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Ali Hazelwood Makes Her YA Debut and More Book Radar!

Post author By Emily Martin
Post date March 10, 2023

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Happy Monday, Book People!

You know how I love a Monday. I’ve got one more week of relaxation at home before I am heading back out for another wedding. This time in New Orleans! Should be fun, and I will also be cat sitting, so I’ll have cute new cats to share with you. Which is why you’re all here. But before we get to that, let’s get to the books.

Book Deals and Reveals

Penguin Teen has shared the cover of Hazelwood’s upcoming novel Check & Mate, a YA romance story about two chess competitors. The novel comes out on November 7, and it’s available for preorder now.

Here’s the beautiful cover reveal of Shannon Takakooka’s The Totally True Story of Gracie Byrne. The novel will be published by Candlewick on October 31.

Entertainment Weekly has shared an excerpt from Canadian indie-pop duo Tegan and Sara’s graphic novel Junior High, which comes out May 30.

The Nerd Daily revealed the cover of Jo Segura’s Raiders of the Lost Heart. The novel, described as “an adventure rom-com featuring rival archaeologists,” will be published on December 5 from Berkley.

Tor.com has got the cover reveal for Nicola Griffith’s Menewood, the sequel to Hild. The book comes out on October 3 from MCD Books.

The series adaptation of Erik Larson’s Devil in the White City is no longer moving forward at Hulu.

Independent studio Wiip (Mare of Easttown, Dickinson) has acquired the rights to Vauhini Vara’s debut novel The Immortal King Rao and will be adapting the novel for televison.

The 2023 PEN/Faulkner finalists were announced. The award will honor a winner that three other authors will judge as a “first among equals.”

The 2023 Nebula Award Finalists were also announced by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association this week.

Also…we have questions about Reese Witherspoon’s recent book club selection.

Book Riot Recommends

Hi, welcome to everyone’s favorite segment of Book Radar called Book Riot Recommends. This is where I’ll talk to you about all the books I’m reading, the books I’m loving, and the books I can’t wait to read and love in the near future. I think you’re going to love them too!

Prepare Your Shelves

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld (Random House, April 4)

Spring is almost here, and to me, that means it’s romcom season. So what better novel to read in spring than one literally entitled Romantic Comedy? This one actually crept up on me. I knew Curtis Sittenfeld had a new book coming out, but I didn’t realize it was coming out so soon. So prepare your shelves, because this one is going to be a whole lot of fun.

Sally Miz, sketch writer for a late-night live comedy show called The Night Owls (it airs every Saturday — very SNL), has sworn off love. She’s had enough of opening up her heart just to have it broken time and time again, and at this point in her life, she’s happy with no-strings-attached, one-time hook-ups. When Sally’s friend and fellow writer Danny Horst starts dating a beautiful actress who guest-hosted The Night Owls, Sally takes out her frustrations in a sketch poking fun at all the average-looking guys who are able to snag women who are way out of their league. There is no way, she argues, that it would ever happen in reverse.

But then Noah Brewster comes along. Noah is a pop star who notoriously dates models. When he joins an episode of the show as both the host and the musical guest, Noah and Sally hit it off right away. The more the two work together on sketches for the show, the more Sally starts to wonder if their might be actual sparks here. But no one who looks like Noah could fall for someone like her… right?

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What I’m Reading This Week

Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado

Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister

The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz

Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Orange by Ichigo Takano

Monday Memes

So many great memes out right now. But I’ve really been loving all of the iterations of the Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent meme with Nicholas Cage and Pedro Pascal. Especially when they get bookish.

And Here’s A Cat Picture!

Action shot! I love when I get a picture of the kitties mid-yawn because they look kinda ferocious, even when in reality they’re just really sleepy. So thanks for allowing me to capture this moment, Remy.

And that is all! I hope you have a wonderful Monday and a wonderful start to your week!

Emily

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Read an Excerpt of Tegan and Sara’s Graphic Novel JUNIOR HIGH: Today in Books

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Post date March 9, 2023

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Here’s the Cover Reveal for Ali Hazelwood’s Check & Mate

A new Ali Hazelwood book is coming soon, and it’s her YA debut! Penguin Teen has shared the cover of Hazelwood’s upcoming novel Check & Mate, a YA romance story about two chess competitors. The novel comes out on November 7, and it’s available for preorder now.

