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Book Radar

Lupita Nyong’o Wrote a Children’s Book and More Book Radar!

It’s Thursday again! Funny how that happens. I have had a delightful week, full of books and…well, books. But that’s all I want, so it works out! Speaking of books, it’s the Dewey’s Readathon again this weekend. I’ll be running their Litsy account – I hope you can join us. There’s still time to sign up! I have some fun stuff to share with you today. And I’ll be back on Monday with more great stuff to tell you. I hope whatever you’re doing, you have a great rest of your week, and remember to be kind to yourself and others.  – xoxo, Liberty

Sponsored by A Nearly Normal Family by M.T. Edvardsson, published by Celadon Books.

Eighteen-year-old Stella stands accused of the brutal murder of a man almost fifteen years her senior. She is an ordinary teenager from an upstanding local family. What reason could she have to know a shady businessman, let alone to kill him? Stella’s father, a pastor, and mother, a criminal defense attorney, find their moral compasses tested as they defend their daughter, while struggling to understand why she is a suspect. Told in an unusual three-part structure, A Nearly Normal Family asks the questions: How well do you know your own children? How far would you go to protect them?

Trivia question time! Who said, “I can’t explain inspiration. A writer is either compelled to write or not. And if I waited for inspiration I wouldn’t really be a writer.” (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

furiously happyJenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess, might be opening a bookstore.

Lupita Nyong’o has a children’s book coming in October!

The Goodman Theatre is adapting The Outsiders.

Umbrella Academy has been renewed for a second season by Netflix.

Danielle Brooks to star in Shakespeare in the Park’s Much Ado About Nothing.

Reese Witherspoon chose The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo as her next book club pick.

Steve Hamilton, Reed Farrel Coleman, and Meg Gardiner have joined Blackstone Publishing.

Paramount TV, Anonymous to adapt Susan Orlean’s The Library Book.

Minnesota Opera adapts St. Paul writer’s memoir The Song Poet.

Disney announces Shuri-centric animated special for Marvel Rising.

Sarah J. Maas announced House of Earth and Blood, coming January 2020.

Sneak Peeks

avengers endgameHere’s the new trailer for Avengers: Endgame.

And the first trailer for Joker with Joaquin Phoenix.

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:

butterfly yellowButterfly Yellow by Thanhha Lai (HarperCollins, September 3)

I love, love, love Lai’s middle grade novels Inside Out and Back Again and Listen, Slowly, so I cannot wait to see what she does for her YA debut! It’s about a brother and sister who are split apart during the Vietnam War – he is taken to America while she is left behind – and their reunion sixteen years later.

What I’m reading this week.

gods of jade and shadowGods of Jade and Shadow: A Novel by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (Yes, again.)

And this is funny.

How lucky we are to be alive right now.

Trivia answer: Toni Morrison.

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

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Kissing Books

Six Diverse Jane Austen Retellings

Happy Thursday! The weekend is almost here (for some of us, at least), and every new April day gets us closer and closer to an 80-foot Chris Evans In A Henley.

(Oh, I guess that’s just my countdown? Sorry. Let’s Books.)

Sponsored by Misadventures with My Ex, from Waterhouse Press.

Weston Quaid left Eryn Hope standing at the altar three years ago, but when circumstances reunite them, their attraction to each other burns hotter than ever. A daring arrangement brings them closer, but does their relationship end when the arrangement does, or are they finally built to last?

Over on Book Riot

Get a free Brenda Novak book!

Jamie’s looking for our favorite books featuring librarians. I’d bet we’ve got a few to share!

Who’s never looking for new Jane Austen retellings?! These six books reshape the work of the Grand Dame of Romantic Stories into something modern and universal, and are set in North America and elsewhere.

Want to read KJ Charles but not sure where to start? Check out this Reading Pathway! (And then read everything else she’s written because it’s all amazing.) (I can’t really say that because I haven’t read it all, not even every book of hers that I own.)

I am the worst podcast host on the planet. You know why? Because—once again—I forgot to link you to our most recent episode of When In Romance, which went up last Monday. Stay tuned for the next one, which will have a special treat!

