Category: Book Radar

Helloooooooo, readers! (If that is your real name.) I have been reading up a storm the past couple of weeks, and I feel so much better. (Reading: It does a body good.) I have a lot of fun stuff to share with you today that will hopefully improve your Monday. Because Mondays, amirite? I hope you’re reading something wonderful. And please be kind to yourself as well as others, and remember that life is hard – you are doing a great job! I’ll see you again on Thursday. – xoxo, Liberty

---

Sponsored by Dreamscape Media, The Ghost Manuscript, and hoopla digital.

The Ghost Manuscript, Kris Frieswick’s debut paranormal, historical thriller, is coming to audiobook. Experience the thrilling story of one woman who is determined to find out what secrets lay in historical, Dark Age manuscripts. Traveling the world in search of an unknown journal and clues that could completely rewrite the history of Western civilization, Cary’s Jones takes on a physical and emotional journey. Available for free with your library card on hoopla digital, this debut novel is one of the most anticipated thrillers of 2019.

---

Here’s this week’s trivia question: What author had “Ten Rules of Writing” that included “Never open a book with weather” and “Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip”? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

Netflix is making a new live-action series adaptation of The Babysitter’s Club.

Tayari Jones will be the 2019 Independent Bookstore Day ambassador.

Julia Roberts is in talks to star in Amazon’s adaptation of Charlotte Walsh Likes To Win by Jo Piazza.

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez is going to be a play at Steppenwolf.

Nzingha Stewart will direct the upcoming Misty Copeland biopic based on her memoir, Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina.

Sandhya Menon announced a new short story sequel to When Dimple Met Rishi.

Cover Reveals

Paste has the cover reveal for A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker. (Berkley, September 10)

Catapult rolled out a ton of new covers, and they’re all so beautiful!

And here’s the first look at Andrew Shaffer’s new Obama and Biden mystery Hope Rides Again! (Quirk Books, July 9)

Sneak peeks

Here’s the new trailer for The Public, starring Emilio Estevez and Michael Kenneth Williams.

Book Riot Recommends 

At Book Riot, I work on the New Books! email, the All the Books! podcast about new releases, and the Book Riot Insiders New Release Index. I am very fortunate to get to read a lot of upcoming titles, and learn about a lot of upcoming titles, and I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week so you can add them to your TBR! (It will now be books I loved on Mondays and books I’m excited to read on Thursdays. YAY, BOOKS!)

Loved, loved, loved:

Prince: The Last Interview (The Last Interview Series) by Prince and Hanif Abdurraqib (Melville House, March 12)

Okay, yes, this is an obvious choice. But I loved him so much, it was nice to have another little glimpse of him. I highly recommend all the books in this series, even if you’re unfamiliar with the subject of the interview. You never knowwho you might get turned on to or what you might learn.

What I’m reading this week.

The Manic Pixie Dream Boy Improvement Project by Lenore Appelhans

If Cats Disappeared from the World: A Novel by Genki Kawamura, Eric Selland (translator)

An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten, Marlaine Delargy (translator)

Pun of the week:

Don’t spell part backwards. It’s a trap.

Here’s a kitten picture: Here’s Farrokh’s hangry face.

And this is funny.

This is my kind of humor.

Trivia answer: Elmore Leonard.

You made it to the bottom! Thanks for reading! – xo, L

Hello, Thursday readers! How is your week going? I have had a headache I can’t shake (BOO!) but I have also been having fun rearranging all my books (YAY!), so I can’t complain too much. I find alphabetizing books to be so relaxing. (Moving them from room to room, not so much, LOL.) This last week of February has been a quiet one, but I still have a few fun things to share. Have a great rest of your week, and remember to eat your cereal with a fork and do your homework in the dark.  – xoxo, Liberty

---

Sponsored by Flatiron Books, publishers of Save Me From Dangerous Men by S.A. Lelchuk.

