Welcome to another Monday, my little Garfields. I have some wonderful things to share with you, all book-related of course. Do I ever talk about anything else? (SPOILER: No.) Hopefully that missing hour this weekend didn’t throw your schedule off too much, and you managed to read something wonderful. Have a great week, 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
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Here’s this week’s trivia question: Who is the shortest-lived of any literature Nobel laureate to date? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)
Deals, Reals, and Squeals!
Elton John announced his first official autobiography will be published in the fall. (The title is still to be decided.)
Rachel Weisz will produce and star in the adaptation of Max Porter’s new novel, Lanny.
Jamal Jordan announced an upcoming book: Queer Love in Color.
Here’s the deets on S2 of The Terror, which will be a completely different story, since S1 covered the whole of the novel by Dan Simmons.
Don Winslow’s books The Border, The Cartel and The Power of the Dog have been acquired by FX to be adapted into a series.
New details about the upcoming Lord of the Ring series coming to Amazon have emerged.
In more BR-related news, former Rioter Ilana Masad sold her novel to Random House!
James Patterson’s JIMMY Patterson books will be adapted for kids’ television.
Cover Reveals
Steph Cha revealed the cover of her upcoming book, Your House Will Pay. (Ecco, October 15)
Here’s the first look at Sarah Dessen’s upcoming novel, The Rest of the Story. (Balzer + Bray, June 4)
E.L. James shared a passage and the back cover from her upcoming novel, The Mister. (Vintage, April 16)
And Entertainment Weekly had a sneak peek at three diverse crime novels coming later in the year.
Sneak peeks
Here’s the new trailer for the J.R.R. Tolkien biopic called – wait for it – Tolkien.
Molly Shannon stars as Emily Dickinson in the trailer for Wild Nights with Emily.
And here’s the trailer for HBO’s Native Son adaptation.
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:
Sorry, kittens, I am afraid I didn’t finish anything new in time for the newsletter this week, so here’s a peek at some new book mail, full of great stuff I will be reading for coverage consideration. I think after Rabbits for Food, I will read Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune by Roselle Lim. I promise I’ll have something great for you next time!
What I’m reading this week.
Rabbits for Food by Binnie Kirshenbaum
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
The Need by Helen Phillips
Pun of the week:
No matter how much you push the envelope, it’ll still be stationery.
Here’s a kitten picture: Shelf cat.
And this is funny.
Strange Planet is my new favorite Instagram account.
Trivia answer: Albert Camus.
You made it to the bottom! Thanks for reading! – xo, L