Read an Excerpt of Tegan and Sara’s Graphic Novel Junior High

Entertainment Weekly has shared an excerpt from Canadian indie-pop duo Tegan and Sara’s graphic novel Junior High. The story explores the twins’ own experiences in junior high. “In this excerpt, you see us reunited in gym class after spending their first day of junior high without each other,” Tegan and Sara told EW. “After a group of curious students makes the connection that we’re twins, a new friend chemistry blooms between almost all of us. The awkward social transition from kid to teenager is captured in this endearing moment of oversharing our personal history with total strangers.” Junior High is out May 30.

Manga Author with “Zero” Drawing Talent to Launch Japan’s First Fully AI-Drawn Manga

A Japanese manga author, who uses the pseudonym Rootport, used a viral AI tool to create Japan’s first full AI-drawn manga, Cyberpunk: Peach John. Using a cat avatar to protect his identity, Rootport discussed the project with AFP News Agency. He said that it took him “a minute or so” to generate images for the story’s main antagonist, using text prompts such as “pink hair,” “Asian boy” and “stadium jacket.” Doing this, he was able to complete the art for his over-100-page book in just six weeks. “It was a fun process, it reminded me of playing the lottery,” Rootport said.

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Paul Tremblay Discusses New Short Story Collection and More Book Radar!

Post author By Emily Martin
Post date March 8, 2023

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Dear Book Friends,

Welcome back for another Thursday edition of Book Radar. AWP is in Seattle this weekend, so I’m hoping maybe I get to do some fun book-related things around the city. Will report back if I experience anything exciting. In the meantime, it’s time to talk books!

Book Deals and Reveals

Jason Derulo is writing his first book, Sing Your Name Out Loud: 15 Rules for Living Your Dream, which will be published by HarperCollins on June 27.

Trevor Noah is back with a new book deal with publisher One World. Noah’s next project is a novel that’s scheduled for a fall 2023 release.

Haruki Murakami is publishing a new novel on April 13. It will be the author’s first novel since 2017’s Killing Commendatore. Unfortunately for English-speaking readers, this publication date is for the Japanese version only. No announcement has been made for translation publication dates yet.

Here’s the cover reveal of When We Become Ours, a YA anthology featuring adoptee authors. It’s out from Harper Teen on October 24.

Travis Baldree, author of Legends & Lattes, is back with another book, and here’s the cover reveal. Bookshops & Bonedust will be out from Tor Books on November 7.

Del Rey Books has bought the North American rights to Karen Lord’s The Blue, Beautiful World. This novel was sold along with reprint rights to two of the author’s previous titles, Redemption in Indigo and Unraveling.

According to data, women are now publishing more books than men are, and it’s affecting the publishing world in a big way.

Here are the winners of the 2023 PEN America Literary Awards.

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Can’t Wait for This One!

The Beast You Are by Paul Tremblay (William Morrow, July 11)

Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with horror author Paul Tremblay about the adaptation of his book Cabin at the End of the World. If you read this newsletter frequently, then you might remember back at the end of 2022, I mentioned Knock at the Cabin was one of my most anticipated movies of 2023. So this was so exciting for me!

But what I think will be exciting for you, oh readers who love to have your fingers on the pulse of all the exciting new releases? Paul Tremblay also revealed some details about what we can expect from his upcoming short story collection The Beast You Are. “I don’t know if following up a movie with a short story collection with anthropomorphic animals and free-verse is the most commercial thing I could have done, but it’s happening,” he said.

And if you’ve read multiple books from Tremblay, then you’ve probably noticed the author returns to certain characters and has little nods to previous stories. So I asked if we could expect any of that in the new book.

“I don’t think I would ever write a sequel to A Head Full of Ghosts,” Tremblay responded. “But given that Marjorie and Mary, one of their bonds was telling each other stories, I like the idea of writing other stories Marjorie and Mary might have told each other. So in the collection, there are two. One’s a very short story, and it starts with the line, ‘this is another story my sister told me.’ It has Mary and Marjorie and a giant monster. And there’s a story that was originally published in Fangoria a couple of years ago. I wrote it as Karen Brisset, the blogger from A Head Full of Ghosts. In that novel, I mention that she’s hired by Fangoria at some point. So this is her answering letters to Fangoria, and the letters are referring to what she wrote about the TV show The Possession. So that story’s definitely linked to A Head Full of Ghosts.“

There may be a few more connections to previous stories in the book’s short story and its novella about anthropomorphic animals, but you’ll have to read and see for yourself. The Beast You Are is out this July.