Nikki Griffin isn’t your typical private investigator. In her office above her bookstore’s shelves and stacks, she also tracks certain men. Dangerous men. She seeks justice for those who need her help in Save Me From Dangerous Men, the debut by S.A. Lelchuk.

---

Trivia question time! What is the title of Monica Ali’s 2003 novel about London’s Bangladeshi community? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

The Night Circus film has a director! It’s the first big announcement since the adaptation was announced in 2011, so hopefully this means things will move along more quickly now.

Helen Hoang has signed a four-book deal with Berkley Romance.

Mila Kunis bought the TV rights to The Lost Night by Andrea Bartz.

Cover Reveals

Attica Locke shared the cover to her Bluebird, Bluebird follow-up: Heaven My Home. (Mulholland Books, September 17)

Here’s a look at Origin of a Hero (She-Ra Chapter Book #1) by Tracey West and Amanda Schank. (Scholastic Inc., April 30)

Sneak Peeks

Here’s the first peek at the BBC’s new adaptation of His Dark Materials. (I wasn’t planning on watching this, but then I found out Ruth Wilson is in it.)

And speaking of Philip Pullman, here’s a trailer for the The Secret Commonwealth: Volume 2 of The Book of Dust.

And here’s a teaser trailer for Joe Hill’s NOS4A2.

Book Riot Recommends 

At Book Riot, I work on the New Books! email, the All the Books! podcast about new releases, and the Book Riot Insiders New Release Index. I am very fortunate to get to read a lot of upcoming titles, and learn about a lot of upcoming titles, and I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week so you can add them to your TBR! (It will now be books I loved on Mondays and books I’m excited to read on Thursdays. YAY, BOOKS!)

Excited to read:

The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton (Counterpoint, November 5)

As you may recall, I was a big fan of MWS’s last book, A Kind of Freedom, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. So I am extremely excited to see what she has for us next! The description says it’s about survivors and healers over 100 years in the American South. I can’t wait!

What I’m reading this week.

If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura, Eric Selland (translator)

A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum

Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

And this is funny.

I’ve watched this way too many times. (Heads up: There’s a swear word in Twitter avatar photo, so it might make this NSFW for some people.)

Trivia answer: Brick Lane.

You made it to the bottom! High five. Thanks for reading! – xo, L

Helloooooooo, readers! (If that is your real name.) I have been reading up a storm the past couple of weeks, and I feel so much better. (Reading: It does a body good.) I have a lot of fun stuff to share with you today that will hopefully improve your Monday. Because Mondays, amirite? I hope you’re reading something wonderful. And please be kind to yourself as well as others, and remember that life is hard – you are doing a great job! I’ll see you again on Thursday. – xoxo, Liberty

---

Book Radar is sponsored by the spring debuts of the Class of 2k19 books: 20 authors, 20 MG and YA novels debuting in 2019.

THE FEVER KING: “Lee’s science-based, gritty world melds perfectly with the timely political intrigue of the twisting, devastating plot.” – Emily Suvada
THE QUIET YOU CARRY: “Barthelmess’ story shows us a character who is trembling, yet defiant. Her message: Quiet no more.” – Nikki Grimes
IF YOU’RE OUT THERE: “Part Holmesian mystery, part love story, and funny as hell, this is an exploration of friendship that unfolds with pitch-perfect pacing.” – David Arnold
THE TRUE HISTORY OF LYNDIE B. HAWKINS: “Full of Southern toughness and mountain charm, her fierce and funny voice […] is a beautiful picture of broken humanity.” – Kirkus starred review

---

Here’s this week’s trivia question: What book took Robert J. Waller two weeks to write, and topped bestseller lists for seven months? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

Rick Famuyiwa will direct the Children of Blood and Bone adaptation.

Will Smith is writing a Fresh Princess children’s book series.

The Wizard of Oz novels are being made into a series.

And so is The Marrow Thieves!

Actress, comedian and screenwriter Casey Wilson has sold her first essay collection.

The Haunting of Hill House has been renewed for a second season.

Tor.com is publishing the novella Finna by Nino Cipri, about wormholes in IKEA.

Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah is being made into a series for Netflix.

David Oyelowo joined the cast of the Peter Rabbit sequel.

Cover Reveals

Here’s the first look at the cover of Not the Girl You Marry by Andie J. Christopher. (Berkley, November 12)

And the first peek at The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America by Karen Abbott. (Crown, October 8)

And here’s Rene Denfeld’s companion novel to The Child Finder: The Butterfly Girl. (Harper, October 1)

And here’s the first look at Toil & Trouble: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs. (St. Martin’s Press, October 1)

Book Riot Recommends 

At Book Riot, I work on the New Books! email, the All the Books! podcast about new releases, and the Book Riot Insiders New Release Index. I am very fortunate to get to read a lot of upcoming titles, and learn about a lot of upcoming titles, and I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week so you can add them to your TBR! (It will now be books I loved on Mondays and books I’m excited to read on Thursdays. YAY, BOOKS!)

Loved, loved, loved:

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (Tor Books, September 10)

This book is my new obsession. I’ve never read anything like it! It’s about Gideon the Ninth and Harrowhark Nonagesimus, the Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House. Harrowhark has been invited by the Emperor to compete against other Houses in a series of trials. The winner becomes immortal. As a necromancer, Harrowhark needs a cavalier, so she brings Gideon, her nemesis, because she is an excellent swordswoman. I am not doing this book justice, so I’ll just say it’s funny, and gross, and sweet, and scary, and hella-inventive. There are ghosts and skeletons and monsters. It’s SO RAD. I’ve already read it twice! I want to get it tattooed on my face, I love it so.

What I’m reading this week.

Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang

Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos by Lucy Knisley

Pun of the week:

Thanks for explaining the word “many” to me, it means a lot.

Here’s a kitten picture: Zevon likes to sleep headless.

And this is funny.

Seems reasonable.

Trivia answer: The Bridges of Madison County.

You made it to the bottom! Thanks for reading! – xo, L

It’s Thursday again! How does that happen?? I hope you’re having a lovely time, or at least reading a lovely book, and have delicious snacks. It’s been kind of a quiet February week so far, but I still have a few fun things to share. Please enjoy the rest of your week, be kind to yourself as well as others, and remember that life is hard – you are doing a great job! – xoxo, Liberty

---

Sponsored by Beautiful Bad, a gripping psychological thriller by Annie Ward. Order your copy today at BeautifulBadBook.com.

Maddie and Ian’s love story began with a chance encounter at a party overseas. Now almost two decades later, married with a beautiful son, Charlie, they are living the perfect suburban life in Middle America. But when a camping accident leaves Maddie badly scarred, she begins attending writing therapy, where she gradually reveals her fears about Ian’s PTSD and her concerns for the safety of their young son. Sixteen years of love and fear, adventure and suspicion culminate in The Day of the Killing, when a frantic 911 call summons the police to the scene of a shocking crime

---

Trivia question time! What is the most expensive book ever purchased? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

Amy Poehler is directing an adaptation of Moxie for Netflix.

The Book of M by Peng Shepherd has been optioned for television!

A Paddington Bear series is coming to Nickelodeon.

Abrams Kids announced a new book in their Questioneer series.

Dune, starring every actor ever apparently, now has a release date.

Neil Gaiman is reviving Jim Henson’s Storyteller.

There’s a show in the works based on the upcoming book, The Five, about the victims of Jack the Ripper.

Cover Reveals

Book Riot has the cover reveal for I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest. (Roaring Brook Press, June 4)

Former Rioter Preeti Chhibber is writing a Spider-Man tie-in! Here’s the first look at the cover. (Marvel Press, June 4)

And Epic Reads reveled the cover of Nocturna by Maya Motayne. (Balzer + Bray, May 7)

Sneak Peeks

Here’s the trailer for HBO’s documentary about Theranos, the company exposed in Bad Blood.

And here’s the trailer for the Mötley Crüe biopic, based on their book The Dirt.

