Hi Book Friends!
I decided to return from Canada after all. So here I am in America again, getting ready for the holidays and such. Most importantly, I’m back with the cats, so I have fresh new cat pictures to share with you. Oh, and book things. We also have book things to discuss. So let’s discuss!
Book Deals and Reveals
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Christina Lauren has announced their new romance novel The True Love Experiment. And you know the best part? On Instagram, you can enter to win an early copy of their book.
Cover reveal time! Check out the cover of Regina Black’s The Art of Scandal, the story of a woman who agrees to fake a perfect marriage for her cheating husband’s political campaign. Meanwhile, she finds herself falling for a much younger man. Out from Grand Central on August 1!
And here’s the cover reveal of Like Real by Shelly Lyons, a mind-bending body horror rom com coming on February 14 from Ghoulish Books.
Hell Bent, the highly anticipated sequel to Leigh Bardugo’s debut adult novel Ninth House, hits shelves on January 10. Ahead of its release, Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive look at Chapter 5 from Hell Bent.
Element Pictures, the Irish production company behind the Emmy-nominated and BAFTA-winning hit adaptation of Sally Rooney’s Normal People, will be adapting Nicola Dinan’s debut LGBT romance novel Bellies for TV.
Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep) is developing a TV adaptation of Stephen King’s Dark Tower series.
In a December 9th announcement, Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle has stepped down from his position at the head of the publisher. This news comes just weeks after a federal judge blocked the publisher’s attempt to acquire rival Big Five publisher Simon & Schuster.
These are the 2022 new releases the Atlantic says “impressed us with their force of ideas…In a phrase, they were good to think with.”
Here are the 2023 new releases Goodreads users are most excited to get hands their hands on, from romance to horror to nonfiction and more.
The New York Times released its Best Audiobooks of 2022, a list that promises new experiences and brilliant performances.
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!
Can’t Wait for This One!
Flux by Jinwoo Chong (Melville House, March 21)
What debut novel can you get excited about in 2023? Flux by Jinwoo Chong. This book explores grief and Asian American identity through a story that mixes elements of neo-noir and science fiction. Think Ling Ma’s Severance meets William Gibson’s Neuromancer. And you’ll be able to grab a copy of it on March 21.
Four days before Christmas, 8-year-old Bo loses his mother in a tragic accident. Elsewhere, 28-year-old Brandon loses his job after a hostile takeover of his big-media employer, and 48-year-old Blue, a key witness in a criminal trial against a tech startup, attempts to reconnect with his family. Bo, Brandon, and Blue’s lives connect in surprising ways, exposing a vast network of secrets and a technology that threatens to change everything: a form of time travel being used to cover up a string of violent crimes.
Flux is a wild ride. It’s an incredibly unique story with characters that you won’t soon forget. I think a lot of people will be talking about this one when it hits shelves in March. And while that seems far away now, it’s coming sooner than you think, so get excited!
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Words of Literary Wisdom
“Become so drunk on life and love that it blinds you to the hate threatening to drown you. Chew on grief for breakfast, devour aches for lunch, inhale life’s acid, let it burn the costume he has forced upon you.”
— The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson
What I’m Watching This Weekend
We all have our comfort shows. My #1 comfort show is Community. But when I watch Community all the way through multiple times in a row? It’s time to switch to Parks and Rec. So in honor of me watching Parks and Rec again for the 1,000th time, here’s a fun little look at the Reading Life of April Ludgate. Enjoy.
And Here’s A Cat Picture!
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Look at these cats! Do you think they missed me? They look like they were really sad without me right? Okay, don’t answer that.
Anyway, that’s all for today, everyone. I hope you have a wonderful weekend. And I will see you again very soon!