Dear Book Friends,
Welcome to another wonderful Thursday of book talk. Today, I’m coming at you from the super scorching hot city of Austin, TX. Super excited to be here and to see my friend get married. But also, as I always do when I’m visiting a new city, I’m excited to check out some bookstores. If you have favorites, be sure to reach out and let me know! Now let’s talk books.
Book Deals and Reveals
The fifth novel in the Finlay Donovan series is coming soon! Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave is hitting shelves on March 4, 2025. You can preorder it now.
Have you finished Bridgerton Season 3, Part 1, and now you’re pining for Part 2? Here’s a brief teaser for what’s to come in the second half of the season. It releases on Netflix on June 13.
Netflix’s adaptation of Jo Nesbø’s Harry Hole series has found its lead. Tobias Santelmann (The Last Kingdom, Exit, and The Arctic Convoy) will star as the Nordic detective. Also heading the series is Joel Kinnaman (The Suicide Squad), who will play Tom Waaler, and Pia Tjelta (Made in Oslo) as Rakel Fauke.
Emma Törzs’ debut fantasy novel Ink Blood Sister Scribe is being adapted as a fantasy series by Amazon MGM Studios company.
Here’s the cover of Swordcrossed, a new enemies-to-lovers queer fantasy romance from Freya Marske. It’s out on October 10!
Celia Imrie has joined the cast of the movie adaptation of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club. Chris Columbus is attached to write the screenplay and direction. Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, and Ben Kingsley were also previously announced as stars.
Netflix’s The Sandman series has cast the remaining family members of The Endless for season 2. Destiny will be played by Adrian Lester, Delirium will be played by Esmé Creed-Miles, and Destruction, now referred to as “The Prodigal” by his siblings, will be played by Barry Sloane.
Mystery and thriller lovers, here are the most anticipated mysteries and thrillers coming out in 2024, according to Goodreads.
The 2024 Eisner Award nominees have been announced! Winners will be announced at San Diego Comic-Con during a gala awards ceremony on July 26.
Book Riot Recommends
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Can’t Wait for this One!
What the Woods Took by Courtney Gould (Wednesday Books, December 10)
Get excited, because in December, we’re getting a new YA novel from Courtney Gould, author of The Dead and the Dark. This one is being compared to Yellowjackets with a dash of Girl, Interrupted, which sounds…okay, fun is probably not the right word. But intriguing, certainly. Right up my alley, definitely. I can’t wait to pick this one up.
When Devin Green is abducted in the middle of the night and dragged into the woods with a group of equally confused teens, she’s surprised to discover her family has signed her up for an experimental therapy program. Two camp counselors explain to the group that they will all be tasked with surviving a 50-day hike through the wilderness. Ideally, the teens will learn how to fight their inner demons and come out on the other side as stronger, more well-adjusted versions of themselves. That is the idea, anyway.
But deep in the Idaho woods, Devin finds many unsettling surprises. She keeps getting these strange visions of people she knows aren’t really there. And the trees seem to have faces. Then the camp counselors go missing, and suddenly Devin is stuck with a group of people she barely knows, unsure of who she can trust, but totally reliant on each and every one of them for survival.
Words of Literary Wisdom
“Being alone isn’t a skill. It’s a disposition.”
— The Incendiaries by R. O. Kwon
And Here’s A Cat Picture!
The worst thing about leaving town is having to leave my cats at home. Seriously, I wish I could take them everywhere with me. Just look at this cute little freckled face resting so peacefully in my arms. Cats are actual angels!
And that’s all I have for you today, friends. I hope you have a gorgeous weekend, and I’ll see you Monday, after my friend gets married! Until then!