Book Riot Recommends 

At Book Riot, I work on the New Books! email, the All the Books! podcast about new releases, and the Book Riot Insiders New Release Index. I am very fortunate to get to read a lot of upcoming titles, and learn about a lot of upcoming titles, and I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week so you can add them to your TBR! (It will now be books I loved on Mondays and books I’m excited to read on Thursdays. YAY, BOOKS!)

Excited to read:

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow (Redhook, September 10)

This was brought to my attention by an early reader who thinks I will love it. And it does indeed sound wonderful! It’s about magical doors, and sprawling mansions, and strange books that tell stories about their readers. SIGN ME UP!

What I’m reading this week.

Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor

Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang

Ragged Alice by Gareth L. Powell

And this is funny.

This is certainly how I want to go.

Trivia answer: Bill Gates bought ‘Codex Leicester’, one of Leonardo Di Vinci’s scientific journals, for $30.8 million.

You made it to the bottom! High five. Thanks for reading! – xo, L

Happy Monday, book fans! Anyone want two kittens? I kid, I kid. But seriously, they have turned into little velociraptors! They’ve been here for almost six weeks, and there aren’t many books left in my office that don’t have teethmarks. *shakes fist* But back to books: I hope you’re reading something wonderful. And please be kind to yourself as well as others, and remember that life is hard – you are doing a great job! I’ll see you again on Thursday. – xoxo, Liberty

---

Sponsored by our giveaway of $100 to Amazon in support of Swords and Spaceships, our sci-fi/fantasy newsletter!

Swords and Spaceships is our biweekly newsletter about all things sci-fi and fantasy literature, and we’re giving away a $100 gift card to Amazon to one lucky reader! Just sign up for the newsletter below to enter (if you win, send us a pic of all the SFF books you buy with it!), and enjoy a regular dose of your favorite genre news, recs, and more, in your inbox.

---

Here’s this week’s trivia question: When was the first book of crossword puzzles published? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

Antoinette Nwandu to adapt Wash Clean The Bones, based on the short story by Nafissa Thompson-Spires.

Benedict Cumberbatch will play Satan in Good Omens. And the premiere date was also announced.

The rights to the upcoming novel Sanctuary by V.V. James have sold to Entertainment 360, the company behind Game of Thrones.

Gabrielle Union will star in and produce an adaptation of the April Sinclair novel Coffee Will Make You Black.

And now Jason Momoa is joining the cast of Dune. Who isn’t joining?!?

Beacon Press will publish Robin DiAngelo’s next book.

And Masterpiece announced the cast for its adaptation of Sandition by Jane Austen.

Cover Reveals

Here’s the first look at The Babysitters Coven by Kate Williams, which is being pitched as ‘Sabrina + Babysitters Club + Buffy.’ (Delacorte Press, September 17)

Mary H. K. Choi announced her next book, Permanent Record, and revealed the cover. (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, September 3)

Sneak Peeks

The first trailer for the second season of Killing Eve has been revealed!

Book Riot Recommends 

At Book Riot, I work on the New Books! email, the All the Books! podcast about new releases, and the Book Riot Insiders New Release Index. I am very fortunate to get to read a lot of upcoming titles, and learn about a lot of upcoming titles, and I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week so you can add them to your TBR! (It will now be books I loved on Mondays and books I’m excited to read on Thursdays. YAY, BOOKS!)

Loved, loved, loved:

Miranda in Milan by Katharine Duckett (Tor.com, March 26)

This is a charming novel about what becomes of Miranda and Prospero after The Tempest. In Miranda does not go to Ferdinand in Naples, but instead becomes a prisoner of her father’s castle in Milan. Her only friend is a servant girl, who helps her find love and to realize the truth of her father and her mother. I have never read The Tempest, but I still wholeheartedly loved this imaginative story.

What I’m reading this week.

The Body Myth by Rheea Mukherjee

The Cassandra by Sharma Shields

Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor

Book joke of the week:

Here’s a kitten picture: My little fruit tarts.

And this is funny.

Game of Thrones puns – I got ’em.