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Words of Literary Wisdom

“I used to think soul mates were two of the same. I used to think I was supposed to look for somebody that was like me. I don’t believe in soul mates anymore and I’m not looking for anything. But if I did believe in them, I’d believe your soul mate was somebody who had all the things you didn’t, that needed all the things you had. Not somebody who’s suffering from the same stuff you are.”

— Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

What’s Up in the Book Community?

My iPhone is constantly telling me I spend too much time staring at my screen, which is honestly so rude. But this means I spend a lot of time scrolling around the online book community: BookTube, Bookstagram, BookTok, BookLinkedIn (JK. That’s not a thing…I don’t think). You get the idea. Don’t have the time, energy, or the will to do all of that yourself? No problem. I got you. In this weekly section of Book Radar, we’ll take a look at something cool, interesting, and/or newsy that’s going on in the book community.

Another author is responding poorly to book reviews. This keeps coming up in the world of online books over and over again. So how do we avoid this in the future? If you’re an author, here’s a hint. Maybe don’t read reviews if they’re going to upset you and lead you to attack reviewers. Or just don’t read reviews at all, either way. And if you’re upset about a review you read, I can’t imagine getting into Twitter and Goodreads arguments with your readers would somehow make you feel better.

And Here’s A Cat Picture!

a black and white cat with his paws on a laptop

Look who’s helping me write this week! Remy is a business cat wearing a tuxedo in to work. Very fancy. I am very proud of him.

Anyway, Remy and I are going to type type type some other things now. I hope you have a great weekend! We’ll talk again soon.

Emily

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Maggie O’Farrell and NoViolet Bulawayo Among Women’s Prize for Fiction Nominees: Today in Books

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Post date March 8, 2023

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Hulu Not Moving Forward with Devil in the White City Adaptation

The series adaptation of Erik Larson’s Devil in the White City is no longer moving forward at Hulu. This news comes months after it was announced that both star Keanu Reeves and director Todd Field had exited the project. Reeves originally joined the project because of Todd Field’s involvement, and he left after the director departed. There are now plans to shop the project to other outlets.

Wiip Nabs the Rights to Vauhini Vara’s Debut Novel The Immortal King Rao

Independent studio Wiip (Mare of Easttown, Dickinson) has acquired the rights to Vauhini Vara’s debut novel The Immortal King Rao and will be adapting the novel for televison. Playwright and screenwriter Madhuri Shekar will adapt the novel and serve as an executive producer. “We’re thrilled that Vauhini has entrusted us with this riveting, visionary global thriller, and we couldn’t be more excited about Madhuri adapting,” said Wiip’s Josh Stern. “We’ve been fans of Madhuri’s for years — as soon as we read the novel, we knew it would be great in her hands.”

Maggie O’Farrell and NoViolet Bulawayo Among Women’s Prize for Fiction Nominee

Maggie O’Farrel and NoViolet Bulawayo are among the sixteen authors to make the longlist for this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction. Nine of the books included on the longlist are debuts, and a quarter of the books chosen this year are from independent presses. The shortlist of six books will be announced on April 26, and the winner will be announced on June 14. The Women’s prize aims “to celebrate and promote fiction by women to the widest range of readers possible.” Last year’s winner was Ruth Ozeki for her novel The Book of Form and Emptiness.

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Trevor Noah is Back with a New Book Deal: Today in Books

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Post date March 7, 2023

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Rachel Lindsay Explores Life if She Had Said No to The Bachelor in Her First Novel

What if Rachel Lindsay had never been The Bachelorette? That’s what she’s exploring in her first novel, Real Love, which hits shelves today. The novel follows Maya Johnson, a career-driven woman who says no to becoming the star of dating reality series Real Love, only to see her best friend Delilah take the opportunity. Lindsay told Entertainment Weekly that writing the novel was “such a fun process. I would totally want to do it again… Now I want to see these characters out in real life. I want it to be a series or a movie or something like that, but then I want to explore more of that by writing more. I’ve just got to think of the idea.” Real Love is now available in bookstores everywhere.