And speaking of podcasts, there’s a new one! This one is especially for those of you who might need to listen to something in the car with your kids: Kidlit These Days. Check it out!

Deals

cover of because of miss bridgertonHave you already read and loved the Bridgerton series? If your answer is yes, maybe it’s time to start a new Julia Quinn series. And Because of Miss Bridgerton is 1.99 right now. It’s a prequel series, which takes place in the Georgian era—a nice change from all the Regencies, I guess.

Trying to figure out where to start with Brenda Jackson? Instead of jumping into the Westmorelands (there are like 95 now), how about the Forged of Steele books? The first book, Solid Soul is 1.99, and the rest of the series is discounted as well.

New Books!

Shortly after writing last Thursday’s Kissing Books, I finished Mrs. Martin’s Incomparable Adventure. So, I started a book. Then I started another one. And put that aside and tried another. None of them were bad—actually they were all pretty great. But I couldn’t make up my mind what I wanted to finish first! One was pretty backlist; it came out a few years ago. One just came out last week. One comes out next week, and another comes out the week following. I couldn’t decide how far in advance I wanted to read, so I just came back to the one from last week. (I’ll talk about the backlist one on Monday, though!)

cover of hook shot by kennedy ryanHook Shot
Kennedy Ryan

There’s been some discussion on Kennedy Ryan’s HOOPS series on twitter lately, mostly about the first book, Long Shot. That one, the first in the series, is one of the few books by authors of color on the RITA finalist list, so it’s resurfaced now, even though the third book in the series recently emerged. I have not read Long Shot or Block Shot, but had a chance to read Hook Shot and it sounded worth checking out. I recall Trisha mentioning that it’s a hard book, and the link that I shared indicates ALL THE TRIGGER WARNINGS.

Hook Shot also has content warnings, but I’m not far enough in to tell you if anything is discussed on the page. I can tell you that there is discussion of family-related sexual violence, as well as former partners pushing set boundaries, and if that’s not your thing, skip this book.

If you are not affected by that kind of content, and are interested in experiencing the dynamics between a woman who has gone “off dick” in order to figure out her own issues with intimacy, sex, and other things, and the recently-divorced baller who believes strongly in controlling the situation for the benefit of all, this is a book you might want to check out. Kennedy Ryan’s writing is lush. Her characters are complete, and you want to break as they’re breaking just to be put back together the same way. Talia Hibbert gave it five stars, and really that was all I needed to pick it up.

Have you read any of the HOOPS books? What do you think?

Other recent releases I’m looking forward to picking up:

cover of The Takeover Effect by Nisha SharmaThe Takeover Effect by Nisha Sharma

Arctic Sun by Annabeth Albert

Speak No Evil by JR Gray

I Want You Back by Lorelei James

Engaging The Enemy by Reese Ryan

Yes, Chef by T. Neilson

Breaking His Rules by Aliza Mann

As usual, catch me on Twitter @jessisreading or Instagram @jess_is_reading, or send me an email at jessica@riotnewmedia.com if you’ve got feedback, book recs, or just want to say hi!

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Giveaways

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We’re giving away digital copies of Finding Our Forever by Brenda Novak in DRM-free epub, mobi, and pdf formats to Book Riot readers!

Here’s what it’s all about:
Cora Kelly has found her birth mother at last. Aiyana Turner runs New Horizons Boys Ranch in Silver Springs, CA. Cora gets a job teaching there, but she doesn’t want to divulge her true identity unless she knows Aiyana will welcome the news. And when she meets Elijah Turner, her mother’s adopted son and ranch manager, she has even more reason to keep her secret….

Go here to enter for a chance to win, or just click the cover image below!

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The Goods

Velocireader

Who needs to be a bookworm when you could be a bookasaurus, or, even better, a velocireader? Rock out with these rad new tees.

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Riot Rundown

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Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Crazy Cat Lady, written and illustrated by Agnes Loonstra & Ester Scholten.

