Falls itch, which is helped by the fact that Alex Hirsch does some of the voices.
  • Purrli: This website makes the relaxing sounds of a cat purring.

And here’s a cat picture!

orange cat with a sticker in its mouth

“This is my sticker now.” —Farrokh

Trivia answer: The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris.

You made it to the bottom! High five. Thanks for reading! – xo, L