Hey, YA Readers!
We have had the most gorgeous string of spring-like days lately, and wow, what a difference that makes mentally. But the flip side of that is it certainly doesn’t help motivate my current reading life—it makes me want to get out, but I’ve yet to find “out with a book” happen.
All of that is to say if you’re not reading right now and feeling guilt about it, don’t. I’m here with you, and honestly, sometimes that break feels good.
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Let’s dive into this week’s new paperback YA releases and YA book news.
Bookish Goods
Coffee and Books Enamel Pin by AmpersandLore
This coffee & books enamel pin is super cute, and even though my life right now is more on the coffee side than the books side, it does make me want to curl up with a good book while I coffee. $10 and up.
New Releases
There are so many new paperbacks out this week, y’all! Below are just two—I realized if I began writing about more than two, I would not stop.
You can grab the full list over here, and as a reminder, you might need to toggle your view when you click the links here to get to the paperback.
Finding Jupiter by Kelis Rowe
Blending found poetry and prose with black and white illustration, this novel is a love story between Ray and Orion—two people with difficult pasts who meet at a Memphis roller rink. At the heart of the challenge is a family secret that could end the relationship before it even gets the chance to begin.
Study Break edited by Aashna Avachat
Looking for an anthology of stories about what it is to be a student today on college campuses? What about if it were focused exclusively on stories written by people in the college or just-recently-graduated college stage? This anthology is a diverse array of voices, just as it is a diverse array of stories spanning college orientation to graduation.
For a more comprehensive list of new releases, check out our New Books newsletter.
YA Book News
- Casting news for the Amazon adaptation of We Were Liars has landed.
- Little White Lies by Jennifer Lynn Barnes has been optioned for TV series development.
- The New York Times highlights a handful of great Greek mythology retellings. I wish it addressed how white this particular style of retelling is and how white the list is.
- Here are the YA books you can read for free on SimonTeen this month.
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe will begin streaming on STARZ this month.
As always, thanks for hanging out. We’ll see you this weekend for your YA ebook deals.
Until then, happy reading!
–Kelly Jensen