Happy Monday, readers! The sun stays out later, the air is warmer, and spring is only a few days away. THANK GOODNESS. This felt like the longest winter ever! I am so ready to read with the windows open. I hope you all had a fabulous weekend, and you managed to read something wonderful. Have a great week, and remember to be excellent to each other! I’ll see you again on Thursday. – xoxo, Liberty
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Nancy Drew is seventeen and good at everything, but life hits a snag when a mysterious message drags her back to the hometown she left behind. There she’ll have to find out which of her friends are still her friends, which are enemies, and who exactly is trying to kill her…and (hopefully) stop them before they succeed.
Here’s this week’s trivia question: What is the only Shakespeare play with ‘love’ in its title? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)
Deals, Reals, and Squeals!
Kenyan Filmmaker Wanuri Kaihu will direct Millie Bobby Brown in the adaptation of The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin.
Dietland author Sari Walker has a new novel coming with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Ecco snagged David Heska Wanbli Weiden’s upcoming thriller.
HBO announced the run times for the final six episodes of Game of Thrones.
The first book deal about the college admissions scandal has been announced.
Funko is getting into the children’s book business.
Patrick Brice will direct the film adaptation of There’s Someone Inside Your House for Netflix.
Freddie Prinze Jr. will play Nancy Drew’s estranged dad in the CW pilot.
Apple has formally given a series order for Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko. The company will unveil the details about its streaming service on March 25.
Cover Reveals
Here’s the first look at War Girls, Tochi Onyebuchi’s Black Panther-Inspired sci-fi adventure. (Razorbill, October 15)
Rainbow Rowell shared the cover of Wayward Son with EW. (Wednesday Books, September 24)
Sneak peeks
Here’s a new trailer for Avengers: Endgame.
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 Need by Helen Phillips (Simon & Schuster, July 9)
OHMYGOODNESS. This was an intense read, from the very first page! Molly works uncovering fossils by day, and caring for her two young children at night, while her musician husband on tour. One night, she hears a noise and realizes an intruder is in her home. What should she do? How does she get the kids to safety? She decides to confront the intruder, and it only gets weirder and creepier from there, in a brilliant way that only Helen Phillips could imagine. This was everything I wanted it to be.
What I’m reading this week.
Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
Guestbook: Ghost Stories by Leanne Shapton
Aru Shah and the Song of Death (Pandava Series) by Roshani Chokshi
Pun of the week: R.I.P boiled water. You will be mist.
Here’s a kitten picture: Farrokh and Zevon are getting so big!
And this is funny.
“So why do you write for kids?”
Trivia answer: Love’s Labour’s Lost.
You made it to the bottom! Thanks for reading! – xo, L