Hello, Book Radar Family!
As promised, I am writing to you from Nashville, TN. Although I flew here from Seattle, I think I brought the rain with me. Sorry to all the Nashville locals. Anyway, I’m here with some book content for you to feast your eyes upon on this fine Monday morning. So, let’s get to it.
Book Deals and Reveals
Electric Literature shared the cover of Edwidge Danticat’s new essay collection, We’re Alone. It’s out from Graywolf Press on September 3.
Here’s a first look at Isabela Merced in the upcoming adaptation of John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down. The film, directed by Hannah Marks, will be on Max this spring.
Nancy Drew meets Miami Vice in The Sherlock Society by James Ponti, and School Library Journal has the cover reveal! This first book in a new middle grade series will be out September 3.
And here’s the cover of The Enchanted Hacienda by J.C. Cervantes. This coming-of-age debut releases on May 21.
Interview with the Vampire is back for a second season! Here’s the trailer for season 2, which premieres on AMC and AMC+ on May 12.
Speaking of season 2s, Percy Jackson and the Olympians has been renewed for a second season on Disney+!
Tia Williams’ bestselling novel Seven Days in June is being adapted into a series for Prime Video. The series does not have a release date yet.
Paramount+ has revealed a first look at their adaptation of A Gentleman in Moscow, based on the novel by Amor Towles. The series, starring Ewan McGregor, premiers on March 29.
Book Riot Recommends
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Prepare Your Shelves!
Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice (William Morrow, February 27)
If you somehow missed Waubgeshig Rice’s Moon of the Crusted Snow back in 2018 (which, yes, seems like a lifetime ago), you have exactly *checks watch* a few weeks to catch up with that one before the sequel hits the shelves. And if you love horror, apocalyptic, and/or post-apocalyptic fiction, then you definitely should. Moon of the Crusted Snow is an award-winning novel that gave me the creeps in the best way, and this one is going to be equally as unsettling (and I mean that as a compliment). You won’t want to miss it.
Moon of the Turning Leaves follows a community of Anishinaabe people who work to survive off of the land after the collapse of society. But resources are starting to run low, and Evan Whitesky will have to lead a group of volunteers on a dangerous mission to reclaim their ancestral home. The land is cruel, and travel will be hard, but there’s much more to fear out in the wilderness aside from the elements.
What I’m Reading This Week
Rouge by Mona Awad
The Book of X by Sarah Rose Etter
Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher
Tender Beasts by Liselle Sambury
Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Monday Memes
It’s Monday, which means it’s meme time. And personally, from now on, I want all my bookish memes to have Reneé Rapp in them.
And Here’s A Cat Picture!
I was packing for my trip, and Murray decided to pose with my current read! Thanks for being such a good book model, Murray! I love you! And I miss you!
Aaaand…that’s all, friends. I hope you have a wonderful rest of your week, and I’ll see you on Thursday!