P.S. I forgot to include anything in this space in Monday’s email. D’oh!

Trivia answer: 1924.

You made it to the bottom! Thanks for reading! – xo, L

Happy Thursday to my favorite people! How’s your week going? It’s a gray one here in Maine. Thank goodness there are books and kittens. Please enjoy the rest of your week, be kind to yourself as well as others, and remember that life is hard – you are doing a great job! – xoxo, Liberty

---

Sponsored by Penguin Teen Canada

Poppy used to be an optimist. But after being publicly fat-shamed, she’s having trouble seeing the good in the world. As a result, Poppy trades her beloved vintage clothes for a feathered chicken costume and accepts a job as an anonymous sign waver outside a restaurant. Cam, her twin brother, who is adjusting to life as an openly gay teen; Buck, a charming photographer with a cute British accent and a not-so-cute mean-streak; and Lewis a teen caring for an ailing parent, while struggling to reach the final stages of his gender transition.

---

P.S. I almost forgot: Happy Valentine’s Day!!!

Trivia question time! The Washington Irving character Ichabod Crane had feet shaped like what? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera is being developed for HBO.

Meaty by Samantha Irby is being developed by Comedy Central.

Timbaland is publishing a children’s book.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese are developing The Devil in the White City for Hulu.

Jasmine Guillory will be writing four more books with Berkley Romance.

Netflix won the battle for the rights to the short story, Faun, by Joe Hill.

Sandhya Menon is writing a fairytale retelling series.

There’s going to be a Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries movie!

Make Your Home Among Strangers by Jennine Capó Crucet is being made into a series.

Rainbow Rowell announced the release date of Wayward Son.

Cover Reveals

Here’s the first look at Dear Sweet Pea, Julie Murphy’s upcoming middle grade novel. (Balzer + Bray, October 1)

And Bustle has the cover reveal of Rebel Girls By Elizabeth Keenan. (Inkyard Press, September 10)

Sneak Peeks

Here’s the first full trailer for Shrill!

Here’s the teaser trailer for Disney’s live-action version of Aladdin.

Here’s the first trailer for the J.R.R. Tolkein biopic.

Book Riot Recommends 

At Book Riot, I work on the New Books! email, the All the Books! podcast about new releases, and the Book Riot Insiders New Release Index. I am very fortunate to get to read a lot of upcoming titles, and learn about a lot of upcoming titles, and I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week so you can add them to your TBR! (It will now be books I loved on Mondays and books I’m excited to read on Thursdays. YAY, BOOKS!)

Excited to read:

The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Random House, September 3)

The New York Times got the scoop on the new book by Coates! We knew it was coming, because it was teased at the Frankfurt Book Fair, but not what it was called or what it was about. SPOILER: IT SOUNDS AMAZING. You can read about it here.

What I’m reading this week.

The Cassandra by Sharma Shields

The White Book by Han Kang

The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray

And this is funny.

Trivia answer: Shovels.

You made it to the bottom! High five. Thanks for reading! – xo, L

Hello and welcome to another Monday! We book lovers are in the middle of a great time for new releases and book news. So many great things have come out or been announced in the last few weeks. It’s an epic nerdpurr! Thanks for joining me again. I hope you are reading something wonderful. And please be kind to yourself as well as others, and remember that life is hard – you are doing a great job! I’ll see you again on Thursday. – xoxo, Liberty

---

Sponsored by Almost Home by Valerie Fraser Luesse (pronounced luh-see) and Revell (pronounced rah-vell) Books, a Division of Baker Publishing Group.

The things that tear us apart can also bring us together With America’s entrance into World War II, the town of Blackberry Springs, Alabama, has exploded virtually overnight. Workers from all over are coming south for jobs in Uncle Sam’s munitions plants—and they’re bringing their pasts with them, right into Dolly Chandler’s grand but fading family home turned boardinghouse. A struggling young couple from the Midwest, unemployed professors from Chicago, a widower from Mississippi, and a shattered young veteran struggling to heal from the war are all hoping Dolly’s house will help them find their way back to the lives they left behind. But the house has a past of its own. When tragedy strikes, Dolly’s only hope will be the circle of friends under her roof and their ability to discover the truth about what happened to a young bride who lived there a century before.