Do you often wake up covered in cat hair? Do you prefer staying home Friday nights so you can cuddle your kitties? Proclaim your feline obsession proudly! Joyfully illustrated with cheeky mottoes, flowcharts, and fun facts, this little book is an affectionate tribute to cats and the cool ladies who love them. Includes a bonus sheet of colorful stickers! 😺

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True Story

Motherhood, Food Writing, and the Love of Punctuation

Hello hello, fellow nonfiction readers! I’m finishing up this newsletter on April Fool’s Day, which is one of those days that can be both fun and annoying all at the same time. My favorite joke was from Pizza Hut because it was a thing I actually wish would happen. And I also have to give a little hat tip to the American Library Association — support your local library!

To take a word from velocireader Liberty Hardy, April is a truly bananapants month for new books. To try and mention as many as possible, I decided to pick five to write about in a little more depth, then list others that seemed interesting near the end. Onward!

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Women’s Work: A Reckoning with Work and Home by Megan Stack – In this book, journalist Megan Stack seeks to understand the lives of the women she hired to help with childcare and housework while living and working abroad, looking at “the trade-offs they’d been forced to make as working mothers seeking upward mobility—and on the cost to the children who were left behind.”

We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood by Dani McClain – As a first-time mother, Dani McClain worked to understand how to raise her daughter in a world that can be unjust and hostile to black women, speaking with “mothers on the frontlines of movements for social, political, and cultural change who are grappling with the same questions.”

 

Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth Reichl – Ruth Reichl is one of the best people writing about food right now, so a new memoir from her is cause to celebrate! In this book, Reichl chronicles her time as editor in chief of Gourmet, a story about “a former Berkeley hippie entering the corporate world and worrying about losing her soul.” It’s also a peek into the peak of print magazines, and how the internet has turned that industry upside down.

Woman of Color by LaTonya Yvette – This book is a collection of essays and advice on “style, beauty, and motherhood” from a popular blogger. Each chapter covers a different topic, then ends with “thoughtful advice and lifestyle takeaways” for everyone, though the heart of the book is her experience “growing up as a woman of color in Brooklyn.”

Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen by Mary Norris – If you are a grammar and punctuation geek, this this book will be right up your alley. Mary Norris has been a copy editor and proofreader at The New Yorker for more than 30 years. In this book, she writes about her “lifelong love affair with words and her solo adventures in the land of olive trees and ouzo.” This seems so charming.

And finally, 10 more new books out this week that you might want to check out:

And that’s the end! You can find me on Twitter @kimthedork, on email at kim@riotnewmedia.com, and co-hosting the For Real podcasthere at Book Riot. Happy reading! – Kim

P.S. Don’t forget about Book Riot’s new podcast about children’s literature, KidLit These Days. On the show, co-hosts Karina Yan Glaser and Matthew Winner pair the best of children’s literature with what’s going on in the world today. Check it out!

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Unusual Suspects

Modern Agatha Christie Remake 🔪

Hello mystery fans! This week I have for you a great modern And Then There Were None, a fun dark domestic thriller, and a really good crime novel about secrets and survival.

Sponsored by The Center of the Universe by Ria Voros from KCP Loft

The Center of the Universe cover imageGrace Carter’s mother — the celebrity news anchor GG Carter — is everything Grace is not. GG is a star with a following of thousands, while Grace — an aspiring astrophysicist — is into stars of another kind. Then one day GG disappears. News shows speculate about what might have happened and Grace’s family struggles as they wait for answers. While the authorities unravel the mystery behind GG’s disappearance, Grace grows closer to her high school’s golden boy, Mylo. She also uncovers some secrets from her mother’s long-lost past. The more Grace learns, the more she wonders. Did she ever really know her mother?

Great Modern And Then There Were None! (TW suicide/ eating disorder/ anxiety attacks)

They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall cover imageThey All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall (April 9): I went into this with high expectations because I love Hall’s detective series and “remakes” of And Then There Were None (strangers suddenly deserted together and one by one they start to be murdered). Hall totally delivered! I don’t want to say much on plot, because the not knowing is a fun element of these stories, so I’m going to focus on why this really worked for me. I loved Miriam Macy–who accepts a trip to a Mexican island in hopes of winning a reality show and getting her life back in order–as the point of view because she clearly has baggage but is a fighter. And Hall used a lot of clever crime genre elements that all blended really well together: a main character known to lie who has anxiety and doubts what she sees; everyone has a motive so the killer can be anyone; they’re all stuck together because of a storm so they’re forced to solve the mystery or fight; the challenge of who we are as people when we’re forced to face our worse self; everyone’s got a secret they’re hiding; the boiled frog fable–you’re in danger and you didn’t even realize it until it’s too late! Hall is also brilliant in how she modernized this tale while staring the problematic aspects of the genre dead in the eyes. I’ll read anything she writes.