Jason Derulo is Writing His First Book

Jason Derulo is writing his first book, Sing Your Name Out Loud: 15 Rules for Living Your Dream, which will be published by HarperCollins. The book will include Derulo’s “15 tried-and-true rules for finding creative excellence, increased productivity, self-mastery, and success in any pursuit.” Derulo also announced in a tweet that he will be narrating the audiobook. The book will be available everywhere on June 27, and it’s available for preorder now.

Trevor Noah is Back with a New Book Deal

Former Daily Show host and author of the bestselling memoir Born A Crime Trevor Noah is back with a new book deal with publisher One World. Noah’s next project is a novel that the publisher describes as a “gorgeously illustrated and moving modern fable for readers of all ages about forgiveness, acceptance and the secret to solidarity.” The book doesn’t yet have a title, but it’s scheduled for a fall 2023 release.

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Celebrate new releases, Women’s History Month, Janet Mock’s birthday, and more with these queer books you need to read in March.

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Haruki Murakami Publishing His First Novel in Six Years: Today in Books

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Post date March 6, 2023

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Shadow and Bone Clip Teases New Alliance for Season 2

Netflix has released a new clip from Shadow and Bone season 2 that shows Alina Starkov (Jessie Mei Li) following the advice she got in season 1 to find new allies. The clip shows Alina attempting to find an ally in Nikolai (Patrick Gibson), despite his reservations and concerns that Alina was a “co-conspirator” in the Darkling’s attempts to extend the Shadow Fold. Shadow and Bone season 2 is out on Netflix on March 16.

Students Push Back Against Book Bans as the Scope of a New Florida Law Expands

At a recent Pinellas County School Board meeting, students, parents and teachers gathered to protest the removal of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye from high schools following a parent’s complaint. “While I do acknowledge that specific content in The Bluest Eye can be uncomfortable and difficult to read, it is for this exact reason I believe it is valuable to be analyzed in the classroom setting, even though others may not want to read this in public,” Prisha Sherdiwala, a student at Palm Harbor University High School, told the board. “As young humans, some of us who will be adults in less than a year, we are capable of engaging with these challenging ideas.”

Haruki Murakami Publishing His First Novel in Six Years

Haruki Murakami is publishing a new novel on April 13. It will be the author’s first novel since 2017’s Killing Commendatore. The novel, entitled The City and Its Uncertain Walls, will be 1,200 pages long and is set in a “soul-stirring, 100% pure Murakami world” that involves “a story that had long been sealed.” A teaser reached by the publisher reads, “Must go to the city. No matter what happens. A locked up ‘story’ starts to move quietly as if ‘old dreams’ are woken up and unravelled in a secluded archive.” Unfortunately, the April 13 release date is only for the Japanese version of the novel. No announcements have been made for translation release dates, but for English-speaking readers, hopefully there will be news soon.

11 Harrowing New Horror Books to Read in March

Monsters, vampires, ghosts, and other horrifying haunts aplenty! There’s that and more in this month’s new horror releases.

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Women Are Publishing More Than Men: Today in Books

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Post date March 5, 2023

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Marvel Launches 20th Century Studios Imprint with Planet of the Apes Comic

Marvel Comics is launching a new imprint dedicated to 20th Century Studios’ properties. The imprint will kick off with a new Planet of the Apes comic from writer David F. Walker, artist David Wachter and cover artist Joshua Cassara. “Ever since we announced our Alien and Predator comics, we hoped to create a special space within our comics line to go even bigger and bolder and keep building on the iconic moments from these properties that we all know and love,” Marvel Comics editor-in-chief C.B. Cebulski said in a statement. “This 20th Century Studios comics imprint, in collaboration with our friends at 20th Century Studios, is the perfect way to do that. And now that we’re bringing back Planet of the Apes again through classic comic book storytelling, we are absolutely thrilled to officially launch this imprint for the fans, and we’re all honored to expand upon it in the coming months.”

