Hey YA Readers!
Let’s dive into all things new paperbacks and YA book news for this first week of a new month in the second half of 2022.
Bookish Goods
Reading Is Good For The Soul Sticker by KapKapCo
This sticker screams summer days outside with a book, doesn’t it? Grab this retro-feel “Reading is good for the soul” sticker for $4.
New Releases
Here are this week’s new releases out in paperback. As always, you can grab the full list of paperback books out this week over here!
As always, you may need to toggle to the paperback edition from the link.
How Moon Fuentes Fell In Love With The Universe by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
Moon Fuentes’s twin sister is a social media influencer, so Moon accepts she’ll never be the cool girl, the seen girl, the girl who gets the attention. But Moon takes a job as a merch girl on a tour full of beauty influencers and is bunking with Santiago–a guy she is convinced hates her and who is both grumpy and very, very attractive.
Moon is convinced Santiago hates her, but the longer they’re together on this job, the more and more she’s falling for him–and the more she sees she’s the apple of his eye and, perhaps, not the background scenery she thinks herself to be.
I, Claudia by Mary McCoy
Does power inevitable corrupt? That’s what is at the heart of this award-winning novel about Claudia, who has been put in charge of Imperial Day Academy in Senate and Honor Council. While she wants to keep her power in check and do good by her fellow students, as she learns more about the scandals and politics at play in the school, she may not be able to keep that power suppressed.
If you’re looking at this cover and wondering–yes, it got a redesign from its original hardback. Clever how the rat is putting a paw on the Printz sticker.
YA Book News
- Amazon has given the go-ahead to adapting My Lady Jane for a series.
- Yolk by Mary HK Choi has been optioned for TV series development.
- Netflix has killed First Kill after one season…continuing their trend of canceling anything that’s slightly queer/not for the white male gaze.
- Jenny Han’s production company exists (I missed this news!) and she’s tapped a head of film and TV!
- The first titles from Nicola and David Yoon’s new imprint have been announced and they look fabulous.
- If I am remembering correctly, Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz just celebrated a 10th anniversary. There is now an 8th book in that series.
- On The Come Up has a Paramount+ release date.
- I have not dug into the methodology of this study yet, but it’s always worth it when you hear claims like this: teens who read mostly print books are better readers.
- I’ve been surprised how few people know the “truth” beyond the “true” diary Go Ask Alice. I’m in the middle of the book mentioned in this piece, Unmask Alice, and it is such a fascinating read about the history of the bestselling “diary,” the connections to a specific brand of Mormon culture, and the LSD panic of the 70s. The New Yorker has a great read on it.
As always, thanks for hanging out. We’ll see you on Saturday for your book deals.
Until then, happy reading!
— Kelly Jensen, currently reading Unmask Alice and Dead Flip