Fun Domestic Thriller! (TW suicide)

My Lovely Wife cover imageMy Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing: For me, this one did a really good balance of being bonkers enough to be fun, while also not going too off the rails where I think it’s too ridiculous to care–the details of the family dynamics worked really well. This starts with the husband out in a bar trying to get laid and, immediately, you have a few WTF moments which perfectly situate you for the ride you’re about to go on. Because why is this seemingly ordinary couple with two teenage kids straight up hunting women to murder? I told you it’s banana pants! But it also balances it so well with the day-to-day child care and marital issues that it gave the novel a good depth. I went with the audiobook and was pleasantly surprised that being in the husband’s head all the time didn’t make me want to murder dudes. If you’re looking for a dark-ish murder thriller that reads like fun–yes, you can judge me–pick this one up!

Really Good Crime Novel! (TW domestic and child abuse/ rape/ suicide)

The Night Visitors cover imageThe Night Visitors by Carol Goodman: This was a great crime novel where no one is who they seem, but why and how will that change the course of their lives? Alice and ten-year-old Oren have escaped an abusive home and need to hide. Mattie is a social worker living in the middle of the woods who takes them in. But both women clearly have secrets, and while they can spot the deception in the other both assume it’s just for survival reasons. Add a storm, tempers flaring, and secrets rising and you’ve got a volatile mixture destined for explosions. If you like crime novels, slow-burn suspense, and character driven reads, this was really good. I especially enjoyed the audio narrated by Jane Oppenheimer.

Recent Releases

The Killer in Me cover imageThe Killer in Me (Frankie Sheehan #2) by Olivia Kiernan (Really enjoying this dark Irish procedural series–bonus: audiobook has an Irish narrator.) (TW suicide/ animal cruelty/ domestic abuse)

Bluff by Jane Stanton Hitchcock

The Loch Ness Papers (Scottish Bookshop Mystery #4) by Paige Shelton

The Execution of Justice by Friedrich Duerrenmatt, John E. Woods (Translator)

The Poison Bed cover imageThe Poison Bed by Elizabeth Fremantle

An Artless Demise (Lady Darby Mystery #7) by Anna Lee Huber

Black and Blue (Doug Brock #3) by David Rosenfelt

Treason (Trident Deception #5) by Rick Campbell

Who Slays the Wicked (Sebastian St. Cyr #14) by C.S. Harris

Nancy Drew: The Palace Of Wisdom by by Kelly Thompson, Jenn St. Onge

And in case you missed it last week, and are looking for picture books, we have a new podcast, Kidlit These Days, hosted by New York Times bestselling author Karina Glaser and children’s librarian Matthew Winner.

Browse all the books recommended in Unusual Suspects previous newsletters on this shelf. And here’s an Unusual Suspects Pinterest board.

Until next time, keep investigating! And in the meantime, come talk books with me on Twitter, Instagram, and Litsy–you can find me under Jamie Canavés.

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Today In Books

The Political Scandal Surrounding A Children’s Book: Today In Books

This edition of Today in Books is sponsored by Forward Me Back to You by Mitali Perkins and Fierce Reads.

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The Political Scandal Surrounding A Children’s Book

Let’s catch-up shall we: Catherine Pugh is the Mayor of Baltimore and has a self-published children’s books, Healthy Holly. Recent reports have taken a look at the Mayor’s lucrative deals surrounding Healthy Holly and accused her of “self-dealing.” Maryland’s governor asked the state prosecutor to investigate the allegations. Mayor Pugh announced yesterday an indefinite leave of absence due to pneumonia. You can keep up with the developments here.