Poetry Challenge: Kwame Alexander Wants to Know How Naps Inspire You

NPR’s poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander has a poetry challenge for you. As a big fan of the power nap, Alexander wants you to share, in the form of a poem, how naps have inspired or restored you. Your poem must start with or incorporate the phrase “I would like to…” Share your poem, and Alexander will take lines from some of your pieces and create a community crowdsourced poem. Alexander and NPR’s Rachel Martin will also read the poem on air. NPR will publish it online, and contributors will be credited. The form closes Friday, March 10.

Women Are Publishing More Than Men

In a recent study by Joel Waldfogel, an economist at the University of Minnesota, it was discovered that by the year 2020, for the first time in history, women were publishing more books than men. Waldfogel analyzed data from Goodreads, Bookstat, Amazon, and the National Library of Congress, and found that women’s share of published titles increased from around 20% in the 1970s to over 50% by 2020. It’s not that fewer men are publishing now. Rather, the publishing industry has grown, and female-authored books are selling more copies on average than those by men.

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LeVar Burton Discusses New Documentary About Literacy Crisis in the U.S.: Today in Books

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Post date March 4, 2023

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Disney Releases Trailer for Peter Pan & Wendy

The trailer for Disney’s upcoming live-action film Peter Pan & Wendy was released earlier this week. Yara Shahidi stars in the film as Tinker Bell, marking the first time a Black woman has played the character on screen. The movie also stars Alexander Molony in his feature film debut as Peter Pan, Jude Law as Captain Hook, Alyssa Wapanatâhk as Tiger Lily, and Ever Gabo Anderson and Wendy. Peter Pan & Wendy starts streaming on Disney+ on April 28.

Crime Reads Shares Cover Reveal and Excerpt from Ashley Winstead’s Midnight is the Darkest Hour

Crime Reads has shared an exclusive excerpt and cover reveal from Midnight is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead. Winstead is the bestselling author of In My Dreams I Hold A Knife and The Last Housewife. Her latest southern gothic thriller, Midnight is the Darkest Hour, will be released by Sourcebooks Landmark on October 3.

LeVar Burton Discusses New Documentary About Literacy Crisis in the US

LeVar Burton’s new documentary The Right to Read is bringing attention to why children in the U.S. are struggling to learn how to read. Executive producer Burton and director Jenny Mackenzie recently joined CBS Mornings to discuss the documentary and the literacy crisis in the U.S. Burton says that teachers are “caught in a bind. They want to do what’s best for their children, but they’re constrained by school districts and public policy and we have to do better.” Burton says illiteracy affects more children of color “because our kids get less always, especially when it comes to education.” To learn more about where to watch the film, check out The Right to Read website.

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Get A First Look at Ashley Winstead’s MIDNIGHT IS THE DARKEST HOUR and More Book Radar!

Post author By Emily Martin
Post date March 3, 2023

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Wow…

It’s Monday again. That just keeps happening, doesn’t it? And it’s March too. Wild. I know everyone says this, but it’s because it’s true. January always feels like a whole year in and of itself. And now that we’re out of January, the rest of the year is just going to fly by. Mark my words. I hope you’ve already made your plans for the holidays because that’s basically right around the corner. Anyhow. Let’s try to make time stand still for just a few moments while we talk about books.

Book Deals and Reveals

the fall of the house of tatterly book cover

The School Library Journal has the exclusive cover reveal of Shanna Miles’ The Fall of the House of Tatterly. This middle grade novel will be out from Union Square Kids on August 29.

Crime Reads has shared the cover and an excerpt from the upcoming novel Midnight is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead. This one will be published on October 3.

Fonda Lee has announced a new cyberpunk space opera duology that she describes as “what you’d get if Akira Kurosawa wrote Dune starring a 50-something give-no-fucks swordswoman on her last job, blended with vibes of Blade Runner plus a touch of John Wick.” The Last Contract of Isako is set for a winter 2025 release.

After a turbulent few months for the publishing company, Penguin Random House has announced new leadership. The interim chief executive of Penguin Random House, Nihar Malaviya, will retain the “interim” title for now, but he will be taking charge for the foreseeable future.

Priyanka Chopra’s Purple Pebble Pictures is producing a limited series based on Tanya Selvaratnam’s memoir Assume Nothing for Amazon Studios.

