Dear Book People,
We might be on our fourth cold brew coffee today, but who’s counting? It’s all Monday vibes up in here. I hope your week is off to a good start, and I hope you found time for reading over the weekend. I really hit the audiobooks this weekend, because audiobooks are the perfect companion to packing and cleaning. And now, it’s time for all the book things.
Book Deals and Reveals
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You know I had to share this cover because it’s got an adorable cat on it, and in my humble opinion, all books should have cats on the cover. Anyway, here’s the cover for the upcoming middle grade fantasy The Scroll of Chaos. This one is out from Scholastic on March 7, 2023.
Paste has the exclusive cover reveal of Wings Cursed and Bound, an urban fantasy inspired by Thai mythology. This book will be released on April 11, 2023.
Emma Straub is writing kid’s books now! Here’s the cover reveal of Very Good Hats, Straub’s debut picture book.
And here’s the cover reveal of Some Desperate Glory, a queer space opera from award-winning author Emily Tesh. It’s available on April 4th, 2023 from Tordotcom Publishing.
Because of scheduling conflicts with Jordan Peele’s Nope, Daniel Kaluuya will not be returning for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
The 2022 Library of Congress National Book Festival returns to live audiences this Labor Day weekend for the first time in three years, and the festival lineup has been revealed! If you can’t make it to the festival in person in Washington D.C., many of the events will be livestreamed.
These audiobook recordings allow listeners to hear exactly how Roe v. Wade was overturned, with added context.
Does your book club think it has what it takes to be Booker Prize judges? Would you like a chance to attend this year’s Booker Prize ceremony? Then the Booker Prize wants to hear from you!
Book Riot has selected the best books of 2022 so far! From nonfiction to romance, horror to historical fantasy, and more. (And yes, my fave is on this list, if you’re curious)
No big deal, but Amazon has released the second teaser trailer for Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power.
Book Riot Recommends
I’m a Contributing Editor at Book Riot, I write the Today in Books newsletter, and I’m a Bibliologist for Book Riot’s Tailored Book Recommendations subscription service. I also have a PhD in English, so I’m basically a doctor of books. Books are my life, in other words, so in this section of the newsletter, let me share with you some upcoming books I’m super excited about. And I think you will be too!
Prepare Your Shelves!
The Witchery by S. Isabelle (Scholastic, July 26th)
All my life, I’ve been chasing that high I felt watching The Craft when I was thirteen and thinking to myself, “Wow, maybe I can do magic and have cool friends who can also do magic and we can form a cool group and seek revenge on everyone who has wronged us.” Yeah, I know everything goes bad for the witch gals at the end of the movie, but I was a kid and I wasn’t paying attention to that part. Anyway, my point is… I crave bad witch girl books. So, like, I am all in on The Witchery by S. Isabelle. And yeah, this book is giving me serious Craft vibes, and I’m not mad about it one bit.
Here’s the deal. This book is set in Haelsford, Florida, where the Haunting Season is approaching. Logan is a new witch who has just arrived at Mesmortes Coven Academy and is immediately taken under the wing of the infamous Red Three: Iris, Talia, and Jailah. With the Haunting Season upon them, the witches must prepare for the arrival of the Wolves, who will rise from the swamp to kill. Every year, witches and humans must work together to fight against the onslaught. But this year, the stakes are higher as students at the school start turning up dead. And Iris, Thalia, Jailah, and Logan realize it’s up to them and them alone to stop the Wolves.
But old dangers await them. And the cost for breaking the curse might be much greater than anything the four girls could anticipate.
Are you in on this paranormal, witchy, queer, dark academia, dark fantasy YA novel? I sure am. And it’s coming out before the end of the month, so prepare those shelves now.
Don’t forget you can get three free audiobooks at Audiobooks.com with a free trial!
What I’m Reading This Week
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The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
Sense and Second-Degree Murder by Tirzah Price
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
Monday Memes
I am in love with this meme that combines one of my favorite songs with my favorite book fair. Wait… did I make this meme? (update: I did not)
Come Work for Book Riot
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And Here’s A Cat Picture!
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I leave you with this: a picture of Remy, a beautiful tuxedo cat angel, looking proud on his cat tree and showing off his white bib and paw tips. Yes, we see you, Remy. You look dapper AF. Keep it up.
And with that, I will let you get on with your week! We’ll have another check in on Thursdays, as always, so hopefully you’ll be back for more Book Radar then! Talk soon!
💙 Emily