Children’s Books Without A Scandal News

Lupita Nyong’o revealed her upcoming children’s book cover and please ready all the heart eyes emojis! Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o, illustrated by Vashti Harrison, is the story about a little girl in Kenya who has the darkest skin in her family and out of anyone she knows, and “a magical journey in the night sky opens her eyes and changes everything.” It’ll be on bookshelves October 1st. Why so far away?!

Another Trailer!

Avengers: Endgame (April 26th) dropped another special look trailer today. It’s angsty and the wrong Chris has a beard but I’m still gonna watch it! Oh, yeah, and tickets are officially on sale now!

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Giveaways

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We have one brand new iPad mini to give away, courtesy of Early Bird Books, your resource for free and discount ebooks in your favorite genres!

 

Go here to enter for a chance to win, or just click the image below. Good luck!

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Audiobooks

Somebody Page Thursday Next: Audiobooks

Hola Audiophiles!

Happy Thursday and welcome to April! The first quarter of the month is officially behind us and spring is finally…springing! It was almost 80 degrees in San Diego this weekend and I had to remind myself that this is what I’d been asking for after the chilliest winter we’ve seen in a really long time. I just wasn’t prepared to sweat through my top while sampling nut milks at the Farmers Market!! I know, I know: I shouldn’t complain.

Enough of that: let’s get to the rest of those new books I promised you last week. These are all releases in the second half of the month. Let’s audio!

Sponsored by the audiobook edition of The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves.

Jonathan and Annika first meet at chess club in college, where Jonathan loses his first game of chess, and his heart, Annika. Brilliant but shy, Annika prefers to be alone. But Jonathan accepts that about her, admiring Annika, quirks and all. Their relationship that follows is tumultuous, but strong, until an unforeseen tragedy forces them apart. A decade later, fate brings them back together… She’s a librarian and he’s a divorced Wall Street whiz seeking a fresh start. Their feelings are instantly rekindled, but until they confront the fears and anxieties that drove them apart, their second chance will end before it truly begins.

Before we begin, have you tuned into our new podcast Kidlit These Days yet? It’s hosted by author and BR contributor Karina Glaser and children’s librarian Matthew Winner, your kidlit connoisseurs, pairing the best of children’s literature with what’s going on in the world today. Give it a listen! 

New Releases (publisher’s descriptions in quotes)

miracle creekMiracle Creek by Angie Kim, narrated by Jennifer Lim (April 16)

Young and Pak Yoo live in rural Virginia where they offer a super experimental medical treatment: they heal patients of assorted medical maladies and conditions with healing “dives” in a special pressurized oxygen chamber. Sh*t hits the fan when the magic healing machine mysteriously explodes and kills two people; secrets come to light and nefarious motives are uncovered as a dramatic murder trials ensues. This exciting debut draws from the author’s own experience as a Korean immigrant and trial lawyer. She is also the mother of a real-life “submarine” patient; get ready for this one.

Normal People by Sally Rooney, narrated by Aoife McMahon (April 16)

Connell and Marianne are two teens from a rural town who are opposites in just about every way. They’re undeniably drawn to each other in spite of differences in class and personality, circling around each other, growing apart and coming together time again from high school through adulthood. “This heartbreaking narrative that delves into the potency of first loves and how people can change over time” is already killing me softly. Sounds like one of those maddeningly addicting love stories that makes me yell things at my audiobook app like, “JUST KISS ALREADY!”

The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia, translated by Simon Bruini, narrated by Xe Sands and Angelo di Loreto (April 16)

It’s 1918: the Mexican Revolution is in its eighth year and the influenza epidemic is ravaging the world’s population. A baby boy is found abandoned under a bridge, scaring most of the locals in a small Mexican town with his disfigurements and the swarm of bees that follows him around. He doesn’t scare Francisco and Beatriz Morales, landowners who take him in and raise him like he was their own. They soon learn that their adopted son possesses a rare and unnatural ability, one that he will use to keep his family safe: he can see the future when he closes his eyes. “The Murmur of Bees captures both the fate of a country in flux and the destiny of one family that has put their love, faith, and future in the unbelievable.” Yay for fantastic Mexican authors in translation!