Barnes & Noble is making changes to its membership program. Previously, the membership cost $25 a year and gave members 40% off hardcover bestsellers, 10% off all in-store purchases, free shipping online, and a few bonus perks through the year. Read more about the new program here.

The Great British Baking Show finalist Kim-Joy has written a graphic novel. Titled Turtle Bread: A Graphic Novel About Baking, Fitting In, and the Power of Friendship, the graphic novel is inspired by Kim-Joy’s mental health struggles and her love of baking. It will be available digitally in May via Comixology, and in print this fall from Dark Horse.

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Prepare Your Shelves

Belle of the Ball by Mari Costa (First Second, March 21)

You know, I haven’t featured that many graphic novels here, which is a shame because I have been making an effort to read more graphic novels. So it’s about time I share my new love and appreciation of graphic novels with all of you. And in honor of my new obsession with Heartstopper, it only seems right that we start with another queer YA graphic novel. Belle of the Ball is soooo freaking adorable. And SO PINK! Best of all, it’s coming out soon, so prepare your shelves.

Belle Hawkins is a senior in high school and a total wallflower who does her best not to stand out from the crowd. That’s why she’s perfectly happy hiding in the school mascot costume at all the games. When she finally works up the courage to take off her mask and ask out her crush, head cheerleader Regina Moreno, there’s one tiny (ok, kind of big) problem: Regina is already dating athletic all-star Chloe Kitagawa.

When Hawkins approaches Regina, Regina knows Hawkins will do anything to get close to her, and so she sees an opportunity. Chloe is not doing well in English, and Hawkins would be willing to tutor Chloe free of charge. Little does Regina know that Chloe and Hawkins go way back. They’ve known each other since they were kids, back when Hawkins went by Belle and wore princess dresses to school every single day. And when romance starts to blossom between Hawkins and Chloe, this love triangle goes in a much different direction than Regina expected.

What I’m Reading This Week

The Spite House by Johnny Compton

Reggie and Delilah’s Year of Falling by Elise Bryant

Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Orange by Ichigo Takano

Don’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones

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Monday Memes

I think we need to take a moment to just acknowledge that we as a people are all obsessed with Pedro Pascal. And if you’re not already, you should be.

And Here’s A Cat Picture!

I’m so excited because my friend got to visit me last week. This was my first friend to come visit me in my new home, and it was so fun showing her around Seattle and getting to be like “yep, I live here!” But I think the best part was showing off my cats, of course. So anyway, here’s a picture my friend took of Murray being bad. Unfortunately, he’s still really cute even when he’s bad.

And that’s where we end today, friends. I hope you have a wonderful week. I’ll be here again with more book things on Thursday. See you then!

Emily

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Britney Spears Jukebox Musical ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME Retells Classic Fairy Tales: Today in Books

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Post date March 3, 2023

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Bad Robot Lands Film Rights to Mona Awad’s Bunny

Bad Robot has acquired rights to adapt Mona Awad’s bestselling novel Bunny into a feature film. Bunny was published in 2019 by Viking and is currently in its 14^th printing, thanks in no small part to attention from the BookTok community. Recently, a TikTok fan-casting a Bunny movie went viral. In addition to Bunny, Mona Awad is the author of All’s Well and 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl. Her next novel, Rouge, will be out on September 12 from Simon & Schuster.

Britney Spears Jukebox Musical Once Upon a One More Time Retells Classic Fairy Tales

A new jukebox Broadway musical Once Upon a One More Time will retell popular fairy tales to the music of Britney Spears. Justin Guarini and Aisha Jackson will star as Prince Charming and Snow White. Briga Heelan will also star as Cinderella. The new musical is written by Jon Hartmere, produced by Tony Award-winning producers James L. Nederlander and Hunter Arnold, and directed and choreographed by Keone & Mari Madrid. Once Upon a One More Time starts previews on May 13 at New York City’s Marquis Theatre and will have its opening night June 22. Tickets are currently on sale at Ticketmaster.

Merriam-Webster Asks for the Best Non-English Words

Merriam-Webster started a Twitter thread on Tuesday asking non-English speakers for words in their language that are perfect, but don’t translate easily into English. Responses came from a wide variety of languages. Check out some of the answers that should definitely be added to our English language vocabulary.

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