X,O KITTY Begins Production on Season 2 and More Book Radar!

Book Deals and Reveals

Here’s the cover of Lonely Places by Kate Anderson. It’s out on October 29th from Flux Books.

X,O Kitty has begun filming season 2! And, they’ve added three more cast members: Audrey Huynh, Sasha Bhasin, and Joshua Lee have all joined the project.

Speaking of projects! The film adaptation of Andy Weir’s sci-fi novel Project Hail Mary has finally gotten a release date! The movie, starring Ryan Gosling, hits theaters on March 20, 2026.

Let’s check out another reveal. Here’s C.J. Cooke’s The Book of Witching. Appropriately, it’s out this October from Berkley.

Three of the four leading roles in the film adaptation of Richard Osman’s bestselling mystery The Thursday Murder Club have been cast! Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, and Ben Kingsley are all attached to the project. Chris Columbus is set to direct.

John Logan, the three-time Oscar-nominated writer of films such as The Aviator and Gladiator, will adapt Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian novel into a feature film. The film will be directed by John Hillcoat.

Here are the most popular nonfiction books of 2024 so far, according to Goodreads. How many nonfiction titles from this list have you loved so far this year?

The 2024 Gotham Book Prize finalists have been announced! The Gotham Book Prize is given to the best fiction or nonfiction book published each calendar year that takes place in or is about New York City. The prize grants its winner $50,000.

More awards news. Here’s the shortlist for the 2024 Women’s Prize! Winners will be announced June 12.

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Prepare Your Shelves!

Housemates by Emma Copley Eisenberg (Hogarth Press, May 28)

Emma Copley Eisenberg, author of 2020’s The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia, has written her first novel! And it’s coming out next month (well, almost this month… omg it’s ALMOST MAY). So, it’s time to prepare your shelves, because this queer road trip story sounds really fun.

Leah and Bernie are two housemates living in Philadelphia who share a love of art and exploring the world around them through their art (Leah is a writer, and Bernie is a photographer). So of course, they’re both game to take a three-week road trip, documenting rural America through their photographs and written words.

But a road trip is never just about discovering the world around you. It’s also about discovering yourself. Through their journeys, Leah and Bernie meet all kinds of people from all different walks of life. People who challenge the two housemates to reflect on their own beliefs and their perspectives of the world and what they want from their lives.

What I’m Reading This Week

The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi

Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay

Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin

Roland Rogers Isn’t Dead Yet by Samantha Allen

Monday Memes

You knew we were going to have to focus on Tortured Poets Department memes this week. Enjoy!

And Here’s A Cat Picture!

My shy girl is sleeping right behind me as I write this, so I thought I would share! Look at this beautiful angel. I do it all for her.

And that’s all, book friends! See you Thursday!

Emily