It’s Monday, Book Friends!
How was your weekend? Did you watch Irish Wish with me? If so, I would love to hear your thoughts. I gave it three enthusiastic stars, which I think is a really great rating for a Netflix rom-com, tbh. I’m all in for the Lindsay Lohan Netflix rom-com era. Let’s have more!
Okay, as much as I would love to make a whole newsletter about Lindsay Lohan, you’re here to talk books. So let’s talk books.
Book Deals and Reveals
SciFiNow has revealed the cover of Lorraine Wilson’s We Are All Ghosts in the Forest, designed by Jo Walker. It’s out from Solaris on November 7.
My birthday month just got even more exciting, everyone. Heartstopper season 3 is coming to Netflix in October! You can read all the details here.
And more good news for fans of series adaptations. House of the Dragon is coming back to HBO for a second season on June 16. HBO has dropped two trailers for the new season, one focused on Rhaenrya and one on Alicent.
More cover reveals! Check out the cover of Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte. It’s out on September 17.
And here’s the cover of Tamara Jerée’s sapphic paranormal romance A Wolf Steps in Blood. It’s coming on April 16.
Two-time Coretta Scott King Award-winner Sharon Draper has two books out this fall. Her middle grade novel Out of My Dreams will be released from Simon & Schuster this September. And, her debut picture book Bella Ballerina is out from Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books this fall, too. Check out the covers for both upcoming books.
Here’s the trailer for the upcoming adaptation of Harold and the Purple Crayon. It’s coming to theaters on August 2.
Lorrie Moore won a National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction for I Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home. You can see more details about the awards, which were given out last Thursday, here.
Book Riot Recommends
Hi, welcome to everyone’s favorite segment of Book Radar called Book Riot Recommends. This is where I’ll talk to you about all the books I’m reading, the books I’m loving, and the books I can’t wait to read and love in the near future. I think you’re going to love them too!
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Prepare Your Shelves!
Immortal Pleasures by V. Castro (Del Ray, April 16)
You’re probably looking at the cover of V. Castro’s latest and thinking, “Wow, this book looks scary as hell, but also sexy.” And if that’s the vibe you get, then the cover designer really did their job, because that’s exactly what you can expect from Immortal Pleasures. This super hot vampire novel is coming at you in April, so prepare your shelves.
Immortal Pleasures is the dark and twisted tale of an ancient Aztec vampire who travels the modern world avenging conquered peoples, reclaiming their stolen artifacts, and returning them to their homelands. The vampire was once known, in her mortal life, as La Malinche. She was a Nahua woman who translated for the conquistador Cortés.
Now she has been reborn as Malinalli. Malinalli’s hunt for revenge sends her to Dublin, where she searches for stolen Aztec skulls that are connected to her own past. But while thirsty to avenge her people, Malinalli is also hungry for something more. And, in Dublin, she finds something unexpected — two mortal men who speak to Malinalli’s other desires in different ways.
What I’m Reading This Week
The Band by Christine Ma-Kellams
Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
Dead Girls Walking by Sami Ellis
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Monday Memes
This is a constant struggle for me. Does anyone else feel the same?
And Here’s A Cat Picture!
Now that my husband is back home, we have this tray set up for him so he can get on his computer in bed, but Cersei has decided this tray is actually her tent. Her little cat fortress. I thought it was very cute and wanted to share with all of you!
All right, friends. That’s a wrap on Monday’s Book Radar. Thanks so much for hanging out. See you Thursday?