---

Here’s this week’s trivia question: Albert Finney starred in Tom Jones, which was an adaptation of The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. Who wrote the novel? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

A film version of Wicked is coming in 2021.

Elizabeth Acevedo announced two upcoming novels. She’s also going to be in Patrice Caldwell’s just-announced anthology.

These just-announced Tor Teen titles sound amazing.

A new true crime book details Stieg Larsson’s investigation into Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme’s 1986 assassination.

Jac Jemc announced a story collection, coming in October.

And Maggie Stiefvater announced the beginning of a new trilogy, coming in November.

The Bill Clinton/James Patterson novel, The President is Missing, is going to be a Showtime series.

Sigourney Weaver will star in an adaptation of Joanna Rakoff’s book My Salinger Year.

Cover Reveals

Book Riot has the exclusive look at the cover of My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich, Ibi Zoboi’s upcoming middle grade novel. (Dutton Books for Young Readers, August 27)

Tor.com tweeted a thread of all the amazing new covers they’ve revealed lately.

And here’s a look at Five Dark Fates, the last book in Kendare Blake’s Three Dark Crowns series. (HarperTeen, September 3)

Sneak Peeks

Here’s the new trailer for the new adaptation of Pet Sematary. (It’s kinda spoilery, so don’t watch if you don’t want to know the big change.)

And here’s the first trailer for the new Shaft film. (Did you know Shaft was originally a novel from 1970?)

Annnnd here’s the first trailer for the third season of The Handmaid’s Tale.

Book Riot Recommends 

At Book Riot, I work on the New Books! email, the All the Books! podcast about new releases, and the Book Riot Insiders New Release Index. I am very fortunate to get to read a lot of upcoming titles, and learn about a lot of upcoming titles, and I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week so you can add them to your TBR! (It will now be books I loved on Mondays and books I’m excited to read on Thursdays. YAY, BOOKS!)

Loved, loved, loved:

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (Doubleday, November 5)

I’m terribly sorry to rub this in, but I read this novel, and it IS indeed as wonderful and magical as you hope it will be. Without giving too much away, it’s about a young man who finds an old book at the library where he goes to college, and when he starts reading it, he discovers there’s a story in it about him when he was young. What does this mean? How did the author of the book know? Who IS the author? And what is the Starless Sea? What follows is a delightful journey, one that I can’t wait for everyone else to read. November will be here before you know it, I promise.

What I’m reading this week.

The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray

The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson

Notes to Self: Essays by Emilie Pine

Book joke of the week:

“I am writing to apply for the position of bookkeeper. Attached, you will find my list of qualifications. I have been keeping books for four years now, and I am never going to give them back.” – Joey Comeau

Here’s a kitten picture: The cute, it burns!

And this is funny.

Ohmygoodness.

Trivia answer: Henry Fielding.

You made it to the bottom! Thanks for reading! – xo, L

THANK GOODNESS YOU’RE HERE. I have so much to tell you! It’s only Wednesday as I write this, but what a week it has been already! I’m super-excited to share all kinds of fun stuff with you today. Which is now Thursday as you read this. (Is it any wonder I never know what day of the week it is several times a day, lol.) Please enjoy the rest of your week, be kind to yourself as well as others, and remember that life is hard – you are doing a great job! – xoxo, Liberty

---

Sponsored by Flatiron Books

Enchantée by Gita Trelease transports readers to the glittering and magical world of 1870s Paris. After her parents die, Camille must find a way to provide for her sister by transforming scraps of metal into money. But soon she begins to pursue a more dangerous mark: the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Camille transforms herself into a baroness and is swept up into life at Versailles. She meets a handsome young inventor, and begins to believe that love and liberty may both be possible. But magic has costs, and when revolution erupts, Camille must choose—before Paris burns.