Hope for the Best by Jodi Taylor, narrated by Zara Ramm (April 23)

How am I just finding out about the Chronicles of St Mary’s series when it’s 10 books in?! Any series that “follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around History” rings all my Jasper Ffordian bells. Historian Dr. Madeleine “Max” Maxwell works for St. Mary’s Institute of Historical Research, using time travel to investigate major historical events and right past wrongs in present day. In this 10th series installment, Max and the St. Mary’s team find themselves in the 16th century, tasked with unraveling the chaos that’s placed the wrong Tudor queen on the throne.

Will somebody page Thursday Next!? I think she and Max could make beautiful music together.

The Tiger at Midnight by Swati Teerdhala, narrated by Sneha Mathan (April 23)

I have many fist pumps for fantasy being set in non-European countries! Inspired by Indian history and Hindu mythology, The Tiger at Midnight is the first in a trilogy that imagines an alternate ancient India. Esha and Kunal are a rebel assassin and reluctant soldier whose paths cross one fateful night. In the midst of chaos in their war-ravaged land, the two must decide where their loyalties lie and navigate the ultimate inconvenience: an undeniable but forbidden love. Stupid love, always getting in the way.

What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence by Michelle Filgate, narrated by various (April 30)

Over a decade ago, Michele Filgate sat down to write an essay on her stepfather’s abuse. It took a long time for her to realize what she really needed to write about: the abuse’s effect on her relationship with her mother. She did finally share the essay and it sort of blew up, garnering the attention of women like Rebecca Solnit and Anne Lamont. The experience gave Filgate the inspiration for this anthology, a collection of essays from fifteen writers exploring the profound impact of our relationships–the good kind, the bad kind, and everything in between–with our mothers.

The stellar list of contributors includes Leslie Jamison, Melissa Febos, Alexander Chee, Kiese Laymon, Carmen Maria Machado and more. Waaaaaant…..

A Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole, narrated by Karen Chilton (April 30)

*whispers in shame* I’ve never read Alyssa Cole before. I’m new to romance, I have catching up to do in the queen of inclusive historical romance’s repertoire!! This latest in the The Reluctant Royals series transports readers to Thesolo: Nya Jerami is home from New York for a wedding and winds up in bed with a celebrity prince (don’t you just hate when that happens?). That prince is Johan van Braustein, “the redheaded step-prince of Liechtienbourg,” whose antics and tomfoolery are all a ploy to distract the paparazzi and protect his brother, the heir to the throne. A fake engagement should do the trick, throwing Nya and Johan into a whirlwind fake-romance that might just be the real deal.

Cape May by Chip Cheek, narrated by George Newburn (April 30)

It’s September 1957 and Georgia native newlyweds Henry and Effie arrive in Cape May, New Jersey for their honeymoon. They find the place deserted and a bit of bust, so they decide they’ll just head home when a beguiling and mysterious set of strangers entices them to stay. Clara is a glamorous socialite, Max is a richity rich playboy, and Alma is Max’s aloof half-sister; together they rope Henry and Effie into a whirlwind of… well, gin, sexy times, and nude abandoned-town shenanigans that results in a loss of innocence and betrayal. This thrilling debut “explores the social and sexual mores of 1950s America through the eyes of a newly married couple from the genteel South corrupted by sophisticated New England urbanites.”

From the Internets

The interwebs were low on audiobooks news this week, but I did come across this very important, very serious, not-at-all-a-prank announcement: Audible is launching Audible for Fish! Headphones sold separately.  

Over at the Riot

Hey, you’re new here, right? Welcome to Audiophilia! If it’s your first time, don’t be scared. Here’s some advice for your new audio journey.  

The latest Riot Roundup is live now, our quarterly collective book-gush where we Rioters share the best books we’ve read. I rant for a solid paragraph on my love of Helen Oyeyemi’s Gingerbread which you may recall I did on audio. So good! There are a couple of other suggestions here for fantastic audiobooks–check it out!

That’s all I got today! Shoot me an email at vanessa@riotnewmedia.com with audiobook feedback & questions or find me on Twitter and the gram @buenosdiazsd. Sign up for the In The Club newsletter, peep the Read Harder podcast, and watch me booktube every Friday too! 

Stay bad & bookish, my friends.
Vanessa