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
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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