---

Trivia question time! What does the J.K. mean in J.K. Rowling?
(Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

Michael B. Jordan has nabbed the film rights to Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James!

Stephen King announced a new novel for September: The Institute.

Mira Jacob’s memoir Good Talk is going to be a television series!

S.A. Chakraborty revealed the title of the third book in her Daevabad Trilogy.

Fox is adapting On the Come Up by Angie Thomas for the big screen.

FX orders Y: The Last Man adaptation to series.

Spike Lee is producing Son of the South, based on the Bob Zellner memoir The Wrong Side of Murder Creek: A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement.

JD Salinger’s unseen writings are to be published.

Christopher Golden’s Ararat is going to be a television series!

Veronica Roth is back this fall with The End and Other Beginnings: Stories from the Future.

Netflix is turning Karin Slaughter’s Pieces of Her into a series.

Cover Reveals

I am so in love with this cover: Here’s the reveal of Jami Attenberg’s All This Could Be Yours. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, October 22)

Rick Riordan shared three covers for upcoming titles from Rick Riordan Presents: The Fire Keeper (A Storm Runner Novel, Book 2) by J.C. Cervantes (September 17), Race To the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (October 15), and Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia. (Winter 2020)

Epic Reads revealed the cover for Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin. (HarperTeen, September 3)

And Scholastic had the first peek at Child of the Dream (A Memoir of 1963) by Sharon Robinson. (Scholastic Press, September 3)

Sneak Peeks

The teaser trailers for Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark aired this weekend. And he also shared the movie poster.

And here’s the first trailer for the adaptation of Nicola Yoon’s The Sun Is Also a Star.

And a new Captain Marvel trailer aired during the Super Bowl.

Book Riot Recommends 

At Book Riot, I work on the New Books! email, the All the Books! podcast about new releases, and the Book Riot Insiders New Release Index. I am very fortunate to get to read a lot of upcoming titles, and learn about a lot of upcoming titles, and I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week so you can add them to your TBR! (It will now be books I loved on Mondays and books I’m excited to read on Thursdays. YAY, BOOKS!)

Excited to read:

The Book of Lost Saints by Daniel José Older (Imprint, November 5, 2019)

DJO is a machine! I think he’s putting out two or three books a year now. His last several have been middle grade and young adult books (which are still perfectly great for adults), but this is one is actually written for grown-ups. It’s about a foul-mouthed spirit who visits her nephew in New Jersey, prompting him to examine his Cuban family’s history. And I am SO here for cursing ghosts!

What I’m reading this week.

The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas

Where Reasons End by Yiyun Li

Notes to Self: Essays by Emilie Pine

And this is funny.

Elizabeth McCracken, always Elizabeth McCracken.

Trivia answer: Joanne Kathleen.

You made it to the bottom! High five. Thanks for reading! – xo, L

Ready or not, it’s Monday! Time to kick off another week of reading. I hope you had a great weekend, and your team won the Super Bowl. Say hello to your pets for me, and please be kind to yourself as well as others, and remember that life is hard – and you are doing a great job! I’ll see you again on Thursday. – xoxo, Liberty

---

Sponsored by THE ME I MEANT TO BE and HMH Teen

Best friends Willa and Flor have every intention of sticking to their girl code—but some rules are meant to be broken in this swoony, contemporary romance about finding yourself and following your heart by New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan. For fans of Jenny Han, Kasie West, and Stephanie Perkins.

---

Here’s this week’s trivia question: Who wrote the surreal novel Tarantula? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

Reese Witherspoon’s February book club pick is The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory.

The Wheel of Time TV series will start production in the fall.

Sady Doyle, author of Trainwreck, announced a new book.

The new adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand is headed to CBS All Access.

Representative Ilhan Omar is writing a memoir.

Netflix is adapting Spiderhead, a short story by George Saunders.

Javier Bardem joins Denis Villenueve’s Dune adaptation.

