Hi, Book Friends!
It’s Thursday, which means it’s time, once again, to talk books. It’s been a long week with lots of doctors appointments and other un-fun things (everything is okay), but I’m looking forward to taking a little break to talk to all of you. So let’s do this.
Book Deals and Reveals
Here’s the cover of Eric LaRocca’s upcoming novel At Dark, I Become Loathsome. The cover artwork is by Sarah Sitkin, with a cover design/layout by Kathryn Galloway English. It’s out on January 28, 2025, from Blackstone Publishing.
I know, I can’t believe it’s already time for January 2025 cover reveals, but here’s another one: Alafair Burke’s The Note, “a story of three longtime friends whose girls’ weekend to the Hamptons goes terribly wrong.” It’s out on January 14, 2025.
Emily Austin’s new novel We Could Be Rats is set to be published in spring 2025 by Atria. The book is pitched as “a love letter to childhood, growing up, and the power of imagination.”
And here’s the cover of Paula Hawkin’s new thriller The Blue Hour. It’s out this October.
If you loved The Other Black Girl and Midsommar, make sure you check out Vincent Tirado’s We Came to Welcome You, out from William Morrow books this September. Here’s the cover reveal.
Nat Cassidy has announced his third novel, which he describes as “a little bit IT and Firestarter, a little bit Terminator 2, a little bit Le Guin, a little bit Koontz, a little bit Grimms, a little bit Twilight Zone, & a lotta bit gonna rip yer face off.” It’s called When the Wolf Comes Home, and it’s coming soon!
The film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s It Ends With Us has been delayed. The movie will now open on August 9.
Book clubs are really having a moment right now. Are you part of a book club? What are your thoughts about the current boom?
Book Riot Recommends
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Can’t Wait for This One!
Rani Choudhury Must Die by Adiba Jaigirdar (Feiwel & Friends, November 12)
I am so ready for a fun, cute, sapphic YA romance. Aren’t you? Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait for this one until November 12. But, you know, as I always say, with the way time works, November 12 will be here tomorrow. So, you might as well go ahead and prepare your shelves, because this one has it all — revenge, romance, comedy, hijinks, a science competition. You get it. Let me tell you about it.
Rani Choudhury can essentially do no wrong. At least, that’s what nearly everyone seems to think, and it’s exhausting for Rani’s ex-best fried, Meghna Rahman, who feels like she constantly has to live up to Miss Perfect. So when Meghna finds out she and Rani will both be competing in the Young Scientist Exhibition, she thinks this could finally be her chance to beat Rani at something.
Meanwhile, Rani just wishes her parents didn’t control every single aspect of her life. They tell her what to do about basically everything, from what she studies in school to who she dates. Rani is annoyed when her parents set her up with their family friend Zak. She’d rather focus on the upcoming science competition. What she doesn’t know is that Zak is also dating Meghna.
When the two girls find out Zak has been seeing both of them at the same time, they call a truce to take down the same enemy. Deciding to compete as partners in the European Young Scientist Exhibition, Rani and Meghna create an app that exposes cheaters. But, as I said, this is a sapphic romance, so you might have guessed what happens next. As Rani and Meghna work closely together, sparks begin to fly.
Words of Literary Wisdom
“Each thing we love takes a little piece of us whether we give it willingly or not. By the time we find the person we were meant to be with, we’re a honeycombed shell of what we once were. Each person we love turns us into the strange thing we become.”
— The Trees Grew Because I Bled There by Eric LaRocca
What I’m Watching This Weekend
You might have noticed, if you’re paying close attention, that I’ve been reading Liane Moriarty’s Apples Never Fall this week. I’m a fan of Moriarty’s books, and I’m a HUGE FAN of Alison Brie, so I’m excited to watch the mini-series based on the book over the weekend. If you want to watch along with me, it’s streaming on Peacock!
And Here’s A Cat Picture!
It’s been a minute since I’ve given you a good close up of Remy’s cute little tuxie face. So here he is. He’s been going a little bananas this week because we’ve been gone a lot to doctor’s appointments. And I feel bad because I can’t tell him why! I’m so sorry, little guy. If I could quit everything and spend 24 hours a day playing with cats, I would! Wouldn’t we all?
Aaaand…I’m out! Have a wonderful weekend, friends!