Cover Reveals

Alyssa Cole revealed the cover for Can’t Escape Love: A Reluctant Royals Novella. (HarperCollins, March 19)

And here’s the first peek at The Testaments by Margaret Atwood. It’s the sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale. (Nan A. Talese, September 10)

Sneak Peeks

Here’s the teaser for Netflix’s adaptation of The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo.

Here’s the first trailer for Shrill, based on Lindy West’s book. (FYI: That’s Rioter Wallace Yovetich’s awesome brother, Luka Jones, playing Aidy Bryant’s boyfriend!)

Book Riot Recommends 

At Book Riot, I work on the New Books! email, the All the Books! podcast about new releases, and the Book Riot Insiders New Release Index. I am very fortunate to get to read a lot of upcoming titles, and learn about a lot of upcoming titles, and I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week so you can add them to your TBR! (It will now be books I loved on Mondays and books I’m excited to read on Thursdays. YAY, BOOKS!)

Loved, loved, loved:

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob (One World, March 26)

Yes, I have mentioned this everywhere, and yes, I am talking about it again. Because it’s wonderful! Jacobs took real conversations she had with her young son about race, love, sexuality, family, and more, and illustrated them. The combination makes a heartfelt, funny, and important book.

What I’m reading this week.

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Opioid, Indiana by Brian Allen Carr

The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay

Book joke of the week:

The high school music teacher was quite controversial. He told his students to read band books.

Here’s a kitten picture: They are mayhem.

And this is funny.

I laughed so hard I woke my boyfriend up.

Trivia answer: Bob Dylan.

You made it to the bottom! Thanks for reading! – xo, L

Hello and happy almost-Friday! Besides the fact that the planet is trying to freeze the middle of the country out of existence, it’s been a pretty good week. (Hang in there!) There are lots of great new books to read, which is always exciting! Please enjoy the rest of your week, be kind to yourself as well as others, and remember that life is hard – you are doing a great job! – xoxo, Liberty

---

Sponsored by Amazon Publishing

When the granddaughter of one of Florida’s most powerful judges disappears, it triggers a personal trauma for a detective. Brianna Labuskes returns with Girls of Glass the thrilling follow-up to Amazon Charts bestseller It Ends With Her.

---

Trivia question time! “It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn’t know what I was doing in New York.” This is the first line of what book? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

Megan Abbott’s Dare Me is headed to Netflix!

Oscar Issac is in talks to join the cast of Dune – as Timothée Chalamet’s dad. Zendaya is also considering joining.

Erika L. Sánchez announced a new book.

More actors have been announced for HBO’s Series adaptation of The Outsiders by Stephen King.

Gillian Flynn’s new female-led drama series has found a home at Amazon.

There’s going to be a Throne of Glass card game.

Elizabeth Banks will direct the adaptation Kim Liggett’s upcoming novel The Grace Year.

Cover Reveals

Book Riot has the first peek at Unraveling by Karen Lord. (DAW, June 4)

Former Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth revealed the cover of her new book More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say). (Viking, June 11)

Book Riot Recommends 

At Book Riot, I work on the New Books! email, the All the Books! podcast about new releases, and the Book Riot Insiders New Release Index. I am very fortunate to get to read a lot of upcoming titles, and learn about a lot of upcoming titles, and I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week so you can add them to your TBR! (It will now be books I loved on Mondays and books I’m excited to read on Thursdays. YAY, BOOKS!)

Excited to read:

Rule of Capture by Christopher Brown (Harper Voyager, August 13)

I loved, loved, loved his last novel, Tropic of Kansas, and this one sounds like another “America is a hot mess” dystopia. It’s the first in a legal thriller series, being pitched as “Better Call Saul meets Nineteen Eighty-Four.” I am dying to get my hands on it!

What I’m reading this week.

York: The Clockwork Ghost by Laura Ruby

The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay

Opioid, Indiana by Brian Allen Carr

And this is funny.

This guy wins the internet this week.

Trivia answer: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.

You made it to the bottom! High five. Thanks for reading! – xo, L